[Australia] Gaming/Hobby Stores?

EvanMoore · Post by **EvanMoore** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:21 pm

Jes, CE, any other Oz residents, can you provide me a name/address/URL of gaming/hobby stores in your area?

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 1:51 am

http://www.milsims.com.au -- This lot are the retail arm of Jedko, the major Australian distributor. They run a retail store (or stores?) in Melbourne, and mail-order to the rest of us. Good, cheap, and fairly efficient - lousy on feedback, though, so if something you're waiting for is out of stock, you won't hear about it until it actually arrives two months later.
http://www.napoleons.com.au - These guys are a military bookstore, sidelining in gaming stuff. They're not great, but they're the best in Brisbane. If I were mailordering, I'd go with MilSims, but since they're local I buy from there more often than the other local stores (which suck even harder).
http://www.dailyplanetonline.com.au - These guys do comics more than they do games, and they're fairly average.
http://www.wickedgames.com.au
http://www.wormholegames.com.au - I don't know anything about either of these outfits, but I'm told they're local to me.

EvanMoore · Post by **EvanMoore** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 5:24 am

Thank you, Jestyr. It is greatly appreciated.

I tried looking some things up on Google, but couldn't tell if they were real places or just "online presence" sorts of things.

Pepito Bastiardo · Post by **Pepito Bastiardo** » Sat Jun 14, 2003 4:13 pm

Jestyr, I dunno what your deals have been with MilSims, but I've known them for years and in my experiance, they ain't good, they ain't cheap and they sure as shit ain't effcient. I've seen them "pretend" to loose orders so that their mates don'thave to wait to get books and "accidently" loose the contact numbers of customers who have complained about fragged items in the mail. I don't use them unless they are throwing books out SUPERCHEAP. I do all of my RPG shopping online, and am saving upward of 50% on price (thank you the ozzie paso)

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 1:54 pm

Of the Australian stores, they're the best (that I've found), and they're certainly cheaper than the stores around here. That should say something right there.

EvanMoore · Post by **EvanMoore** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 3:30 pm

Jestyr wrote:the stores around here

Can you provide addresses for those, as well?

Pepito Bastiardo · Post by **Pepito Bastiardo** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 4:16 pm

Jestyr wrote:Of the Australian stores, they're the best (that I've found), and they're certainly cheaper than the stores around here. That should say something right there.

As for Evan, why don't you just pull the addresses off the websites? I'm gonna hazard a guess and assume your looking to deal directly with Aussie stores to sell Promsed Sands. Nice idea, and I wish you well but you may find that actual sales verus cost and bother might not be profitable. We are a tiny, tiny market.

EvanMoore · Post by **EvanMoore** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 7:39 pm

Pepito Bastiardo wrote:As for Evan, why don't you just pull the addresses off the websites? I'm gonna hazard a guess and assume your looking to deal directly with Aussie stores to sell Promsed Sands. Nice idea, and I wish you well but you may find that actual sales verus cost and bother might not be profitable. We are a tiny, tiny market.

Not quite.

When I looked up the Aussie stores, I was having trouble determining if they were local gaming stores or online stores. I also figured that most gaming stores--like here in the US--don't have an online website yet. So, searching the web for local stores was not going to do me much good.

I have no desire (and contractually, I cannot) deal directly to a retail store. I was planning to send them some literature to educate them about Promised Sands and tell them how they can order it and which distributors carry it.

Pepito Bastiardo · Post by **Pepito Bastiardo** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:46 am

oh. well in that case..give this a whirl.

Military Simulations
134 Cochranes Rd Morrabin.
PO box 1164 Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.
Post code: 3189

Phone: (no idea what international code goes before this) 03 9555 8886
FAX: (ditto) 03 9553 3339
Email: sales@milsims.com.au
Web Site: www.milsims.com.au

Now send me a free copy!

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 11:23 am

International code is +61, and drop the 0 of the area code. So their phone number would be +61 3 9555 8886

EvanMoore · Post by **EvanMoore** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:17 pm

Pepito Bastiardo wrote:Now send me a free copy!

If you can guarantee at least two more sales, I'll send you a free copy.

But, you'll have to pay shipping....

...and I'll need an address.

Pepito Bastiardo · Post by **Pepito Bastiardo** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 9:32 am

I was...like, kidding but okay!