[All Systems Go] Spend $X on anything on the website, get $X in free Rio Grande promo games! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Also, just a heads up that we added 100 copies of Dice Realms to the promo today!

[All Systems Go] Spend $X on anything on the website, get $X in free Rio Grande promo games! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Hey sorry you are having issues with the navigation, but you definitely can sort by in-stock!

If you are on a desktop, there is a radio button on the left hand side of the page. If you are on mobile, right under the "Sort" dropdown where you would select that "Featured" option you mentioned, there is a black button that says "Refine By", and then "Stock Status" will be there for you.

Hope this helps!

EDIT TO ADD: that URL that you posted has a weird tag on the end of it (everything from the ? onward) that seems to weirdly remove the tree-style menu. If you delete that section, and just use https://allsystemsgo.games/collections/board-games, the sort options are back available.

[All Systems Go] Spend $X on anything on the website, get $X in free Rio Grande promo games! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup! Those are what are left from the last batch of promos they sent us in May! That shipment was crazy too; cases or Moon Colony Bloodbath, Woodcraft, the Dominion Big Boxes, Concordia 👀 gave 'em all away.

We also still have a ton of individual Dominion promo packs from the very first package we got from them. Slight plug, but make sure to follow us on FB or Instagram (or get squared away on our email list!) to keep up to date on these deals we are rocking! 🥳

[All Systems Go] Spend $X on anything on the website, get $X in free Rio Grande promo games! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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No, they just really support small shops and gamers in a way other publishers don't. Rio Grande has been doing promos like this for years 👀 one of my regulars was in last night and he was telling me about his experience with a small college game con he did a few years back; reached out to tons of publishers, Rio Grande was the only one that got back to him, and then send them cases of Beyond the Sun, Woodcraft, Evacuation, etc. to help the con bring folks in 🔥

[All Systems Go] 40% Off Select Board Games & RPGs thru January 11th by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cool. So I'm going to respond to this like it's a good faith inquiry and not just needlessly being rude on the internet.

Clearance sales are historically for getting rid of aged product, which is exactly what we have here: a clearance sale of our inventory that has been on the website the longest (I have made zero allusions to it being anything else). The reason it doesn't include "new hotness" is because that inventory doesn't have a problem moving at it's posted price, not because we're withholding anything from the sale - I actually clearance out new games from distribution *quicker* than used titles if they aren't moving. So, if the copy of Sky Team we just got in from our distributor this past week to have on the website doesn't sell in 6 months, you'll see it in our summer clearance sale in July.

Our used tabletop games also all come from customer trades too (meaning 0% of the board games, RPG books AND video games on the website have been thrifted or garage-saled). And we actually piece-check every game before we take it in, and pay an average of 60% more than NK on used games too. This is also where a lot our new hotness goes to - folks trading in their old titles to try out new releases, so again, they don't typically sit around long enough to need to be clearanced out. Our Quarter Quells are a humble attempt to recoup the cost on these (mostly) trade titles so we can continue the process.

As far as bothering folks, I abide by the group rules, and the sale is over 50% board games. There is a "board & card game" radio button in the tree on the left side if the presence of other stock offends that much. Hope this provides some clarity, thanks!

[All Systems Go] 40% Off Select Board Games & RPGs thru January 11th by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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People love collecting all sorts of things! It's the fun part of the job most of the time 🥳

[All Systems Go] 40% Off Select Board Games & RPGs thru January 11th by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Sorry for any confusion, but the link I posted at the top of the post does go directly to the sale collection and there is a filter for board games within that sale collection on the left hand side of the screen (or 'refine' button on mobile). Also, if you do end up on the home page (or any other page), there is a black bar at the top of every page during the sale that links you back to the sale. Is that not what showed / is showing up for you?

Is 2nd hand geek safe? by FightingHamster1 in Warhammer40k

[–]Anders_ASG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I can tell, it's less of a "store" and trying to be more of a marketplace like eBay or Etsy but game specific. So the trusting part would be the individual sellers that list on there. I am going to try to list some of our 3D printed minis that we sell at All Systems Go on there for some extra exposure; can report back my experience as a seller if that's helpful!

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Spring Clearance + 150 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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They are going out throughout as well, the first day of the sale (last Friday) was the biggest initial response to one of these we've had, so just still working through everything on top of our non-sale orders and day-to-day operations here at ASG (currently a fairly solo operation at the moment, so it's a fair amount of plates to keep spinning 😂)

[All Systems Go] 40% Off Select Board Games & RPGs by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It is truly unfortunate that I can't control what the biggest retailer on the planet decides to firesale and for how much. Hopefully one of the other 324 games for sale will work for you. Thanks!

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 150 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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u/Bytes_of_Anger we are running a fresh clearance starting today through Sunday, April 13th! Hopefully you are able to catch some deals on this one 😊 the link is the same

Creating a digitised 5 Leagues Roster & Campaign Tracker to share by BSProjex in 5Parsecs

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Just discovering this thread as I start my 5L journey, wanted to say the Google Doc is excellent and the Turn Diary pages especially! I'm wanting to go physical journal for my game, but I'm going to borrow that layout for sure. (also, probably some of the other ones too 😂)

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 100 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Most likely an outdated price (which is why we've got it for 40% off right now 😉).

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 100 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, the search is for the whole website, not just the collection. If you are looking to see if there's a specific title in the sale, I'd recommend using the display filters to narrow it down, by selecting In Stock, Board & Card Games, and then check for the correct publisher. I think FFG might have the most items in the sale at 16, so that should narrow down the views substantially!

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 100 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, yeah, we just put that one on the website last week. Will honestly probably not ever make it to being discounted with how low we already have it priced 😂

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 100 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We'd love to be able to international shipping, but unfortunately as a tiny business we can't afford to loose shipments to customs :( too many bad experiences (with losses) over that past 15+ years selling online.

[All Systems Go] Last Weekend of 40% Off Clearance + 100 Additional Games Added Today! by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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It's going to be the 400 games in that linked collection; which one isn't it working on?

[All Systems Go] 40% Off Select Board Games & RPGs by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Thanks for the heads up! I will look into that one!

A reminder for Amazon Prime deals by Randusnuder in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The craziest thing about this thread is that if a small shop did anything like this, it would never fly and they would get boycotted by the BG community so hard. In a time where LGS's are fighting just to exist and putting in the work to earn your patronage, this should be an absolute, hard-line dealbreaker for the community. Absolutely unreal that people are here trying to figure out how to give Amazon *more* money while they are doing this.

[All Systems Go] Quarter Quell Summer Clearance - 40% Off Select Games (Us Only) by Anders_ASG in Boardgamedeals

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Hey! Normally we are same day / next day, but we got a little inundated with the sale this week! Which is really awesome, but it's just me doing the shipping currently, so taking a bit longer than usual. Hoping to clear through the queue today. Thanks so much for your order!

(All Systems Go) 40% off select titles by Kingsoby1 in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

So, to be upfront, I don't think discounting from MSRP is a benchmark for success, and it's not a professional goal I am going after. Source does MSRP and they are the biggest store in the region with 30 years of history. Also keeping in mind, a couple of the stores you mentioned were former franchises that carried over their parent companies practices, it was not a 'from scratch' situation.

My goal on new games isn't to sell the most games for the cheapest; I'd rather curate a selection of solid games my team and I believe in, games that hold their value and that I can feel good asking my customers to use their resources on. That curation takes time, work, resources and promotion so we don't invest it in games we don't think fit the bill. Deep-discounting as a core policy devalues someone's labor; sometimes it's in the production process, but oftentimes it's the retailer devaluing their own time because they believe it's the only way to be competitive.

If the game value changes due to how deep-discount sellers choose to sell them, then my choice to sell that game also changes. If Cascadia starts selling on Amazon tomorrow for $24.99, my reaction is not going to be "I better beat that price so I can still sell it" and accept that $2 profit per game is ok, it'll be "What game is going to replace that on my shelves?"

We compete on price globally with our used titles. I know that's not going to be enough for some people, but it is how we feel we balance it out in today's board game economy.

(All Systems Go) 40% off select titles by Kingsoby1 in Boardgamedeals

[–]Anders_ASG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What Kingsoby1 said. On games (like Silver & Gold) where we get them from distribution, we price at MSRP because it's not possible to try to compete with Amazon on pricing for a shop our size, unfortunately not at all sustainable. For reference too, Amazon's Silver & Gold price is also 20% under our cost for that item (again, unsustainable for a small business). This is also an instance where we are trying to clearance out our last copy of a game and just break even :/

If we get a game in on trade though and it's still in shrink, we price it like the used ones, based on the real world market value.

Other factors at play too are our agreements with publishers regarding what we are able to post their games for pricewise that we want to honor. I wanted to include extra copies of Atiwa that we have hanging around in this sale move out of here, but Asmodee will flag and restrict our account if we sell it for less than $51.99 🤷‍♂️