Reply To: BattleTech: Mercenaries – CGL does a shipping booboo? Internet rages!

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I read a post by a creator that, during the CoVid epidemic, shipping charges changed *every hour*. Or maybe two. Despite the Red Sea conflict not being in the news, Peter Zeihan, geopoliticist, speculated that the shipping disruptions in this China-EU shipping lane, would have an effect on shipping for months on all shipping.

Yadda yadda yadda. Crowdfunding has you pledge first, find out shipping later. Those are horrible terms, which is why I either pledge $1, don’t back the project (especially if the game will go to retail and I don’t think the stretch goals are worth a $40 shipping cost), or know I’ll have to suck it up for my limited edition plasticrack.

Don’t think you’re getting a value from KS anymore (well, except Archon?). It’s really more like those “premium collector’s edition” things which overcharge you for what you get, but you can’t get it anywhere else — at least unless the company goes bankrupt and you can get it at a discount on Miniature Market.

The FOMO is real, but, if you’re really on the fence or the game only “would be nice to have”, cross your fingers for retail, or even a sale. ):