Semi-OT: Dominions for sale in...

AztraGoth · #1 December 18th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Does anyone know of a place in South Sweden (Skåne) around Malmö-Lund that sells Dominions 3?

Quitti · #2 December 19th, 2009, 04:14 PM

I doubt any shop itself sells it there, your best bet is to order it from US through shrapnelgames, or possibly buy one off ebay/amazon if you can. I'd recommend buying it from the shrapnel games net shop - due eur/usd exchange rates it doesn't cost that much.

Sombre · #3 December 19th, 2009, 05:37 PM

Depends on whether the tax laws of your country are as miserable as those of the uk, but you might end up paying a fun import tax.

AztraGoth · #4 December 19th, 2009, 06:34 PM

@Quitti: Yeah, I had it now in my "basket" for quite some time (a year I think) so I guess I just have to go ahead and order it :P

@Sombre: If nothing changed with the import taxes over the last 8-10 years (last time I ordered anything from another country) they are probably still pretty nasty

Thanks anyway!

The DarkOne · #5 December 20th, 2009, 07:38 AM

As a fellow swede my guess is that you won't have to worry about import tax at all.
I didn't need to pay any nasty import tax when i bought it from shrapnel games net shop when the game was first released. I think it's because they sent it as an ordinary mail and not a package.
Of course there is never any guarantee so i'd still suggest to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Sombre · #6 December 20th, 2009, 09:06 AM

Import taxes tend to be quite random. Sometimes customs spots the package, sometimes not.

Anaconda · #7 December 20th, 2009, 12:57 PM

Why Shrapnel does not distribute the game(s) to computer game stores is something I have wondered for a while now? They did it still with D2 because I got mine from Helsinki back in the days.

Gandalf Parker · #8 December 26th, 2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Anaconda

Why Shrapnel does not distribute the game(s) to computer game stores is something I have wondered for a while now? They did it still with D2 because I got mine from Helsinki back in the days.

Shrapnel Games was formed by an indie developer to provide publishing for indie developers.

There are two basic types of publisher. Marketing and Shelfware, or Publicity and Distribution. The first one involves the company putting out quite abit of money before sales which means a long pay-back period before the developer sees any profit. The second one involves much less initial layout of funds allowing the publisher and developer to share profits almost immediately. The first one does allow for the possibility of a much larger eventual income but its also a larger gamble. The first one also requires more staff.

A number of developers have gone with the publicize and distribute companies in order to develop a following, then jumped to a marketing/shelfware company for their 3rd or 4th products. Some make it, some dont. Of course its good for us either way.

At least thats what Ive seen in the last decade or so.

Sombre · #9 December 21st, 2009, 10:08 AM

Well it's an old game. I doubt stores want it.

Thilock_Dominus · #10 December 26th, 2009, 03:42 PM

You could buy it from an british online store, if you feel more comfortable that way.

http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?&gameref=138