Marketing promotions (for any company) usually don't give a crap about faithful, long-term customers. They are always looking toward adding new customers. This is why companies create product after product and promotion after promotion that anger their core patrons. They don't have to go out of their way to serve us or make us happy, because they already have us in the palm of their hand — and they know it.Just look at how many of us were appalled/devastated/angered/whatever about the artwork change, and yet we went right ahead and bought the damned thing. And there are the repetitive Monasteries/Temples in Not France, wind roses, crop circles, Leipzig, and more ... these are gimmick products with dubious long-term value to the game. They aren't really designed to make Carcassonne play better so much as to make humans pay better. Marketing concerns drive their development. Of course one of the worst offenders is the annual hard-to-get "spiel" tile that adds nothing to gameplay. Looking at it rationally rather than emotionally, it's junk cardboard. Earlier, wiser generations would just roll their eyes at us. Chasing all this stuff really is a mild form of insanity (and I'm scolding myself here, too).All that to say ... they're never going to stop pulling these shenanigans, because they work. We get angry, and then we give them our money anyway — for products with too-low ratios of play value to acquisition cost. As long as we keep doing this, they will keep doing that.
This is a pile of garbage punishing people who bought things after Essen and before now. I don’t need or want anything from Cund.co except Star Wars Expansion 1 which is under €17 before shipping. So angry right now. Let’s screw long-term faithful customers who can’t afford a trip to Essen. That sounds like a good idea.
I'm surprised anyone is surprised.
I placed my order order late last night for some mini expansions so at least the delivery was cheap. Still seems rather excessive mind just to get the spiel tile! But at least they've responded to my email to confirm that it'll be included with my order.
Quote from: Rich_The_Fish on November 24, 2017, 11:03:42 AMI placed my order order late last night for some mini expansions so at least the delivery was cheap. Still seems rather excessive mind just to get the spiel tile! But at least they've responded to my email to confirm that it'll be included with my order.Oh no! I didn't get a confirmation of the inclusion of tile... This worries me!
Quote from: theaeblackthorn on November 24, 2017, 03:38:55 PMOh no! I didn't get a confirmation of the inclusion of tile... This worries me!I think they only confirmed it to Rich_The_Fish because he emailed them first to ask if it would be included. If you are concerned then I'd recommend sending an email too. But it seems as long as you spent 17 Euros or more you should get one...
Oh no! I didn't get a confirmation of the inclusion of tile... This worries me!
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