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Originally posted by monsterwax:
2014 will see a long overdue price increase in our 24 count boxes (from $44.95 to $49.95). We’ll be putting off raising the prices on our older products as long as possible, but we’re increasing the value of our newest product (Legendary Lovecraft) with even MORE added bonus items, like Lenticular cards in every box, prismatic cards in every other box, and even thicker card stock in ever pack (from quality 18 point stock to super quality 24 point cardboard). We’re sure you’ll notice these upgrades and hope you’ll agree it is well worth the minor added expense.

But you still have through Cyber Monday to take advantage of the cheaper $44.95 price. That’s a $5 savings (10%), plus you’ll get other pre-order incentives like an added Lovecraft promo, and a full color 11 x 17 inch poster featuring art from the set. (NOT Xeroxed, NOT printed on a printer—but a beautiful commercial grade poster especially made to promote the Monsterwax haunted house.) So don’t delay, order today!

Monsterwax.com/lovecraft

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Originally posted by monsterwax:
I'll grant you that if it became common place, or companies were doing it in lieu of paying for ads, it could be a problem. But neither is the case here. This is time sensitive news because we've been adding new extras to the project since we first announced it, and it's raising the price. We placed a full page ad in the last NSU, and it advertised a cheaper price. Our next ad (in the next issue) will advertise the new price... But that will be long after readers can take advantage of the OLD price. So we wanted to provided all the NSU readers with a special "head's up" so they could take advantage of the cheaper price while it is still available.

Advertising in NSU is essential for all new releases, IMHO. The only disadvantage to all print advertising is that there is a long time between when the ad is designed, when it gets published, and when the next ad can update it. We were caught right in the middle of that long two month "wait interval" when we realized the price change was necessary. Posting this news in the NSU "News & Rumors" section seems a logical solution to this problem, since the forum passes the information on instantaneously. I'm sure I'd want to know about such a change while I could beat the deadline, and I imagine the same to be true for others.

But as far as regular ads, I agree. That's not what the boards are for.

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Originally posted by dobo98985:
A simple "heads up" to perspective buyers would be fine.
The point I think it crosses the line is the link to a website where the items can be purchased.
I hope that if this is now allowed, that others who do the same will not be punished by removal of their post as that could be seen as favoritism or discrimination.

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Originally posted by dcole:

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Originally posted by dobo98985:
A simple "heads up" to perspective buyers would be fine.
The point I think it crosses the line is the link to a website where the items can be purchased.
I hope that if this is now allowed, that others who do the same will not be punished by removal of their post as that could be seen as favoritism or discrimination.

I must be dense as I don't really see the problem that you are refering to? Several card manufacturers post about their upcoming releases in News and Rumors, and some of them do include their URL in their signatures. How is this different?