Wolfshade
01-29-2013, 07:23 AM
There is always a complaint from some that the hobby is too expensive and indeed is becoming even more so, one of the msot vocal groups were our friends in the Antipodes who pointed out that since GW stopped 3rd parties distributing to them that they had to buy direct from GW and felt that these prices were excessive and indeed a direct conversion agrees with this.
Below attached is a list of these prices.
3606
The cheapest 3 being:
UK
Poland
USA
The most expensive 3 being:
Australia
New Zealand
Norway
Quite interesting is that within the Eurozone the price fluctuates between €30 and €31.
Using data from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2011, the average gross and net salaries were calculated and the number of hours worked to buy a tactical squad, in their local currency was derived. It has been assumed that those in work work a 40hr week, though this is not strictly speaking accurate as the average number of hours worked varies country to country.
Below attached are the list of hours worked to buy the same tactical squad.
3607
The shortest time to work is:
USA
Ireland
UK
The longest time to work is:
Poland
Australia
New Zealand
So it would appear that our friends from down under do have a point, though they only work 1.1hrs more for their space marines than average, our Polish friends end up working almost twice as long.
There are some obvious flaws in this assessment, namely how the "average" salary is worked out, continous arguments rage between if this should be the mean or median and the amount of tax paid does vary between people with tax arrangements being made so certain items are paid before tax is calculated and other offsets/reductions. Also the price ratio within the 40k range is not always similiar. The continous flux of the money markets will also render any calculation immediately out of date. Also this is comparing 2013 prices with 2011 OCED data.
Indeed, I did this calculation using 2012 data and it came out with Australia being 4th quickest working 2.75hrs for their marines.
But in terms of general handwavy feelings I think this is a fair representation.
A big point though is that the younger end of the market if they do have employment do not work full time if they work at all and so are dependent on their parent's to finance their hobby.
Below attached is a list of these prices.
3606
The cheapest 3 being:
UK
Poland
USA
The most expensive 3 being:
Australia
New Zealand
Norway
Quite interesting is that within the Eurozone the price fluctuates between €30 and €31.
Using data from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2011, the average gross and net salaries were calculated and the number of hours worked to buy a tactical squad, in their local currency was derived. It has been assumed that those in work work a 40hr week, though this is not strictly speaking accurate as the average number of hours worked varies country to country.
Below attached are the list of hours worked to buy the same tactical squad.
3607
The shortest time to work is:
USA
Ireland
UK
The longest time to work is:
Poland
Australia
New Zealand
So it would appear that our friends from down under do have a point, though they only work 1.1hrs more for their space marines than average, our Polish friends end up working almost twice as long.
There are some obvious flaws in this assessment, namely how the "average" salary is worked out, continous arguments rage between if this should be the mean or median and the amount of tax paid does vary between people with tax arrangements being made so certain items are paid before tax is calculated and other offsets/reductions. Also the price ratio within the 40k range is not always similiar. The continous flux of the money markets will also render any calculation immediately out of date. Also this is comparing 2013 prices with 2011 OCED data.
Indeed, I did this calculation using 2012 data and it came out with Australia being 4th quickest working 2.75hrs for their marines.
But in terms of general handwavy feelings I think this is a fair representation.
A big point though is that the younger end of the market if they do have employment do not work full time if they work at all and so are dependent on their parent's to finance their hobby.