GZG Online Catalogue

The GZG online catalogue can now be reached at:

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

Most of the 1997 catalogue is now there the rest will follow very soon.

Jon, take a look and let me know what you think, also if you have any updates
please send them along.

NOTICE:

Will DS2 stuff be listed? Will it ever have pictures?! Any chance of a
breakdown by classes (i.e. cruisers, hvy. grav tanks, PA, etc.) instead of
just by race?

Paul

> At 08:12 PM 5/14/97 +0000, you wrote:

I'd just like to say thanks to Paul for putting in the time to put the GZG
catalogue online. No more IRCs for me.

> Will DS2 stuff be listed? Will it ever have pictures?! Any chance of a
instead of
> just by race?

DS2 is currently listed as the DSM range, this is the remodelled stuff and as
yet I have not done a list of the old stuff, is there any point as its not
available now?

Jon, you got any updates for me yet?

Latest Update...

The following pages are now complete: rules and publications microtac
buildings order form (ready to be printed)

I have also set up pages for FAQ and reviews so if you have anything to
contribute to either please let me know.

Would it be useful to be able to download all the web pages in one go in zip
format for you to keep on a local HD?

> On Tue, 20 May 1997, Paul Owen wrote:

> Latest Update...

Hm. I can't find any links to the microtac page:(

...is there any chance to get pictures too?:)

> From: "Paul Owen" <paulowen@enterprise.net>

> Would it be useful to be able to download all the web pages in one go

It wouldn't do any harm to have that option, dependant on the space available
to you on the site.
> ----------------------------------------------------------

> >
Glad to see you spotted the deliberate mistake:)

> ...is there any chance to get pictures too? :)
If Jon sends me some I will put them up.

The Summer update has arrived: New ships for the Sa'Vasku and Kra'vak New DSM
vehicles. A new range of 25mm Starship and Station Crew figures. and more
besides..

visit the GZG Online catalogue for details at

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen
.

The GZG Online Catalogue is now in its second month and has had 281 visitors
so far!

This site contains the full range of GZG figures and models.

Drop in and take a look.

Well update 2 is finally on the site, all the new figures have been added and
Fallout 97.2 is ready to read.

You can see a list of all the GZG miniatures at

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

Please drop in and take a look....

Monthly Update for July 97

Hit rate is now up to 590!, thankyou for all the visitors.

Update 2 and the latest Fallout have been added this month along with a few
new mini's.

Drop in and Take a look around!!

Then go blast some space ships!!

BFN

*** URGENT ***

GZG have just upped their prices due to VAT these new prices are in affect NOW
and can be found at the web site.

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

Please note the WWW address will be changing in the next couple of months,
both sites will run in parallel for a while then I will be switching over to
the new one. Address to follow as soon as I decide where I am going.

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:28:46 +0000, "Paul Owen" writes:

O.k. I have two probably dumb questions, but oh well, here goes.

1) What's VAT? 2) Why the large price difference between GeoHex and GZG
versions of the ships? The larger ships are of comperable price, given an
exchange rate of 1.6 to 1. But the smaller ships are MUCH more expensive in
the States. Is this some strange conspierence to bring about the NAC? or is
there something I don't know?

> O.k. I have two probably dumb questions, but oh well, here goes.
or
> is there something I don't know?
     -=-
> -=- http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~seidl/Home.html -Morrow
     -=-
Does VAT mean value added tax?

> 1) What's VAT?
It stands for Value Added Tax, IIRC. It's tax that is added in before the
price is printed in the catalogue, also IIRC.

> 2) Why the large price difference between GeoHex and GZG versions of
or
> is there something I don't know?
GZG ships have no bases and very little packaging.  Geo-Hex ships have
large, round, metal bases with clock faces and 90 degree fire arcs modeled
onto them. For small ships, these add cost and value to the pack, and
probably are necessary to warrant the amount of packaging Geo-Hex uses.

> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 15:51:29 -0700

> >

Value added tax. Its based on the value of the product being sold. In the UK I
beleive its something like 17.5% of the value of the product on top of the
price of it. At least it was. Whats the new rate over there then? You could
claim the vat back if you are a registered business as long as you are using
the product for legit business purposes. Not much hope of that with Metal
starships. Well unless you work for the european space agency I suppose.

> > 2) Why the large price difference between GeoHex and GZG versions of

Haven't a clue. Business decision perhaps to encourage more purchasing of
larger ships? Better profit margin on them?

Typical though. Heres me about to send on for a new order and the exchange
rate between the Irish pound and sterling rockets. Nowa price rise. Sigh.
Perhaps its a sign that I should paint the ships I already have first...

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Paul Owen wrote:

> *** URGENT ***

Hm. Isn't VAT the tax you don't pay (or re-claim in the customs once
you leave the country) if you're a foreigner?

Should we non-UK residents pay the VAT? ...or is that non-EU
residents only? I have to pay the Swedish equivalent of the VAT on all
official orders from the US, but not from the UK...

Later,

> At 08:40 AM 8/21/97 +0200, you wrote:
Quite so. Any order from outside the UK should be exempt from UK VAT. It's up
to your local customs (or equivalent) to impose any relevant sales tax upon
you, not GZG. It shouldn't matter what country the good come from though, so I
think you've been getting away with it.

Having said that, I wasn't aware of any increase in VAT on gaming products
recently. Unless GZG catalogue prices were exVAT previously, this seems odd.
Perhaps you could give us some details Jon?

                TTFN
                        Jon

> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Should we non-UK residents pay the VAT? ...or is that non-EU

Sorry, non-EU only.

If you are a *business*, you can skip the UK VAT -- but you must pay
Swedish tax instead. I personally would pay UK tax any time I can, since

ours is 22%....

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Paul Owen wrote:

I was wondering about this. Last time I was back in the UK I bought some stuff
and just for the heck of it I asked if I could have it VAT free. The answer
was no, but I could claim the VAT back. I'm not sure how to go about doing
that yet, however, I'm sure people living outside of the UK can claim VAT
expemption. I used to live in Newcastle where we got a lot of Norwegians
comming over to shot tax free, I guess it's just a case of finding out how to
claim the VAT exemption.

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Matthew Seidl wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:28:46 +0000, "Paul Owen" writes:
or
> is there something I don't know?

Geo-hex provides a metal stand with clockface and rear arc (or front,
depending on how you want it) for each of the ships in the pack.
Personally, I'd rather have it done the UK way with the Geo-hex stand
available separately as the stands are overkill for anything smaller than a
battlecruiser. But they DO look very nice. They also package the minis in a
blister pack which increases the cost a bit. And you have to take in account
licensing fees, shipping the master molds to the US and such.

For what you get, the pricing structure isn't bad, though it breaks down with
some of the ships, cruisers and fighters in particular. In fact, the prices on
the dreadnaughts and carriers are probably a little cheaper in the US when you
take in account the exchange rate.

> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:28:46 +0000, "Paul Owen" writes:

Value Added Tax - basically a purchase tax of 17.5% levied on almost
everything except books, kids' clothing and food. A filthy plot by the
European Union.... The way it works is that small companies do not have to
charge it until
their gross turnover hits a certain threshold - we've just hit it, so
the VAT amount now has to be added to all our prices except the rulebooks, so
we can collect the money on behalf of H.M.Government and give it to
them......
We can work out VAT-exclusive prices for overseas customers, as you guys
don't have to pay it.:) They just get you on customs duties when it arrives in
your own
country... :(

> 2) Why the large price difference between GeoHex and GZG versions of
or
> is there something I don't know?

It is mainly down to the fact that GeoHex put the big metal stands in with
the ships for US sale (and blister-pack them), so that the small ships
have much more metal in the stands than in the minis! In the UK we use the
much
cheaper plastic stands, and don't pre-package the models - for the US,
blistering 4 scouts & 4 stands costs as much (and uses as much metal, if not
more!) than 1 Battleship with one stand! Different techniques for VERY
different markets.

> At 08:40 AM 8/21/97 +0200, you wrote:
It's
> up to your local customs (or equivalent) to impose any relevant sales

Yes, up till now all GZG prices have been ex-VAT, because our turnover
was
under the threshold at which we had to become a VAT-registered business
-
hence we have not had to charge it. With the increase in turnover in the last
year (largely due to taking over CMD) we have hit the threshold, which means
we have to register by law, and thus have to charge VAT on all items (except
books). It isn't through choice, because all WE get out of it is a huge amount
of extra hassle, paperwork and red tape!!

I need to confirm the exact position re: overseas orders with my accountant,
as the VAT rules are horribly complex and it can be very costly (to us) to get
it wrong. I'll post more info when I have it.

VAT: Value added tax: has just been added to the ship price, in the UK you do
not, as a company, have to charge VAT till you reach a certain annual
turnover, it would appear that GZG has now reached that value and therefore
MUST by law add VAT to their prices.

If you are a non EU resident you are not obliged to pay VAT, but remember Jon
IS obliged by law to charge it, so how you go about getting a refund is
unknown to me at present, you might talk to your tax office to find out.

Also all GZG ships now _include_ clear flying stands, and as you will
see from the new prices and the update when I get it done some of the ship
prices have actually gone down, I think jons taken this opportunity to re
structure some of the prices.

> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Mikko Kurki-Suonio wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

Ours is 20%...

Unless I somehow can explain why my one-man accounting office is
buying metal miniatures :-7 Somehow I think I'll find that
difficult...

Later,

> > If you are a *business*, you can skip the UK VAT -- but you must pay

> > Swedish tax instead. I personally would pay UK tax any time I can,

21% here.

> Unless I somehow can explain why my one-man accounting office is

An investment opportunity perhaps?

Anyway I wonder can someone help me out. I've just created a simple
spreadsheet that prints up a GZG order form with all the details (catalogue
number, description, price, etc..) inputted and worked out for you. I don't
have a copy of the GZG catalogue handy
and I can't remember the P+P costs for orders , as well
as the discount rate for SFSFW members. Could someone let me know what these
are? Thanks.

> ngilsena@indigo.ie wrote:

> Anyway I wonder can someone help me out. I've just created a simple

Hi Niall, The following details are from the 1997 catalogue Discount for SFSFW
is 5% on orders of £10 and over (remember to quote your membership number)

P&P UK P&P for Resin models 15% min £1.50 max £6.00 P&P for metal models is
10% min £0.75 max £6.00

There are special postage rates on GPM modular buildings

For EEC countries (ie Eire) add an additional 30% min £4.00 (resin or metal)
For non EEC European Countries add 40% min £6.00 (resin or metal)
for USA/Canada add 50% min £10.00 (resin or metal)
for Aust/NZ rest of world add 60% min £12.00

> At 09:40 AM 8/21/97 -0500, you wrote:

When my wife and I were over in Scotland in 1992, we found that you could
apply for it at Customs at the airport. The larger stores will fill in a VAT
exemption form for you if you buy stuff worth 50 pounds or more. These forms
can be dropped in a mailbox and the refund will be sent to you.

Note that the same procedure is available for the Canadian GST (Goods and
Services Tax, essentially a VAT) and possible the provincial sales taxes
(PST). You can get the forms from Canada Customs at airports or any border
crossings. Bear this in mind when you buy something in Canada. (By the way,
you'd be surprised what's a real bargain up here. Computer equipment is
cheaper in Toronto and Vancouver than most US cities, and videos are cheaper
than Canada than the US or Europe.)

Bear this in mind when you buy something in Canada. (By the way,
> you'd be surprised what's a real bargain up here. Computer equipment

Hmm, I suspect the video formats there are NTSC though not PAL. Electricity
(voltage?) is possibly different too. Pardon the negative attitude.

I wonder does this mean that an order has to be over £50 in order to claim
the vat back? Could be problematic although to be honest I doubt many of us
outside the UK order much below the £50 mark in any case. Just not cost
effective for postage, otherwise.

The GZG Online Catalogue:

The price increase changes have now been completed on the web site, I have
also now added update 3 and the price update as well as implementing any
changes that have resulted from these.

The ZIP file has also now been updated.

If you are unsure about any of the new prices please check with GZG before
ordering.

Thanks for visiting!

If you use the Online Catalogue please mention so in your correspondence to
GZG.

Hi All

Well another month has gone by and the Catalogue is still their, No updates
since the price changes though.

However I shall be getting my flatbed scanner tomorrow so I will be adding
some pictures sometime soon.

Also the site address will be changing shortly after I start my next contract
so keep your eyes open for the new address.

Their has now been 1,157 visitors.

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

Hi All

Well another month has gone by and the Catalogue is still their, No updates
since the price changes though.

However I shall be getting my flatbed scanner tomorrow so I will be adding
some pictures sometime soon.

Also the site address will be changing shortly after I start my next contract
so keep your eyes open for the new address.

Their has now been 1,157 visitors.

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

Hi All

Well another month has gone by and the Catalogue is still their, No updates
since the price changes though.

However I shall be getting my flatbed scanner tomorrow so I will be adding
some pictures sometime soon.

Also the site address will be changing shortly after I start my next contract
so keep your eyes open for the new address.

Their has now been 1,157 visitors.

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

The catalgue has been updated with the latest releeases from GZG, go on take a
look and check it out!!

New SG, FT, Pand, and many more...

http://homepages.enterprise.net/paulowen

The online catalogue is currently being updated to the new 1998 version,
hopefully it will be ready by the end of this week if not before, thanks to
Jon I now have a copy of all his pictures so they will be added as I redo the
site. That is if I can stop my self from painting my new FSE ships till the
weekend!

Hi all,

The 1998 catalogue is starting to take shape, I have been working in london of
late so it's taking me a little longer than anticipated, but the FT and SG
ranges are now complete and uploaded, you may also notice they are on a new
site, the whole catalogue will be moving as the new stuff is added, but it can
still be reached from the regular address.

> The 1998 catalogue is starting to take shape, I have been working in
URLs?

In article <3501D3E4.442BA7B0@axom.com>, Brian Bell <brian.bell@axom.com>
writes
> The 1998 catalogue is starting to take shape, I have been working in

Well I finally managed to find some time to get it all completed, the FULL
1998 catalogue with PICTURES is up and running at

http://www.lightspeed.u-net.com/gzg

All I have to do now is find some more time to paint my Kra'Vak fleet
!!!

Just an Update.

The latest releases will be added over the next few days, theirs quite a few.

Check out the Whats New section for details as to what is added and when.

ALSO...

To celebrate 1 year of the catalogue there will be a competition to win some
Miniatures, 1st prize = £15 worth of figures then £10 and £5 respectively
for 2nd and third, this will run early August and the winner will be drawn on
the 25th. For further details as and when they are available see the web site.

Thanks.

Hi All,

The latest additions to the various ranges are now in the Online Catalogue,
also the Competition is nearly ready to be set loose, I hope to release the
questions about the 25th of August, thanks again to Jon for putting up the
prizes ( Hope I did'nt bully him into it to much).

Jon I will email you a copy for your approval sometime this week.

I will apologise now cos some of them are stinkers....

Thanks

A new revamped site is up for review at

http://www.lightspeed.uk.com/gzg/index.html

please take a look and let me know what you think, it does not yet have all
the pictures available but they will be added as I do them, please do not
report any missing graphics as there are a few just let me know if you think
it is better or worse than the other, it should be quicker as well, and it has
all the new ranges.

Thanks

> A new revamped site is up for review at

Looks good to me. It certainly loads quickly, good work.

Enjoy,

Paul

> http://www.lightspeed.uk.com/gzg/index.html

Very fast, nice simple design, will be very nice when complete with graphics

Thanks for all the feedback, but please remember this is still a test site and
will not be complete till end of next week (or so) it does have all the new
ranges on it but the current site should still be regarded as the main site
for a while yet.

Hope nobody minds these but I have another small request:)

can you take a look at www.lightspeed.uk.com/gzg/untitled.html
and then select a figure to view the image (bb-03 is really nice, one
of my own) the image page is generated dynamically so it allows me to center
it and put the figure code in etc.

again can you let me know what you think, ie fast slow annoying etc etc

sorry for the bother again and thanks.

Worked good for me.

Joe.
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> Paul Owen wrote:

> Hope nobody minds these but I have another small request : )

I missed your first message because I was having ISP problems (I got it
recently but it seemed somewhat out of date.....).

I'm using Netscape 4.7

The speed is good but the images aren't centered. They are at the top,
slightly left of center.

Also, the window it opens is far bigger than the figure. You might want to set
some window size parameters. On my computer, it opened a full sized window to
show the image. <grin>

Though, if you have room, it might be cool to have a standard size box on the
catalogue page that the image loads into.

Paul

> and then select a figure to view the image (bb-03 is really nice, one

For nice large high quality image - this is really nice
for BB-01 example it doesn't work as well but I can live
with it, if you can get the caption under the image (whatever its size) then
it will be fine. I notice the images you are using are low quality JPEGS, it
would be a vast improvement if the compression rate were not so high, these
are small images anyway and need to be high quality to be useful and show off
the items to their best.

The links work. The image in the window is slightly left of center but it's
there.

But.. <G>

One of my pet peeves is the spawning of new windows. If you run your browser
full screen, you get the "joy" of having to close down each and every spawned
window. =Every= time a web site spawns a window that I can't "back arrow"
from, I grind my teeth a little further to the gum line.

Regards,
-=Kr'rt

> Hope nobody minds these but I have another small request : )

> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Kr'rt wrote:

> One of my pet peeves is the spawning of new windows.

i second that. i have yet to see a use of pop-up windows which really
added something over just using frames or javascript.

tom a

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 01:25:43 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Tom Anderson
> <thomas.anderson@univ.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> i second that. i have yet to see a use of pop-up windows which really

Salon.com (my favourite online magazine) spawns pop-up windows whenever
you take a link to another site. For instance, if they have a story that
mentions, say, a Linux site with a link to the site, clicking on the link
brings up another window. I find this is good. It allows me to keep the
original story open in my first window. That way I can explore the other site
and not have to worry about hitting "Back" several dozen times to get to the
original story.

But I agree, if you are staying within a site, pop-up windows are evil.
A properly designed site doesn't need them.

I also have a thing against frames, as I find most people don't code the
frames properly. I try to avoid building frame-based pages myself...

> -----Original Message-----

> say, a Linux site with a link to the site, clicking on the

Well, often I right click on the link and select "Open in New Window" (using
IE I presume netscape can do this?). This way I can choose when I wish a new
window to be open.

Unrequested pop-ups can be very distracting so I would prefer not to
have them forced on me.

Cheers,

Update.....

Check out the new PAX LIMPOPO range I really must have one of those mandarins
on the rocket assisted penny farthing.....

FYI none of the picture links on the Future Wars pages work
http://www.gtns.net/gzg/gzg-df.html
  http://www.gtns.net/gzg/images/dsm-dfc.jpg
  http://www.gtns.net/gzg/images/dsm-dfs.jpg
  http://www.gtns.net/gzg/images/dsm-dft.jpg
  http://www.gtns.net/gzg/images/dsm-dfv-1.jpg

thanks, i will fix it tonight.

> FYI none of the picture links on the Future Wars pages work

Update

Now available - Current GZG catalogue as a PDF download (6.4Meg)

New arrivals Biker Babes get new bikes. Nuns (not wanting to be left behind)
get some too. Generic Bikes.

What's the URL again, please?

Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/
-><-

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www.gzg.com

PDF Catalogue is in the downloads section

Jeremey germ@germy.co.uk www.germy.co.uk
[quoted original message omitted]

One of these days, I will remember to add that to my emails :|

> -----Original Message-----

> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Germ wrote:

> www.gzg.com