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<blockquote data-quote="Arnix" data-source="post: 5889412" data-attributes="member: 5521"><p>My problem is not that they made them available to people overseas, just that they told the game shops that they were "exclusive" then went back on that. I might have even been OK with it if they had said "we will make them available online 3-6 months after game shops".</p><p></p><p>I think that the consumers will be hurt by this in the long run due to WoTC destroying trust with the game shops, which have traditionally been the heart and soul of this industry. The game shops went out on a limb, ordering decades out of print materials, gambling on a very niche product to support their customers, only to have WoTC change their distribution after orders were places. It won't take many of the instances to happen before the shops stop trusting WoTC and quit ordering these specials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnix, post: 5889412, member: 5521"] My problem is not that they made them available to people overseas, just that they told the game shops that they were "exclusive" then went back on that. I might have even been OK with it if they had said "we will make them available online 3-6 months after game shops". I think that the consumers will be hurt by this in the long run due to WoTC destroying trust with the game shops, which have traditionally been the heart and soul of this industry. The game shops went out on a limb, ordering decades out of print materials, gambling on a very niche product to support their customers, only to have WoTC change their distribution after orders were places. It won't take many of the instances to happen before the shops stop trusting WoTC and quit ordering these specials. [/QUOTE]
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