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Can Hobby Stores Make Their Saving Throw?
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<blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 7720497" data-attributes="member: 6697674"><p>Yep, I know that's why many don't do it. My point is that when they opt out of things like that, they give me even less reason to visit their stores and buy their other products. I'm sure that's true for a lot of people, based on various comments I have heard on various forums.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>With Amazon Prime, I can get most things in two days. That fills my need to get a product quickly. I know that other people like to walk out with something the same day and are willing to pay for that, but (given game store sales figures) most don't.</p><p></p><p>My interest is in the printed book. Since the World Wide Web portion of the Internet became popular, I haven't needed anyone to recommend things to me in real life. Even on those few occasions when I welcome it, I haven't found most game store employees to be particularly knowledgeable about rpgs as a whole, outside of Pathfinder and D&D. Even if they are, they can't sell me the other stuff because they don't carry it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The thread is about the survival of game stores, though. That other stuff isn't directly relevant to it (though it does make for an interesting discussion).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree. The sales figures from game stores (and the number of closings) would indicate that the services that many of them offer are not of enough value to enough people. That's the reality game store owners have to work with.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree completely. I just don't think that the continued survival of game stores comes into that equation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickin_grinnin, post: 7720497, member: 6697674"] Yep, I know that's why many don't do it. My point is that when they opt out of things like that, they give me even less reason to visit their stores and buy their other products. I'm sure that's true for a lot of people, based on various comments I have heard on various forums. With Amazon Prime, I can get most things in two days. That fills my need to get a product quickly. I know that other people like to walk out with something the same day and are willing to pay for that, but (given game store sales figures) most don't. My interest is in the printed book. Since the World Wide Web portion of the Internet became popular, I haven't needed anyone to recommend things to me in real life. Even on those few occasions when I welcome it, I haven't found most game store employees to be particularly knowledgeable about rpgs as a whole, outside of Pathfinder and D&D. Even if they are, they can't sell me the other stuff because they don't carry it. The thread is about the survival of game stores, though. That other stuff isn't directly relevant to it (though it does make for an interesting discussion). I agree. The sales figures from game stores (and the number of closings) would indicate that the services that many of them offer are not of enough value to enough people. That's the reality game store owners have to work with. I agree completely. I just don't think that the continued survival of game stores comes into that equation. [/QUOTE]
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