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<blockquote data-quote="Badwe" data-source="post: 4748295" data-attributes="member: 61762"><p>People think it’s ok to go to amazon for cheaper books, but if wotc: </p><p>+has a short page count on PHB2</p><p>+publishes dungeon delve such that it uses dungeon tiles</p><p>+changes the nature of DDM </p><p>+even simply CREATES the subscription based DDi online service</p><p>Then they are an evil, greedy, money-grabbing corporation. Never mind that with the exception of the PHB2 pagecount most of them were value-adds or refocusing of business (give people more ways to use the tiles or minis they’re already buying), no it was just completely blind and only in the interest of money, and therefore horrible and worthy of many pages of complaints. </p><p></p><p>The only luxury gamers have over LGSes is that they are not monolithic and there aren’t boards for gamestore owners to kvetch about gamers on. Imagine what they would say:</p><p>“I host an RPGA event every week, get my store filled, and none of them buy anything.”</p><p>“I host a magic tournament for 5 dollars, all of which ends up as prize money, but they all buy their boxes online to save money. Their singles too. They don’t even trade with each other.”</p><p>“I have an entire shelf dedicated to boardgames, I have test play copies available to try out, they play it, then they whip out their iphone and order it off ebay.”</p><p></p><p>Honestly I don’t envy gamestore owners in the least, I think they’re only above internet service providers in terms of carelessly abusive customers. Yeah, I used to take calls from a local ISP working out of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois where people called in and bitched about how much they were paying for. Then that company, with its razor thin margins, got bought out by Comcast who ended same-day service calls, raised rates, and added charges for most things that were free such as home networking support. Do you think one person in those states knows that they invited that onto themselves with their purchasing habits and demands? Unlikely.</p><p></p><p>If you are out to save money no matter what, you will get what you pay for: whatever can be shoved out for that price. If certain qualities mean something to you and you show it with your dollars, a business might spring up to serve your demand. Gamers are a lucky few to have gamers working for them. Today I work for a distribution company’s tech department, and I don’t know the first thing about industrial supplies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badwe, post: 4748295, member: 61762"] People think it’s ok to go to amazon for cheaper books, but if wotc: +has a short page count on PHB2 +publishes dungeon delve such that it uses dungeon tiles +changes the nature of DDM +even simply CREATES the subscription based DDi online service Then they are an evil, greedy, money-grabbing corporation. Never mind that with the exception of the PHB2 pagecount most of them were value-adds or refocusing of business (give people more ways to use the tiles or minis they’re already buying), no it was just completely blind and only in the interest of money, and therefore horrible and worthy of many pages of complaints. The only luxury gamers have over LGSes is that they are not monolithic and there aren’t boards for gamestore owners to kvetch about gamers on. Imagine what they would say: “I host an RPGA event every week, get my store filled, and none of them buy anything.” “I host a magic tournament for 5 dollars, all of which ends up as prize money, but they all buy their boxes online to save money. Their singles too. They don’t even trade with each other.” “I have an entire shelf dedicated to boardgames, I have test play copies available to try out, they play it, then they whip out their iphone and order it off ebay.” Honestly I don’t envy gamestore owners in the least, I think they’re only above internet service providers in terms of carelessly abusive customers. Yeah, I used to take calls from a local ISP working out of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois where people called in and bitched about how much they were paying for. Then that company, with its razor thin margins, got bought out by Comcast who ended same-day service calls, raised rates, and added charges for most things that were free such as home networking support. Do you think one person in those states knows that they invited that onto themselves with their purchasing habits and demands? Unlikely. If you are out to save money no matter what, you will get what you pay for: whatever can be shoved out for that price. If certain qualities mean something to you and you show it with your dollars, a business might spring up to serve your demand. Gamers are a lucky few to have gamers working for them. Today I work for a distribution company’s tech department, and I don’t know the first thing about industrial supplies. [/QUOTE]
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