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I just don't see why they even bothered with the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6761661" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>Awesome! Thanks for doing so, it's very much appreciated! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is about what I expected you to say, mostly because I couldn't anticipate any other possible answer, and there's an aspect of it that I'm hoping you can elaborate on. If the idiosyncratic nature of what your customers order plays such a strong role in what products you carry, and if they're readily admitting to backing certain products (and subsequently receiving a copy of the finished product as a reward), then what's your impetus for carrying a retail copy of the game to begin with? That is, if the only customers who would buy it are telling you that they already have it, or will, why carry a copy to sell in the first place?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I vaguely recall the beginning of the RPG book on Kickstarter, but backing <em>every single one</em>? I don't understand why you'd do this when you make mention of how many RPGs are sold at your store with specific customers in mind. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think that sales numbers are necessary. Rather, I'm hoping you can expand on the nature of the sales you didn't make. I am taking your word for it, I'm just unclear on how you were ever going to make those sales if, from what you're saying, the only possible outcomes were that they weren't funded (and thus were never available to sell) or were already funded and everyone who wanted them got them. That doesn't seem like competition so much as the illusion of a possible sale, which was never going to happen.</p><p></p><p>In that case, having established that this is a product that nobody who comes to your store is going to buy, why stock it in the first place? If there was never an opportunity to get the supply (e.g. the book can initially only be acquired from the Kickstarter pledge), and there was subsequently no demand (e.g. all of your potential customers had it already), then were you ever "competing" with Kickstarter, per se?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Right, and I can understand that, since it's (presumably) catering to demand that you've established exists after the Kickstarter has closed. In which case, there are people who want the product now that it's been made, and didn't receive a copy otherwise. In that case, now the supply and the demand are simultaneously present, and Kickstarter isn't an avenue for them to go to instead or your store, right?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can imagine that it's a tough time for brick-and-mortar stores, and that for what it's worth I hope that you (and other stores) have your fortunes turn around soon. Thanks again for stopping by to talk about this in further detail!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 6761661, member: 8461"] Awesome! Thanks for doing so, it's very much appreciated! :) This is about what I expected you to say, mostly because I couldn't anticipate any other possible answer, and there's an aspect of it that I'm hoping you can elaborate on. If the idiosyncratic nature of what your customers order plays such a strong role in what products you carry, and if they're readily admitting to backing certain products (and subsequently receiving a copy of the finished product as a reward), then what's your impetus for carrying a retail copy of the game to begin with? That is, if the only customers who would buy it are telling you that they already have it, or will, why carry a copy to sell in the first place? I vaguely recall the beginning of the RPG book on Kickstarter, but backing [I]every single one[/I]? I don't understand why you'd do this when you make mention of how many RPGs are sold at your store with specific customers in mind. I don't think that sales numbers are necessary. Rather, I'm hoping you can expand on the nature of the sales you didn't make. I am taking your word for it, I'm just unclear on how you were ever going to make those sales if, from what you're saying, the only possible outcomes were that they weren't funded (and thus were never available to sell) or were already funded and everyone who wanted them got them. That doesn't seem like competition so much as the illusion of a possible sale, which was never going to happen. In that case, having established that this is a product that nobody who comes to your store is going to buy, why stock it in the first place? If there was never an opportunity to get the supply (e.g. the book can initially only be acquired from the Kickstarter pledge), and there was subsequently no demand (e.g. all of your potential customers had it already), then were you ever "competing" with Kickstarter, per se? Right, and I can understand that, since it's (presumably) catering to demand that you've established exists after the Kickstarter has closed. In which case, there are people who want the product now that it's been made, and didn't receive a copy otherwise. In that case, now the supply and the demand are simultaneously present, and Kickstarter isn't an avenue for them to go to instead or your store, right? I can imagine that it's a tough time for brick-and-mortar stores, and that for what it's worth I hope that you (and other stores) have your fortunes turn around soon. Thanks again for stopping by to talk about this in further detail! [/QUOTE]
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