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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 7757519" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>Just so you know, anytime I list the price in a column, I always try to list the cover price or MSRP of any book or game, because that rarely changes. Places like Amazon or Wal-mart are almost always going to be between 20-40% cheaper because of how their distribution and profit methods work (they sell so much in volume that they can discount to razor-thin margins off wholesale), and many other outlets will have lower prices as well through various discounts. This is especially true of novels and not-directly-related-to-games books like the art book. However, those discounted rates fluctuate a lot, the discounts on a lot of game books or boxed sets aren't usually that steep (because they don't move in the same volume), and most independent stores can't discount nearly as much since their overhead is more - particularly local game stores. And it's very, very rare (like it only happens when something's out of print or otherwise hard to find) that anyone charges <em>more</em> than the cover price or MSRP.</p><p></p><p>I just don't want you walking into your local game store expecting to pay $30 for Starfinder or $75 for that special edition Art & Arcana book and get sticker shock, thinking your local store is trying to rip you off or that I lied about the price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 7757519, member: 6669048"] Just so you know, anytime I list the price in a column, I always try to list the cover price or MSRP of any book or game, because that rarely changes. Places like Amazon or Wal-mart are almost always going to be between 20-40% cheaper because of how their distribution and profit methods work (they sell so much in volume that they can discount to razor-thin margins off wholesale), and many other outlets will have lower prices as well through various discounts. This is especially true of novels and not-directly-related-to-games books like the art book. However, those discounted rates fluctuate a lot, the discounts on a lot of game books or boxed sets aren't usually that steep (because they don't move in the same volume), and most independent stores can't discount nearly as much since their overhead is more - particularly local game stores. And it's very, very rare (like it only happens when something's out of print or otherwise hard to find) that anyone charges [I]more[/I] than the cover price or MSRP. I just don't want you walking into your local game store expecting to pay $30 for Starfinder or $75 for that special edition Art & Arcana book and get sticker shock, thinking your local store is trying to rip you off or that I lied about the price. [/QUOTE]
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