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<blockquote data-quote="Furluge" data-source="post: 4764249" data-attributes="member: 22770"><p>There's two kinds of retailer in any economy. Those who can adapt and deal with industry changes or dead men walking. Guess which kind Marcus King and Jane Witt are?</p><p></p><p>I've encountered the same thing you're talking about with the crummy FLGS. FLGS stores where they would charge me $150 for a $80 airbrush. (Yes, RC car hobby parts are even more out of whack than RPG hobby stuff.) I've been to stores that were rude to us when we hosted games, forbade us from using our laptops in the hope that we'd use their lame cybercafe they set up in some dingy back room, and places that would ignore us and play on the internet while setting up a Rockband next to the D&D table. Of these stores one still survives, one is out of business, and the other's manager was sacked and things have steadily improved.</p><p></p><p>Of course I've also been to gaming stores where the owner is nice and converses with us, has a tidy store, a actually nice cyber-cafe and games area, seperated from the table top stuff, and keeps a wonderful supply of snacks, food, sodas, tea, etc. They host events like "paint night" with supplied paints, and the owner was cool enough to show us the new D&D minis that had come in the day before release even though he couldn't sell us any yet. I've been to one or two stores like this. They're good. They get it. </p><p></p><p>I've been to one or two stores of the good variety and many more of the dead man walking variety. The dead man walking variety are closing up shop and going away. I like the people, I feel bad for them sometimes, but there's really nothing to be done. They seam to think they can cover their ears, scream, "Support your local FLGS!", and pretend the internet doesn't exist, that Amazon isn't selling identical books for cheaper, often with free shipping and no sales tax, and continue to do business like they did in the 70's and 80's. They can't. It's not going to work no matter how much they wish it would. The best thing you can do is let them know how you feel. Assuming they listen, that's good. Though chances are they won't. And then they die. That's just how it works. It's the same in every market from RPG books to automobiles to labor.</p><p></p><p>So let's all raise our glass in toast to the memory of Marcus King of Titan Games and Jane Witt of The Keep, soon to be departed from the world of business. Remember them fondly and try not to write smart ass phrases on their tombstones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Furluge, post: 4764249, member: 22770"] There's two kinds of retailer in any economy. Those who can adapt and deal with industry changes or dead men walking. Guess which kind Marcus King and Jane Witt are? I've encountered the same thing you're talking about with the crummy FLGS. FLGS stores where they would charge me $150 for a $80 airbrush. (Yes, RC car hobby parts are even more out of whack than RPG hobby stuff.) I've been to stores that were rude to us when we hosted games, forbade us from using our laptops in the hope that we'd use their lame cybercafe they set up in some dingy back room, and places that would ignore us and play on the internet while setting up a Rockband next to the D&D table. Of these stores one still survives, one is out of business, and the other's manager was sacked and things have steadily improved. Of course I've also been to gaming stores where the owner is nice and converses with us, has a tidy store, a actually nice cyber-cafe and games area, seperated from the table top stuff, and keeps a wonderful supply of snacks, food, sodas, tea, etc. They host events like "paint night" with supplied paints, and the owner was cool enough to show us the new D&D minis that had come in the day before release even though he couldn't sell us any yet. I've been to one or two stores like this. They're good. They get it. I've been to one or two stores of the good variety and many more of the dead man walking variety. The dead man walking variety are closing up shop and going away. I like the people, I feel bad for them sometimes, but there's really nothing to be done. They seam to think they can cover their ears, scream, "Support your local FLGS!", and pretend the internet doesn't exist, that Amazon isn't selling identical books for cheaper, often with free shipping and no sales tax, and continue to do business like they did in the 70's and 80's. They can't. It's not going to work no matter how much they wish it would. The best thing you can do is let them know how you feel. Assuming they listen, that's good. Though chances are they won't. And then they die. That's just how it works. It's the same in every market from RPG books to automobiles to labor. So let's all raise our glass in toast to the memory of Marcus King of Titan Games and Jane Witt of The Keep, soon to be departed from the world of business. Remember them fondly and try not to write smart ass phrases on their tombstones. [/QUOTE]
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