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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RatPunk" data-source="post: 1142001" data-attributes="member: 1246">First, a quick apology for the snarky post about always hearing "Don't Do it". As I mentioned, it just gets a tad frustrating, so a big "Nothing Personal" to BigFreakinGoblinoid and thanks for the initial effort.I have exchanged a couple of e-mails with GAMA concerning the mentor program, as I thought that would be the perfect way to go. Unfortunately, I was informed that you had to be a Retail Member of GAMA to take advantage of it and I'm nowhere near that point yet. I have not checked to see if the Retailer's Handbook they have is also available to non-members, but since it has a price tag on it I imagine it is. I've also heard tell of a book called the Specialty Retailer's Handbook by someone who owns a chain of comic/game stores, but I have yet to seriously try tracking it down yet. So far, acquiring one or both of these is my primary starting focus at the moment.This is not something I'm entering into lightly. I've been looking into it off and on for over 10 years, with varying degrees of seriousness. Of course, it was originally because it's every gamer's dream to own their own store, but over the years I have learned much about the actualities of it, so I believe I am prepared for the pain, suffering and heartache. Recent events have finally led to the decision that it's worth a shot, so here I am. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I appreciate everyone's help and advice so far. Please, keep it coming!</blockquote>

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