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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 3591360" data-attributes="member: 3285">First there was the Wizards of the Coast store.&nbsp; When it went out of business, I bought nearly their entire stock of D20 games at 50% off. Then there was the Borders store in the mall.&nbsp; When it went out of business, I bought nearly their entire stock of D&amp;D games at 50% off.That leaves one Borders left. It's the only place I can buy minis or buy D&amp;D books.&nbsp; With their 20%-30% coupons, it's worth it. Unlike the Borders in the mall, this one keeps the minis behind the registers.&nbsp; Which is fine, except that none of the staff seem to know what it is, so I have to explain to them what Dungeons &amp; Dragons Miniatures are.&nbsp; And since they walk away from the register while pointing at various things (the latest romance novel, a Stephen King book on reserve, you get the picture), I usually have to yell the description to them across the gap.&nbsp; It's not ideal, but hey, I get minis at a discount so I'm happy.A few weeks ago, the minis suddenly disappeared.&nbsp; To my relief, I discovered they were actually just behind display books.&nbsp; The first time this happened, the guy at the register was amused by my reaction.&nbsp; The second time, the woman at the register thought I had psychic powers...Or to put it another way, the staff didn't know the D&amp;D minis were being blocked by books, didn't know they existed, and couldn't figure out how *I* knew they were there.&nbsp; Not a good sign.Two weekends ago I bought out the last two boxes.&nbsp; They weren't even newer sets.&nbsp; And that's it.&nbsp; They haven't stocked anything new since, and the boxes I bought were much older sets.&nbsp; They should have had newer sets if they were routinely stocking D&amp;D minis.Has Borders and WOTC had a falling out?&nbsp; Or is my store just not interested in stocking the one thing I've been buying consistently from them for over a year now?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="talien, post: 3591360, member: 3285"] First there was the Wizards of the Coast store. When it went out of business, I bought nearly their entire stock of D20 games at 50% off. Then there was the Borders store in the mall. When it went out of business, I bought nearly their entire stock of D&D games at 50% off. That leaves one Borders left. It's the only place I can buy minis or buy D&D books. With their 20%-30% coupons, it's worth it. Unlike the Borders in the mall, this one keeps the minis behind the registers. Which is fine, except that none of the staff seem to know what it is, so I have to explain to them what Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures are. And since they walk away from the register while pointing at various things (the latest romance novel, a Stephen King book on reserve, you get the picture), I usually have to yell the description to them across the gap. It's not ideal, but hey, I get minis at a discount so I'm happy. A few weeks ago, the minis suddenly disappeared. To my relief, I discovered they were actually just behind display books. The first time this happened, the guy at the register was amused by my reaction. The second time, the woman at the register thought I had psychic powers... Or to put it another way, the staff didn't know the D&D minis were being blocked by books, didn't know they existed, and couldn't figure out how *I* knew they were there. Not a good sign. Two weekends ago I bought out the last two boxes. They weren't even newer sets. And that's it. They haven't stocked anything new since, and the boxes I bought were much older sets. They should have had newer sets if they were routinely stocking D&D minis. Has Borders and WOTC had a falling out? Or is my store just not interested in stocking the one thing I've been buying consistently from them for over a year now? [/QUOTE]

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