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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 1659366" data-attributes="member: 1165">Sometimes they'll give me a deal, actually. Sometimes. One of the two stores (Grey Regions) always has sales on the first Sunday of each month (20% off) and if I give them an obviously fake story as to why I can't be there that Sunday I can still get 10% off. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> The other store (Hairy Tarantula) has given me deals for apparently random reasons, and they have occasional sales (but, being the sort of guy who can't bear to keep track of things like that, I've only taken advantage of such sales accidentally). I can flip through books in the store and decide if they're worth buying, instead of having to look at reviews which, quite honestly, rarely tell me what I want to hear. (I've ordered three physical D20 Modern books online recently, and one I'd love to return, but doing so is a pain starting with "I don't know how to do it" and ending with "lack of spine" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />In the end, it's still more expensive than Amazon over the long run, however.It's a carrot approach.Until recently, I didn't have a credit card. I have one I use now, and did I mention I hate the thing? I only got it because it was time to pay my student loan, and if I didn't get it now I could never have one. And, yeah, I wouldn't care if I never had one except for the massive number of things that require you to have one, starting with D20 Modern PDFs and going on to things like cellphones and ... basically you can't live without one once you move out.But I still hate the thing. Really really hate it. I don't have to use it at the FLGS. It's a carrot to not have to use that ugly blue thing. (Actually, it's pretty, but I still hate it.)Second, I already stated I didn't like ordering things online.Third, it's not Grey Regions' fault that they couldn't get the books on time. I'm not a business expert by any means, but it seems to me they couldn't possibly squeeze more money out of the customer by not having the book on time. They probably lost business to people like me who were too impatient to wait and instead got a friend to order it for them online. (After that annoying experience, I figured I would have to wait one way or another, and it's better to just calll the FLGS every day and ask if they have it yet.)I mean, come on. They're the little guy. Maybe someone was yanking their chain, or there weren't enough copies around. (Or maybe they had a really good Bluff skill, but whatever, it worked.)As for Hairy Tarantula (the one that wouldn't order it), I was quite upset with them but then again, they've got that cat, they're nice about everything else, they sold me other 3.5 stuff I'm interested in, they sold me something when I walked into their store 90 minutes after closing time and they even have a massive collection of anime I can actually examine for myself.I should mention that I don't ask for deals at both stores - they offer me a deal, and I am not their best customer. Not by a stretch. I mean, it's all a "plot" to make me feel good and buy more stuff there, but it works.And they have a debit card machine, which means I can leave that ugly (well, pretty) blue card at home.</blockquote>

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