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<blockquote data-quote="william_nova" data-source="post: 4250306" data-attributes="member: 61015"><p>I do not agree with this whatsoever. Some of your other points are spot on. Just had to say it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've had similar experiences. Visiting my FLGSs I see tweens playing card games, board games, video games, everything but RPG games, and in others I feel the need to shower immediately and simultaneously have to grit my teeth to keep from busting the shop owner in the chops. </p><p></p><p>Large smelly men with no social skills whatsoever, not to mention retail skills, who ignore you when you come in, ignore you when you ask questions, and ignore you when you walk out. They will not help me find books, seem to have no knowledge about any aspect of the industry whatsoever, and when they do deign to take special orders they mysteriously either never arrive along with any record that I'd ever placed the order, or are sold off before I can get there to pick them up. These have been my experiences.</p><p></p><p>The only FLGSs that appear to be thriving are ones that support wargaming, card and board games, but not through sales. Their in-house stock of that is dismal. What they do is rent out space for tournaments, conduct LAN parties of video games, and allow groups to hold their weekly games there. They've become a rehearsal studio basically.</p><p></p><p>If I had a local store that wasn't staffed by cretins I'd be more than happy to support them. Unfortunately they've brought my ire down on them and my dollars away from them, with their completely unprofessional attitudes.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">Edited out political reference. --Dinkeldog/Moderator</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="william_nova, post: 4250306, member: 61015"] I do not agree with this whatsoever. Some of your other points are spot on. Just had to say it. I've had similar experiences. Visiting my FLGSs I see tweens playing card games, board games, video games, everything but RPG games, and in others I feel the need to shower immediately and simultaneously have to grit my teeth to keep from busting the shop owner in the chops. Large smelly men with no social skills whatsoever, not to mention retail skills, who ignore you when you come in, ignore you when you ask questions, and ignore you when you walk out. They will not help me find books, seem to have no knowledge about any aspect of the industry whatsoever, and when they do deign to take special orders they mysteriously either never arrive along with any record that I'd ever placed the order, or are sold off before I can get there to pick them up. These have been my experiences. The only FLGSs that appear to be thriving are ones that support wargaming, card and board games, but not through sales. Their in-house stock of that is dismal. What they do is rent out space for tournaments, conduct LAN parties of video games, and allow groups to hold their weekly games there. They've become a rehearsal studio basically. If I had a local store that wasn't staffed by cretins I'd be more than happy to support them. Unfortunately they've brought my ire down on them and my dollars away from them, with their completely unprofessional attitudes. [color=red]Edited out political reference. --Dinkeldog/Moderator[/color] [/QUOTE]
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