D&D and D20 at Walmart?!?

[bolen]

I think wal mart is in the book of Vile Darkness

 

[SemperJase]

Speaking of Epic Level Handbook, I just checked Wal~Mart's price. They advertise $25.97 with a list price of $21.95 for a "savings" of "-15%".

Yes their price is higher than the list price. I'm curious how they figured the pricing on that one?

In any case, for you anti-corporation people, walmart.com sales won't hurt gaming anymore than Amazon.com or buy.com sales have.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Well, let's see...

as it stands now, I can got to Wal-mart, and...

Buy my weekly groceries
Get a new wardrobe
Buy an armoire to put the new wardrobe in
Buy a beer-brewing kit
buy patio furniture
arm myself
Get a line of credit
get my eyeglass prescription changed
have my car's oil changed
get my hair cut
have my taxes prepared
buy some fast food on the go

Not much more to add, other than to buy my gaming supplies, is there?

All i can say to that is

"Shop Smart! Shop S-Mart!"

 

[Mercule]

All I have to say is . . .

[hypnoticstare]
Suport your FLGS . . . support your FLGS . . . support your FLGS . . .
[/hypnoticstare]

Don't worry. I'll go to the most bone-headed LGS before I go to WalMart.

I don't think I believe the whole "intentionally putting ma-and-pa shops out of business", but there is something about the store that gives me the willies. I always feel vaguely... dirty after I come out of one. I think they are a Pentex competitor or should be featured in the BoVD or some such.

 

[LostSoul]

Can't wait to see what the Book of Vile Darkness looks like once Wal-Mart gets their censors on it....

There isn't really anything in that book that's worse than a Stephen King or a lurid romance novel.

 

[DM_Matt]

lalala

 

[Lela]

In any case, for you anti-corporation people, walmart.com sales won't hurt gaming anymore than Amazon.com or buy.com sales have.

We aren't worried about the .com store. It's the local one that causes concern for some.

But I don't think I'd ever feal comfortable going into a big store to get a D&D book. I've got an anti-clostrophobia thing going and don't feel, well, comfortable looking though a book in a wide open space. WalMart is all about space.

Something else I never liked about Media Play.

 

[RyanD]

Margin and sales per sq ft are SO IMPORTANT to them. RPG books, I'm afraid, would not meet their criteria.

I have no doubt whatsoever that if Wal*Mart stocked the core 3E books, the intro adventure game and maybe the first two Adventue Path adventures, they'd find that the line generated more dollars per linear inch than any other book product in the store except >maybe< certain major hardcover bestsellers.

The chain bookstores were blown away when we did that analysis for them on how much money they were making even using the crappy, low-value shelf space they allocated to the WotC RPGs.

 

[Jeph]

What if you don't have an FLGS within walking distance but a Wal-Mart is near?

At least you can see more hotties in the stores, especially by the swimsuit rack.

Well, if ints not local, then its just and FGS. No L.

Now if we could order a Big Mac with a side of Epic-Level Handbook at a drive-thru window...

How ironic.

I live within walking distance of a Borders, which is right next to a Burger King. I go to borders to get my fix when my parents won't give me a lift to Games Galore (great shop, great service). I go and get a chicken sandwhich, then pick up a hot new release or two.

 

[WayneLigon]

...if Wal*Mart stocked the core 3E books, the intro adventure game and maybe the first two Adventue Path adventures, they'd find that the line generated more dollars per linear inch than any other book product in the store except >maybe< certain major hardcover bestsellers.
...The chain bookstores were blown away ...

Wow. I'd find that very hard to believe if it wasn't coming from you

A very good friend of mine is the manager of a chain bookstore. Several years ago, he and I sat down with his district rep and convinced him that ordering RPG's was a good thing (this was about... 1980-81, I think) - the local FLGS had just closed and it would be about five or six years before we had another one. Only one other chain at the time was in the city, and it didn't carry RPG's.

Today, it's half of a floor unit, with a clear insert at top so that four rows of books can be displayed face out, facing the science-fiction section and on the other side from the graphic novels.

I'd be very interested in seeing that analysis, if that's possible.