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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1734122" data-attributes="member: 151">Actually, I would expect Amazon, B&amp;N and Petsmart to dictate those issues, not Walmart.&nbsp; Frankly, they don't cater very well to any market after a certain dollar amount.&nbsp; Best Buy, Circuit City and Fry's are more likely to beat the snot out of the mom and pops than Walmart in electronics, for example.&nbsp; Walmart demands modified material or they won't carry it....unless it sells well.&nbsp; Walmart is legendary for saying they won't carry an item, and then quietly adding it a month or two later, when it's clear that it's a best seller.&nbsp; They respond to the market as much as anyone else.&nbsp; I really don't like them and never shop there, but don't begrudge them the chance.&nbsp; Do I wish they were more like Cabella's?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; But blind loyalty to a small store just because they're a small store isn't smart.&nbsp; If they provide a good service, reasonable prices and a good atmosphere...I'll go there.&nbsp; But if they don't provide something that amazon.com doesn't (and many local game stores I've been to don't know a d12 from Dee Snider), then I'm not going to give them my hard-earned dollars just on principle.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The differences between Walmart and the publishing industry in general and the d20 publishing market in specific are so diverse as to be staggering, IMHO.&nbsp;&nbsp;And for the record, smoking is bad for you. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1734122, member: 151"] Actually, I would expect Amazon, B&N and Petsmart to dictate those issues, not Walmart. Frankly, they don't cater very well to any market after a certain dollar amount. Best Buy, Circuit City and Fry's are more likely to beat the snot out of the mom and pops than Walmart in electronics, for example. Walmart demands modified material or they won't carry it....unless it sells well. Walmart is legendary for saying they won't carry an item, and then quietly adding it a month or two later, when it's clear that it's a best seller. They respond to the market as much as anyone else. I really don't like them and never shop there, but don't begrudge them the chance. Do I wish they were more like Cabella's? Sure. But blind loyalty to a small store just because they're a small store isn't smart. If they provide a good service, reasonable prices and a good atmosphere...I'll go there. But if they don't provide something that amazon.com doesn't (and many local game stores I've been to [i]don't[/i] know a d12 from Dee Snider), then I'm not going to give them my hard-earned dollars just on principle. The differences between Walmart and the publishing industry in general and the d20 publishing market in specific are so diverse as to be staggering, IMHO. And for the record, smoking is bad for you. :) [/QUOTE]

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