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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 4337559" data-attributes="member: 15651">The FLGS I used to frequent most often went out of business a few years back.  The main reason was that the owners and staff were gamers, not business people.  They couldn't keep the store up and be profitable.  They had gaming space, they ran events all the time, but they bought stuff indiscriminately and had too much inventory that would not sell.  They were nice people who loved gaming, but if I dropped in to pick up something on the way to my personal game, I sometimes had to wait five or ten minutes to get rung up because the person who was supposed to be working the register was busy chatting about some game, or trying to participate in one of the events they were running while working the store.  The events they sponsored were often populated by the more stereotypical gamer type and they got loud and rude to the point where I would not enter the store if I had my kids with me because I was worried about the language they would probably hear being shouted.  The owners ran a bad ship and in the end it killed them.Oddly enough, another store nearby has been in business for quite a while now and seems to be doing well.  They provide no space at all for games.  I think they sponsor some Warhammer events, but they don't do it in the store.  They carry the best selection of board games around along with jigsaw puzzles, some kids toys and collector chess sets.  The store is fairly small and packed with goods to sell, but in a well-laid out manner so I can find what I need quickly if I want, or browse for a while I have the time.  Because they don't run events, it is a place to shop, not a place to play.  I have no problem bringing my kids with me into the store because I know it is unlikely they will see or hear inappropriate behavior.  This benefits the store owners directly since I often will purchase some small item for my kids along with what I'm getting for myself.In the end I don't think of them as a LGS, because they don't run the place like most LGSs I've encountered in the recent years.  Instead they remind me of the hobby stores from days of yore, and I appreciate that.</blockquote>

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