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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2749109" data-attributes="member: 19675">I won't name names, but some of the distribution companies are ridiculously incompetent.  There have been times when I have a book in my hand for weeks in Dallas before my buddy in Boston sees it in a store.  Result: he makes a lot of purchases online or when he visits.This caused a lot of problems before the advent of internet shopping, and internet shopping has only made the problems more pronounced.In the meantime, many books are being sold online at prices below the costs FRPGS are paying.At least part of that is because the big online discount houses have the purchasing power to buy in bulk, earning discounts, which they pass along to the consumers.HOWEVER...There are allegations that those same discount resellers are engaged in predatory pricing- selling certain products below costs (usually while cross subsidizing with slightly higher prices on other products) in order to drive certain competitors out of business.Why would an online seller want to go after the FRPGS?  FRPGS have a particularly good relationship with those companies that sell certain heavily marketed IPs- MOVIES.  They generally have a better selection of collectibles related to sci-fi/fantasy type films than other stores.  You want Star Wars or LoTR memorabilia or collectibles?  Generally, you're going to a FRPG or similar store.And if THOSE are gone, you're going to Amazon & Ebay, etc.</blockquote>

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