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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 6174989" data-attributes="member: 16077">Has nothing to do with sense of entitlement and everything to do with business strategy.  Making it a "Gencon Exclusive" really means they were testing the waters on potential customer-base sales once they release the next version of D&D.  They could have made it more widely available and risked having a bunch of stock that they can't move.As to Gencon attendance - that makes less difference to WotC's bottom line than general word-of-mouth about a product, especially since WotC doesn't own Gencon.  If their product is garbage, no amount of hype will make any dent in lackluster sales.As to ebay - why do you say it is unfortunate that they exist or that it is a necessary evil?  Ebay fills a much-needed role in transferring stuff from people who own it and no longer want it to people who don't own it but want it.  And they do so in a manner that is actually (in the aggregate) less expensive.  That Gencon Exclusive being re-sold on ebay for $70?  That is far less than the cost of travel, lodging, meals/incidentals, entrance to Gencon, plus the original sale cost for the book.  What you should be asking is why there are so many copies for sale on ebay.  Is it because a bunch of people bought a bunch of copies with the intent to resell them to those who couldn't otherwise obtain a copy, or is it because they thumbed through the book and thought it was a POS and decided to get rid of it?</blockquote>

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