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<blockquote data-quote="TalonComics" data-source="post: 954017" data-attributes="member: 60"><p><strong>Re: Now hold on a minute</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First off, I don't think you're a bad guy! I don't even think Amazon is a bad company, however, I'm not oblivious to the fact that one of Amazon's business tactics is to undercut other businesses with massive discounts, then hope they'll make up for it in bulk and in the process kill off some competition. Do I think that's evil? No, of course not. When I see that kind of practice threatening a hobby I love though I start to get defensive.</p><p></p><p>I think it's a great concept that people in remote areas can buy gaming product online and have it shipped directly. I've been in situations where I would have loved that back in the 1980's. That is the number one reason I have an online presence for my store also.</p><p></p><p>I just don't believe massive discounting is helping our hobby. Gaming isn't like the video or music industry. No Blockbuster is going to come along and start a chain of game stores located in practically every town across the country while all the locally owned store go out of business. </p><p></p><p>So, that makes me ask, what happens to gaming when the FLGSs go out of business because they couldn't compete with massive discounters? What happens to gaming when Amazon goes out of business because they're losing millions of dollars every quarter? These are my worries. We're already seeing stores closing because they're not adapting to the internet. We're already seeing stores closing because they can't afford to offer the same discount as massive discounters. I've seen many specialty stores try the tactic of massive discounting to pull in customers and the end result was either they went out of business or they stopped massively discounting because they weren't making enough money. </p><p></p><p>Where does it end? I honestly don't know but I do know it's not going to be a good thing.</p><p></p><p>Zaruthustran, once again, I just want to say I don't think you're a bad guy. I just don't believe that massive discounting will ever benefit gaming long term.</p><p></p><p>~Derek</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TalonComics, post: 954017, member: 60"] [b]Re: Now hold on a minute[/b] First off, I don't think you're a bad guy! I don't even think Amazon is a bad company, however, I'm not oblivious to the fact that one of Amazon's business tactics is to undercut other businesses with massive discounts, then hope they'll make up for it in bulk and in the process kill off some competition. Do I think that's evil? No, of course not. When I see that kind of practice threatening a hobby I love though I start to get defensive. I think it's a great concept that people in remote areas can buy gaming product online and have it shipped directly. I've been in situations where I would have loved that back in the 1980's. That is the number one reason I have an online presence for my store also. I just don't believe massive discounting is helping our hobby. Gaming isn't like the video or music industry. No Blockbuster is going to come along and start a chain of game stores located in practically every town across the country while all the locally owned store go out of business. So, that makes me ask, what happens to gaming when the FLGSs go out of business because they couldn't compete with massive discounters? What happens to gaming when Amazon goes out of business because they're losing millions of dollars every quarter? These are my worries. We're already seeing stores closing because they're not adapting to the internet. We're already seeing stores closing because they can't afford to offer the same discount as massive discounters. I've seen many specialty stores try the tactic of massive discounting to pull in customers and the end result was either they went out of business or they stopped massively discounting because they weren't making enough money. Where does it end? I honestly don't know but I do know it's not going to be a good thing. Zaruthustran, once again, I just want to say I don't think you're a bad guy. I just don't believe that massive discounting will ever benefit gaming long term. ~Derek [/QUOTE]
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