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<blockquote data-quote="TDRandall" data-source="post: 1726026" data-attributes="member: 4808"><p>Well, I wondered how the market hadn't crashed with the recent lack of purchases on my part, and after reading these posts I'm really concerned that the RPG industry is about to implode! (all TIC, of course)</p><p></p><p>For me, I've been forced to reprioritize over the past couple months since we got news that my job site/account is closing down. No exact date when, but it will be by the end of the year. So I'm trying to save up for the lean times coming, consolidating debts to fewer accounts, etc. We've tightened up our budget quite considerably. I'd bail now if the right thing came along IF I weren't due a satisfactory amount of severance if I stick around to help shut the door. Still, keeps things (especially the tension) up in the air.</p><p></p><p>I'm still tracking all the products, shuffling them around in my "to buy" order, and have now a 3 page list (!) of products I would buy right now if I won the lottery or something equally filthy rich. Of course, I already have almost a full shelf of stuff bought that I haven't yet gotten through, so it's not like I NEED anything for this compusive personal area in the short run. I'm afraid that for many of those products, by the time I get to it I'll find them out of print.</p><p></p><p>I have cringed more frequently at the cost of items recently (Babylon 5 and Stargate sound nice but OUCH!), but then again I can get most things nearly 40% off at alldirect.com pretty consistently. I always end up with the free shipping since I did it bulk (once a quarter or so) and toss in stuff for the wife and kids too - $200-250, sometimes $300 was pretty much a given, and their portion ended up being far less cost-wise then "mine". Or I might pick things up second hand at a local shop - but the rate of their discount on those products has dried up considerably in the last year or two especially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TDRandall, post: 1726026, member: 4808"] Well, I wondered how the market hadn't crashed with the recent lack of purchases on my part, and after reading these posts I'm really concerned that the RPG industry is about to implode! (all TIC, of course) For me, I've been forced to reprioritize over the past couple months since we got news that my job site/account is closing down. No exact date when, but it will be by the end of the year. So I'm trying to save up for the lean times coming, consolidating debts to fewer accounts, etc. We've tightened up our budget quite considerably. I'd bail now if the right thing came along IF I weren't due a satisfactory amount of severance if I stick around to help shut the door. Still, keeps things (especially the tension) up in the air. I'm still tracking all the products, shuffling them around in my "to buy" order, and have now a 3 page list (!) of products I would buy right now if I won the lottery or something equally filthy rich. Of course, I already have almost a full shelf of stuff bought that I haven't yet gotten through, so it's not like I NEED anything for this compusive personal area in the short run. I'm afraid that for many of those products, by the time I get to it I'll find them out of print. I have cringed more frequently at the cost of items recently (Babylon 5 and Stargate sound nice but OUCH!), but then again I can get most things nearly 40% off at alldirect.com pretty consistently. I always end up with the free shipping since I did it bulk (once a quarter or so) and toss in stuff for the wife and kids too - $200-250, sometimes $300 was pretty much a given, and their portion ended up being far less cost-wise then "mine". Or I might pick things up second hand at a local shop - but the rate of their discount on those products has dried up considerably in the last year or two especially. [/QUOTE]
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