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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 4777732" data-attributes="member: 25619">My guess is they have stopped selling the earlier edition materials to eliminate possible competition with 4e (which, even if it's doing well, could always do better).My secondary guess is that justify this to themselves with a two part rationale:1) Getting rid of the older edition stuff prevents confusion in buyers, who migh accidentally buy out of print editions when they wanted the &quot;real&quot; thing.&nbsp; I was this happen once at an FLGS, where a parent was buying their kid 2nd Edition a year or so after 3rd Edition came out.&nbsp; The FLGS owner told them something like &quot;this is actually out of print, though some people prefer this version&quot; and the parent decided to get 3rd Edition instead.&nbsp; I can see that happening and being a consumer complaint.2) Very few of the older editions were likely being sold anyhow.On the other side, as Bogey said in &quot;Casablanca&quot;, there's maybe I love you, and maybe you love me . . . errr, that maybe some customers (such as myself) love the older editions and would still want to buy some materials and appreciate WotC more if they were available.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 4777732, member: 25619"] My guess is they have stopped selling the earlier edition materials to eliminate possible competition with 4e (which, even if it's doing well, could always do better). My secondary guess is that justify this to themselves with a two part rationale: 1) Getting rid of the older edition stuff prevents confusion in buyers, who migh accidentally buy out of print editions when they wanted the "real" thing. I was this happen once at an FLGS, where a parent was buying their kid 2nd Edition a year or so after 3rd Edition came out. The FLGS owner told them something like "this is actually out of print, though some people prefer this version" and the parent decided to get 3rd Edition instead. I can see that happening and being a consumer complaint. 2) Very few of the older editions were likely being sold anyhow. On the other side, as Bogey said in "Casablanca", there's maybe I love you, and maybe you love me . . . errr, that maybe some customers (such as myself) love the older editions and would still want to buy some materials and appreciate WotC more if they were available. [/QUOTE]

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