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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3618781" data-attributes="member: 7883">What are their sales of those items like, though?  Books seem to be somewhat different.  I very rarely buy non-gaming books through Amazon, because I live a 5 minute walk away from an Indigo that has just about everything I could want.  However, gaming books are much harder to find....so those I buy more frequently.But things like console games, DVDs, and cameras and such?  I've never really purchased them through websites....in most cases, the goods are available at multiple local stores, and given they're not discounted online, that kind of purchase can become a pain if the product is defective or needs repairs.  Books don't normally need repairs. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Maybe I'm a cheap bugger, but I rarely purchase things like console games etc. at full price anyways.  I don't find them really worth $80.  An interesting thing will be seeing whether companies try to leverage this into preventing products from ending up in bargain bins, etc.Thanks for reminding me of Harry Potter...I've been remiss in not preordering it for my wife <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Overall, I find the added value of gaming shops to be overrated.  I like using them, and I support them whenever I can.  But frankly, I've never met a player in one, who I've invited into my game (successfully).  The ads for new players that are posted on the boards in my local shop have almost always found me players that did significant damage to my group.  My group of several years imploded after adding two players from a local FLGS into my group earlier this year.  And I've been in non-playing status ever since.The only good sources of players I've found was through "a friend of a friend", and through the old player posting boards that WotC/TSR used to have.  I found players through those boards who joined my group for 6+ years, and became good enough friends that they were at my wedding.  FLGS's?  Never again. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Banshee</blockquote>

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