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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herschel" data-source="post: 5134842" data-attributes="member: 78357">While I find most of your points in this thread not only anecdotal but pretty much BS as any sort of market indication, you touch here on a point very near and dear to me. Too many people these days only equate value with price. I know of people that only go to the game store to see what's available and peruse it, go to game days and such, then order from Amazon for price.  In the 'keeping up with the Joneses' and 'gotta have it all' mentality, I feel too many lose focus on service. If we do it for too long, we lose it. I've already seen what that festering craphole WalMart has done to my hometown with hardware stores, grocery stores and the like disappearing with their services to the community and knowledge. Are there some bad game stores out there? Most definitely, just like any other business type. But there's also a seemingly pervasive attitude that too many gamers (and people in general) feel like they're "owed" everything for engaging in a hobby. It makes me sad to think how so many people have seemingly stopped caring about service and maybe even convenience in the name of saving a buck.  Check out the 3/50 trends and you'll see that it can even make a difference in your community.</blockquote>