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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Badwe" data-source="post: 4863034" data-attributes="member: 61762">ultimately the order of magnitude argument is one that would probably be doubted by avid 3.5 fans/4e unfans even if he spelled it out to the penny.  This should give you an idea of my skepticism towards their skepticism.Regardless, the point of it being specifically purchasing highlights an important point: your relevance as a D&D player to companies making this stuff is based on how willing you are to buy stuff.  If you are already satisfied with your current collection, you have written yourself out of the equation of relevance.  Still, in theory this shouldn't matter because, after all, you're satisfied with your collection.  Mr. Goodman is, if nothing else, a very savvy business man and has rightly detected the correlation between internet user posts and resulting purchases/non-purchases (ie: nearly unrelated).As to the gamestore vs. bookstore argument.  I've done both.  My FLGS is sufficiently lacking in L that I give them the time i walk in the door to have the product, otherwise i go to B&N and get 20% off hardbacks.  For me, I honestly enjoy the atmosphere and options I have available at B&N too so it's not abhorrent for me to throw money at them either.  But I still try to go with the FLGS first.  Why? Because they take the time to create a friendly environment, give local con organizers a place to find and pomote to new people, and host things like Free RPG-day and WWGDs.  To me, the premium I might pay compared to amazon is paying for these otherwise free services, and the gamestore owner probably understands this too, and enjoys gaming enough that he's willing to risk that kids might buy their minis, boardgames, or D&D books online but bring them to use at his store anyway.  For me, I spend enough time agonizing over things like rent for my apartment with crappy maintenence people, getting gouged by mechanics because i'm not a grease monkey who knows better, and paying out the nose to insurance companies that will ultimately try to shrug me off when i finally need money.  I find precious solace in the idea that maybe, just maybe, spending that extra 5 bucks on a D&D product helps create an environment that genuinely brings me joy.</blockquote>

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