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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5350277" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>While the OP is dead right, and while it's a real shame that yet another FLGS has died, it is perhaps worth noting that even if a store did <em>everything</em> 'right', there's still a really good chance they'd fail.</p><p></p><p>Basically, Amazon can now sell most gaming products to the end consumer for less than the FLGS can get them from their distributor. Also, because of their size they can pretty much have everything in stock. (The FLGS cannot hope to do this, and while they may be willing to order anything, once we've reached the point of waiting for the product anyway, why are we paying the higher price?)</p><p></p><p>It's a real shame, but I fear that unless something changes, the days of the FLGS are done. (Oh, and credit to WotC for at least <em>trying</em> to do something - between the in-store events and their releasing products to the FLGS before Amazon they're doing good.)</p><p></p><p>(My Meetup group were recently approached by someone asking for advice on setting up an FLGS in Falkirk. Unfortunately, while it would be awesome to have such a store available, our advice had to be really simple: <em>don't</em>.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5350277, member: 22424"] While the OP is dead right, and while it's a real shame that yet another FLGS has died, it is perhaps worth noting that even if a store did [I]everything[/I] 'right', there's still a really good chance they'd fail. Basically, Amazon can now sell most gaming products to the end consumer for less than the FLGS can get them from their distributor. Also, because of their size they can pretty much have everything in stock. (The FLGS cannot hope to do this, and while they may be willing to order anything, once we've reached the point of waiting for the product anyway, why are we paying the higher price?) It's a real shame, but I fear that unless something changes, the days of the FLGS are done. (Oh, and credit to WotC for at least [I]trying[/I] to do something - between the in-store events and their releasing products to the FLGS before Amazon they're doing good.) (My Meetup group were recently approached by someone asking for advice on setting up an FLGS in Falkirk. Unfortunately, while it would be awesome to have such a store available, our advice had to be really simple: [I]don't[/I].) [/QUOTE]
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