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Message: <blockquote data-quote="guedo79" data-source="post: 443945" data-attributes="member: 6641">Myself and about 7 or 8 people that I know of have been boycotting our Local Gaming/Used Books Store.  I was hoping to get a some feedback as to wither this was fair or not.Here's the Story:The original store was in a ok area of town.  I mean it wasn't upscale but you could walk around the neighborhood.  It was about 5 minutes from a major highway and I could easy walk to it from the GF's apartment, which is owned by the same person.  So after a while the owner decided to open up a downtown store.  It was a little hard to get to but was simple and organized. It had 3 or 4 tables, lots of books and minis all squished in a very small store.  The Manager of the old store, who knew everything about minis and role-playing, ran it.  He'd played everything he could since 1e D&D.  At this point I'm thinking things are great. I've got one store to walk around and buy used books.  Although at that point the used book prices got strange.  A-lot price changes.  Then I have the other store with all the books and stuff I need to play without the loud ccg players and a-lot of warhammer players, that talked a-lot softer and average age was much higher.2 and a half years later, it was announced that the owner wanted to move the main store to a new location farther downtown into a smaller store.  Which was at least a 25 minutes drive from the highway near the airport.  So on top of the strange location, the drive was filled with cars going to the airport.Then since the move and she ran into money problems.  The old store, and lot across the street were not selling for the price she set, no one was going to the new store because the second store was easier to get to, and she had jacked up the price of the used books to a ridiculous price. ($40 for a beaten copy of 1e Players handbook!).  She decides to close the second store in favor of keeping the new one open.  Plus she fires the Manager that ran the other store.  I really respected this guy and was sad to see him leave.  He knew what would sell and what wouldn't and always took care of his regulars.She also tried unsuccessfully to sell my GF's apartment.  Which has a-lot of problems and has taken damage from a fallen tree 4 months ago, which hasn't been cleaned up.So all that is left is the new store near the airport.  Am I crazy to feel betrayed?  And to top it all off she doesn't even like gaming.  She has said many times she wanted a book store not a gaming store but the gaming side was the only thing making money.Sorry for the rant, I'm just wondering if I'm completely off base boycotting the store or what?</blockquote>

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