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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jezter6" data-source="post: 444029" data-attributes="member: 6567">Here's my diagnosis of ths situation, and as someone who's had this happen before, I'll give you my input. (Actually I'll give you my output, but that's not a relevant discussion)First, leave the part about your GF's apartment out of it. Has nothing to do with the store.Second, this economy is not good right now. People have to jack some prices up, as both MSRP's are getting higher, and your profit margin is getting mighty slim.Third, realize the rent they're going through. Here in PA, in a city of about 110,000, rent is about 11.50/sq foot per year. Try and factor in just how much space they have, multiply it by 11.50 and divide by 12 (actually, considering the math is so close...just say that they pay $1 per square foot, per month). At a 1200 sf store, which is by no means large...it's $1200 per month. Quite expensive, and considering the economy stated in #2...she has a right and a need to raise prices a little. (That said, $40 for 1e handbook is quite rediculous...it's a relatively uncommon item, but not quite that much IMHO)Fourth, they're probably going smaller to reduce costs per month, as well as inventory if the market's getting slim. As someone who's opening a gma store soon, I know that CCG's are the money maker, the rest of it's part of the hobby that we enjoy. But you have to give them their CCG's to make the big bucks.I would find another store if you can, but don't rule her out completely. She's just trying to make ends meet. If she really didn't want to have the store she would have just closed it.</blockquote>

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