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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 827355" data-attributes="member: 4545">Everyone has their reasons for buying where they do.  Everyone has a price.  I used to buy all of my d20 books at the same FLGS.  The owner messed up the only two special orders I ever made with him, so lost my business.  I order online now from other sources depending on the book.  Some from real game stores that happen to have a website.  I also shop at the local big chain bookstore if they have what I want in stock.  I certainly see the need for the FLGS.  That's what keeps the hobby laive.  It's where players meet one another.  The FLGS (in my mind, maybe not yours) has a duty to foster the gaming community.  Even if it is something as simple as a bulletin board people can hang a note on to ask for players.  Even if it is as grand as having a nice area set aside for gamers to run games and special hours on weekends to accommodate gamers' needs.  That's what the big chains and e-tailers cannot provide.  Plus, there's nothing quite like the feeling of walking into a FLGS where the owner knows you greets you and your family by name and says, "Hey, I know you are running Scarred Lands, they have a new book coming out.  Should I hold one for you?"  That's what a FLSG should provide, and if I have my way, this area may get that again.</blockquote>