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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 4216703" data-attributes="member: 59816">Wow. You make one comment and everyone acts like it's all you ever talk about... that's the internet for you.It was simply the shock of seeing someone report that they were paying less RETAIL than I'm getting the book for WHOLESALE.  I don't mind having to compete retail vs retail, but it's getting a bit rediculous.For those who asked: There are several reasons why I would still get the books from a distributor: I'll get them on time. (In fact I expect I'll have them by the 4th of June, I just won't be allowed to SELL them until the sixth. But I will be able to READ them!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> )Distributor discounts are based on VOLUME. If I take something like my orders for D&D 4E out of my regular distribution order, I will pay more for EVERYTHING ELSE I carry.And last, (and certainly least) it would continue to support this kind of thing.I'm also not mentioning the fact that I'm a Canadian retailer, and even though WotC still prints a higher Canadian price om them (I know KotS says $29.95 US and $34 Canadian) AND our distributors still charge us an inflated exchange rate, I've been selling all my stock for US prices since October when the dollar went to par.Seriously though, if it is possible to sell all three books for $55 US and still make a profit, why wouldn't WotC simply make the RETAIL PRICE lower? It's not "capitalism" that I have a problem with, it's the degree to which the "playing field" is becoming skewed.Also, for those who I seem to have made concerned: I'm not actually WORRIED about it, I will still be happily selling many, MANY copies of the 4E books.  I've demoed the game to over 40 individual people in 14 demo playtests and I've already sold the boxed set to almost all of them. This is only a fraction of the people I expect will buy it off the shelves. I run games at the store on a regular basis and after doing all those demos I expect to run games for even more people in the future.I DO understand how to run my store, it's just the under $55 that momentarily got the better of me.BTW: I'm really sorry for derailing this thread...FitzPS to the person who mentioned what jerks their LGS has:  Yes, sadly, there are far too many of this sort involved in geek retail. Comic Book Guy on the Simpsons is not made up. A version of him owns 80% of all geek retail stores in the whole world. Sometimes the accent (or the language) changes, but that's about it...</blockquote>

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