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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monkius" data-source="post: 1142972" data-attributes="member: 14404">Recently I have been at two different FLGS, browsing to see what it is new.  The last several times I have seen things I was interested in, but I ended up walking out without purchasing anything.  Why?  Because the products were priced higher than I was willing to pay.With marriage and kids, time for gaming is a lot more scarce than it used to be, but my wife and I are both still interested in gaming.  I have three floor to ceiling bookshelves full of games, gaming books, and such.  I would often buy stuff that I was interested in, even though I knew I would never actually play it.  It is always nice to tap into some books for ideas on how different games handle situations.$10-$20 for a book I am interested in is almost an automatic sale with me.  But recently the prices have started getting out of hand.  When books started creeping up to $30, I wasn't happy, and had to decide if I really needed it.  The answer was usually no.  It has gotten so bad that I usually check the price on the back before I look at what is inside.  With some of the prices I am seeing now, I see the price on the back and just put the book down without even looking at what is inside . . .Not to pick on any particular companies / products, but two I remember recently are the Babylon 5 book for $45 and the Stargate book for $50.  If my friends and I were going to spend weeks playing one of these games, we might get passed the price.  I doubt it, but you never know.  But if I am just going to buy the book to read for ideas, it just isn't going to happen at that price.At that high of a price, you are getting into the ballpark of an entire season of the show on DVD.  Usually with ~20 episodes and 15+ hours of entertainment.As I said, if my group was going to actually play the game, then it might be worth it.  But I am most likely never going to play Babylon 5 or Stargate, and at those prices, it just isn't worth it to me.I know I can get those books cheaper online, but I like to support my FLGS and impulse buying things there that interest me is something I have been doing for a long time.  I used to buy things that interested me, but with today's pricing I only buy what I need.</blockquote>

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