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<blockquote data-quote="NLP" data-source="post: 1149924" data-attributes="member: 520">I think my whole point is: Do you have 75 $25.00 or less d20 books sitting on your shelf because your customers are buying $40.00-$50.00 books and thus do not have enough extra cash to buy the cheaper books? Because that is what I am faced with every month. By the time I buy B5 and some miniatures my $75.00 a month gaming budget is shot. And it doesn't matter how many cool $25.00 books come in after that because I do not have the cash to buy them. And by the time the month comes around and I can spend another $75.00 30 more books have come out, some of which that I want I know will cost $40.00-$50.00. For every $50.00 book I buy there are two $25.00 books I am not buying. As a gamer, I would much rather purchase a B&amp;W copy of B5 for $10.00-$15.00 less and used the saved cash to buy an additional book then to blow my entire wad on one book and have all the other publishers lose money because I am not buying their products. Because I would probably love to have at least half of those 75 books which are sitting on your shelves getting dusty. I also think these higher priced books, while you love them because of the greater profit to your store, are going to be the downfall of the FLGS. Because I am to the point where I will buy a $35.00+ book online for a 20-30% discount rather than pay you full price. And as books keep getting more and more expensive your customers are going to turn away and seek cheaper purchasing alternatives. So while the chicken looks plump for you now, because of the increased profit, a year from now you are going to see that it was mostly just feathers, because you are not going to get the sales.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NLP, post: 1149924, member: 520"] I think my whole point is: Do you have 75 $25.00 or less d20 books sitting on your shelf because your customers are buying $40.00-$50.00 books and thus do not have enough extra cash to buy the cheaper books? Because that is what I am faced with every month. By the time I buy B5 and some miniatures my $75.00 a month gaming budget is shot. And it doesn't matter how many cool $25.00 books come in after that because I do not have the cash to buy them. And by the time the month comes around and I can spend another $75.00 30 more books have come out, some of which that I want I know will cost $40.00-$50.00. For every $50.00 book I buy there are two $25.00 books I am not buying. As a gamer, I would much rather purchase a B&W copy of B5 for $10.00-$15.00 less and used the saved cash to buy an additional book then to blow my entire wad on one book and have all the other publishers lose money because I am not buying their products. Because I would probably love to have at least half of those 75 books which are sitting on your shelves getting dusty. I also think these higher priced books, while you love them because of the greater profit to your store, are going to be the downfall of the FLGS. Because I am to the point where I will buy a $35.00+ book online for a 20-30% discount rather than pay you full price. And as books keep getting more and more expensive your customers are going to turn away and seek cheaper purchasing alternatives. So while the chicken looks plump for you now, because of the increased profit, a year from now you are going to see that it was mostly just feathers, because you are not going to get the sales. [/QUOTE]

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