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Message: <blockquote data-quote="freebfrost" data-source="post: 2980018" data-attributes="member: 3713">From all that I see these days, my answer is yes.We live in a society that desires as much as possible at the lowest possible cost.  You see this on these boards as people clamour for wanting the cheapest price for their product (usually the Amazon argument); you see it in the growth of discount retail stores (WalMart); you see it in the attitude of Americans that steal music or movies on the net (BitTorrent); you see it in our politics (self-insert various examples of hubris).Sadly, while I'm proud to be an American, I don't take much pride in our attitudes as a whole these days.  I see this attitude in today's children - how many spoiled kids get absolutely everything they want today anyways?  (My Super Sweet Sixteen on MTV).And as a result, you see this belief that consumers are being screwed by companies that won't sell them a product at whatever they feel is a valid price point - case in point, the RA:R debate.  I'll admit I readily buy all of my WotC hardcovers at Amazon, but I also support my FLGS by buying other products there, as well as directly purchasing items from Paizo, Necromancer, Green Ronin, and others online.  So I can see all the sides in the argument.  I'm also a gamer and a D&D collector, so I love every discount I can get.  But you won't hear me complain when I don't get a product at the exact price *I* think it's worth.  Either it is worth the cost, and I'll pay the price, or it isn't worth the cost for me.  The only rationale I see for arguing about this is when people won't admit that they have this attitude you mention TB.  I am looking for a different side of the debate, but I have yet to see one.</blockquote>

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