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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 2980126" data-attributes="member: 363">Isn't that just plain capitalism? I mean, why is it that consumers wanting to get the best deal are somehow beyond the pale? Why should consumers simply pay whatever vendors want to charge? I love Necromancer Games, so this isn't a rant about them. It's more a reaction against the notion that somehow people looking for a bargain are being sinful, while sellers should be trusted to charge only what is fair. What some are saying is a "massive discount" price may just be the price consumers feel is the price they feel comfortable paying, or which they feel is fair. I don't see anything wrong with that. I agree veiled threats are silly, but really, the average consumer sees that a place like Amazon charges a lot less than the local store, and they wonder why. Yeah, I know, and you know, that brick and mortar places have a lot more overhead, but that they also provide places for gamers to meet and play (hopefully). But the average consumer probably isn't making that logical progression. We - all of us - shop around for the best price on just about anything, from groceries to cars to non-game books. But evidently the added value that many are touting as a big plus for the brick and mortar places is simply not there at many shops. If people are saying they just aren't getting that added value at a shop, and find that the discounts at Amazon make shopping there more attractive than an actual store, then maybe store owners need to rethink their business plan.Crap. I just noticed that Orcus pretty much said what I wanted to say, better. Well, I typed a lot, so I'm not deleting it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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