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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 1778573" data-attributes="member: 18280">Yeah, well, when I get into "rant" mode, you should always take into account:(1).  I'm old enough to have learned D&D from the blue boxed set in the early 80's.  Hence, old enough to have developed the crankies.   <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=";)" /> (2).  I have sold freelance writing, and I read a lot of odd things.  Watching what's happening to publishers here in Canada makes me feel worried indeed for the future of bookstores, and the future of bookstores that carry the kind of esoteric stuff I enjoy.(3).  That set-up with 100% returns is actually occuring here.  That stuff with "100% returns, you stock our shelves, and you pay us for the store space if it doesn't sell enough" is happening here, too.(4).  When Wallmart claims that their wages are competitive for the industry, it's true.  But good luck trying to find even a bachelor apartment in Toronto you can afford.  Unless you can do without food.  And God help you if you work for one of their less competitive competitors.(5).  Wallmart and its competitors now control the largest slice of pie in the Canadian job market.  Sad, but true.(6).  I actually own a comic book store, <a href="http://www.goldencitycomics.com" target="_blank">www.goldencitycomics.com</a>.  We're just over 3 years old and offer a 20% discount.  At first, we kept gaming stuff well stocked, but it was a losing proposition for us.  As others point out, you can get some stock cheaper on Amazon.com than we can for the store.  Similarly, we've stopped ordering DVDs because Wallmart sells them cheaper than the distributors sell them to us.  We cover the WotC product line as we are able, but most of the rpg stuff we sell now is esoteric, or otherwise hard to find in our area.  Thus, we order (and sell) more EnWorld Player's Journal than Dragon magazine.I try to keep my "old guy" persona from coming out too often.  I'm only 38, after all.  But once you've got a case of the crankies, sooner or later they'll flare up again.RC</blockquote>

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