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<blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1778901" data-attributes="member: 990">I know that Ingram and Baker &amp; Taylor, the two biggest vendors of books (not just rpg books) base the discount at which they sell to stores and libraries on the amount the store or library spends with them each year.&nbsp; Their deepest discount is 40% off list price.&nbsp; To get that, you have to buy a substantial amount in a year, but I'm not sure exactly what the dollar figure is.&nbsp; Upwards of 10k, I know.&nbsp; This means that a place like Amazon, who buys from Baker &amp; Taylor mostly, is getting everything cheaper than your FLGS.&nbsp; So it only stands to reason that Amazon could afford to pass the savings on to you.&nbsp; Also, Amazon doesn't have to have nice, expensive storefronts.&nbsp; They can have a big ugly warehouse in an out of the way place, where real estate and property taxes are cheap.&nbsp; &nbsp;There are other distributors for comics and rpg material, but I have no idea what their discount structure is.&nbsp; I'll bet it's less than the big guys, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buttercup, post: 1778901, member: 990"] I know that Ingram and Baker & Taylor, the two biggest vendors of books (not just rpg books) base the discount at which they sell to stores and libraries on the amount the store or library spends with them each year. Their deepest discount is 40% off list price. To get that, you have to buy a substantial amount in a year, but I'm not sure exactly what the dollar figure is. Upwards of 10k, I know. This means that a place like Amazon, who buys from Baker & Taylor mostly, is getting everything cheaper than your FLGS. So it only stands to reason that Amazon could afford to pass the savings on to you. Also, Amazon doesn't have to have nice, expensive storefronts. They can have a big ugly warehouse in an out of the way place, where real estate and property taxes are cheap. There are other distributors for comics and rpg material, but I have no idea what their discount structure is. I'll bet it's less than the big guys, though. [/QUOTE]

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