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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8880638" data-attributes="member: 67338">except no... (especially with this new info that no actual sales data was collected just a ranking by store owner) what we have is ICv2 ranked PF higher some quaters then 4e for some stores only. That is it. I have directly been involved with 3 stores (that sold D&amp;D... more if you count just food) and I can tell you that as the person that ACTUALLY RUNS THE NUMBERS for some of them that not once have I met an owner that can off hand without checking with the book keeper tell you 100% accuracy what sells.Lets say I sell self sealing stem bolts and Converters both. I bought 100 of each to start and when I sold out I replenished each. However I didn't keep count (in my head my book keeper did in files) of how many times I replenished, and I had to off the cuff say what I sold more... I MIGHT be right, but I most likely would remember what I rang up more of (with faulty human memory) and glance at my stock... if i see I have 74 Self Sealing Stem Bolts and 22 Converters I can easily say I sold more converters... BUT if I refreshed my order 8 times for self sealing stem bolts and 6 times for converters... that isn't true, but I can easily think it is... if I also have spacly sprockets and cogswell cogs to keep track of and all 4 sell similar I can guarantee my 'gut check' answer will be the one I personally like more. and if you only ask 500 store to compare self sealing stem bolts, coverters, spacly sprocket and cogswell cogs and 392 of them answer, that doens't paint a full picture even of store sales let alone ones sold online or direct.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8880638, member: 67338"] except no... (especially with this new info that no actual sales data was collected just a ranking by store owner) what we have is ICv2 ranked PF higher some quaters then 4e for some stores only. That is it. I have directly been involved with 3 stores (that sold D&D... more if you count just food) and I can tell you that as the person that ACTUALLY RUNS THE NUMBERS for some of them that not once have I met an owner that can off hand without checking with the book keeper tell you 100% accuracy what sells. Lets say I sell self sealing stem bolts and Converters both. I bought 100 of each to start and when I sold out I replenished each. However I didn't keep count (in my head my book keeper did in files) of how many times I replenished, and I had to off the cuff say what I sold more... I MIGHT be right, but I most likely would remember what I rang up more of (with faulty human memory) and glance at my stock... if i see I have 74 Self Sealing Stem Bolts and 22 Converters I can easily say I sold more converters... BUT if I refreshed my order 8 times for self sealing stem bolts and 6 times for converters... that isn't true, but I can easily think it is... if I also have spacly sprockets and cogswell cogs to keep track of and all 4 sell similar I can guarantee my 'gut check' answer will be the one I personally like more. and if you only ask 500 store to compare self sealing stem bolts, coverters, spacly sprocket and cogswell cogs and 392 of them answer, that doens't paint a full picture even of store sales let alone ones sold online or direct. [/QUOTE]

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