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<blockquote data-quote="Arnwyn" data-source="post: 995765" data-attributes="member: 7701">Oh, I absolutely agree. In fact, I pointedly told the guy at one of my FLGSs (two are right near my office) a while back that &quot;you have a rotten distributor&quot;.But, here is my response in consumer-speak: &quot;I don't care&quot;. I don't care whose problem it is - I just care that there is a problem. As a consumer, I don't deal with the distributor - I deal with the FLGS. It's up to the FLGS to fix any problems with the distributor. If not, then whoosh! I'm off to the deep discounters to get a better bang for my buck, if nothing else.If the distributors are bad across the industry, then it's the industry's problem, and the consumer has every right (nay, obligation!) to go for where he/she gets the most for his/her money. If that's the deep discounters, then so be it, as that is where the consumer finds value. (And if that's the case, then it's not really the deep discounters who will destroy the industry, now is it? Regardless, I believe that's a very narrow-minded and short-sighted view.) The market will then re-adjust to the market realities. It won't &quot;kill&quot; the gaming industry in any way, shape, or form (though, admittedly, there will be some hiccups).- Arnwyn(speaking from both his consumer and financial analyst/business analyst sides)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arnwyn, post: 995765, member: 7701"] Oh, I absolutely agree. In fact, I pointedly told the guy at one of my FLGSs (two are right near my office) a while back that "you have a rotten distributor". But, here is my response in consumer-speak: "I don't care". I don't care [i]whose[/i] problem it is - I just care that there is a problem. As a consumer, I don't deal with the distributor - I deal with the FLGS. It's up to the FLGS to fix any problems with the distributor. If not, then whoosh! I'm off to the deep discounters to get a better bang for my buck, if nothing else. If the distributors are bad across the industry, then it's the industry's problem, and the consumer has every right (nay, obligation!) to go for where he/she gets the most for his/her money. If that's the deep discounters, then so be it, as that is where the consumer finds value. (And if that's the case, then it's not really the deep discounters who will destroy the industry, now is it? Regardless, I believe that's a very narrow-minded and short-sighted view.) The market will then re-adjust to the market realities. It won't "kill" the gaming industry in any way, shape, or form (though, admittedly, there will be some hiccups). - Arnwyn (speaking from both his consumer and financial analyst/business analyst sides) [/QUOTE]

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