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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7781687" data-attributes="member: 18182">I'm with you on this one. I'm not going to patronize a local game store just because "buy local, they need your support". IF I'm going to spend money at my LGS, they have to offer me a greater value than I can get through Amazon. My FLGS discounts most of their products, not as much as Amazon does, but I appreciate it. They have a large, well-ventilated, and clean play area that is free to use. The staff is helpful, although not always knowledgeable. I give them quite a bit of my gaming dollars, and usually purchase an overpriced drink from the vending machine when gaming there. I support them because they offer value Amazon does not. I do get irritated at gamers who also use the free play area, but then go make most of their purchases online and also bring in food/drink from outside, rather than from the LGSThere's another LGS in my area that also has a gaming area, but it's cramped, smelly, and the "regulars" curse like sailors. No discounts, and the employees are often too busy playing games to help me out . . . . they don't get a lot of my gaming dollars.I don't trust the employees at ANY of my LGS's, I've gotten so much bad information from each store. I always do my research online. Seems like most of them, if they don't know, make it up rather than simply saying, "I don't know". Grrrrrr.</blockquote>