What Do You Do to Support Your FLGS?

[BlueBlackRed]

My local FLGS is Yottaquest.
The owner does his best to keep the place prospering and doesn't just expect you to buy from him. He makes it so you want to buy from him.

 

[delericho]

Another thread about the questionable service at a LGS started me to thinking.

Do you do anything extra to support your FLGS if you have one? If you are an owner, do you have customers that go above and beyond to help ensure your success?

I buy all my game materials there, unless I need something really obscure or really quickly. (Oh, except Pathfinder, which I get as a holdover from my Dragon/Dungeon subscriptions. And, to be honest, I'll probably renew that subscription when it expires.)

My FLGS doesn't have space to run games on-site, and don't have special events that I'm aware of, so further opportunities are limited.

 

[Xorn]

Tabletop Game & Hobby in the Kansas City metro area (Overland Park, specifically) on 103rd & Metcalf. I buy everything there, I run one-shot delves there once a month or so, and I hand out 2-3 of his business cards a month. I also secured him the low bid on 42 office chairs when my company moved, so his game room now has an ass-kicking (err cushioning) set of 5 chairs for each table.

In turn, he takes care of his customers, his store is clean and friendly, and his veteran customers even have a private key to the game room, to play after hours.

He's a great guy, if you're near Kansas City, check the shop out.

 

[MINI]

When I had a local store I bought alot of magic cards from them and participated in a couple small convenstions and such. I never much gamed in the store but they really didnt offer it then or even do anything to attract anyone to run games. The owners had their own cliche whihc they stuck to for after hours gaming.

There is a store a little further away no but they focus more on toys and collectibles than on gaming and they carry a used section of highly outdated books for too high of prices.

If i had a better store near me I night ry and work with them on running games if they offered to advertise my free gaming server. I don't think that would be too much to ask as I'm not making money on it and more e gaming for their customers typically means more sales for them in the long run.

 

[Vanuslux]

My FLGS doesn't really have the space to run anything and I almost never see anyone else in there anyway.

 

[Mark]

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=227437

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Gamedays.

We typically have a gameday twice a year at our FLGS. We bring in a lot of extra business those days, since a lot of the participants make an effort to support our hosts.

I don't buy a lot of books nowadays, but when I do, it is through them. Only rarely do I shop online for books.