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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4251618" data-attributes="member: 19675">From what I've been told by FLGS owners in the recent past, some of the major online retailers are selling the games for less than the FLGSs can acquire them from the publishers.&nbsp; Those online stores are getting massive bulk discounts that the small guys simply can't match.IOW, there is simply no way for individual game stores to compete with the Amazons of the world on a price basis, thus they must compete on environment and services.So ultimately, the the suggestions above all boil down to one core bit of advice:Provide an inviting location that lets gamers network with other gamers (customers and/or staff).Amazon simply can't do that.An FLGS should be clean.&nbsp; The staff should be knowledgeable.&nbsp; There should be a can-do attitude about special orders of obscure, foreign or OoP games.&nbsp; If they have the space to do so, they should run demos or &quot;league play&quot; (for games that allow for such).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4251618, member: 19675"] From what I've been told by FLGS owners in the recent past, some of the major online retailers are selling the games for less than the FLGSs can acquire them from the publishers. Those online stores are getting massive bulk discounts that the small guys simply can't match. IOW, there is simply no way for individual game stores to compete with the Amazons of the world on a price basis, thus they must compete on environment and services. So ultimately, the the suggestions above all boil down to one core bit of advice: [B] Provide an inviting location that lets gamers network with other gamers (customers and/or staff).[/B] Amazon simply can't do that. An FLGS should be clean. The staff should be knowledgeable. There should be a can-do attitude about special orders of obscure, foreign or OoP games. If they have the space to do so, they should run demos or "league play" (for games that allow for such). [/QUOTE]

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