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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3106965" data-attributes="member: 28771">This thread has spun in a completely different direction!  But to pick up on this point, B&M stores need to help themselves.  There use to be no less than four shops within a 15 mile radius of me, only about a half hour drive in any direction.  I have stopped shopping in them long ago.  Here are a few reasons why:I'm a female, professional who like to game.  When I walk into a store, I don't want to be gawked at by some 18 year old cashier chewing on his tongue ring while leaning over a counter with a copy of Maxim in plain view.  I consider myself pretty average looking to begin with, and I certain am not walking into the shop wearing anything remotely gawkworthy.  I don't want to be looked at like a piece of meat.When I go into a shop, I don't want to be stepping on doritoes and puddles of spilt soda that haven't been cleaned up.  This is a business, not you're mother's basement.  If you aren't gonna keep the carpet clean, pull it up and put in tile.  Dust once in a while.Many of them are built like closets, not shops.  The aisles are so small you have to rub up against people to get around.  You can't browse when you have people constantly bumping into you to get around.Poor selection.  Most ONLY carry WoTC, White Wolf, and maybe two or three other publishers.  For that, I can sit in my pajamas at home and order from Amazon.  Poor service.  Cashiers are generally bored or disinterested in doing anything other than giving you change, and even then they drag their feet.  Over the last few years, all four of the shops have closed down.  I don't believe ANY of the closing had to do with a deflating of the RPG community, but had to do with all of the above.</blockquote>

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