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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6546978" data-attributes="member: 19675">Besides...do you realize how improbable an actual magical walmart would be?Not only is the concept of a large, one-stop shop open to the public a post-industrial idea, the amount of money required to build, stock and guard them is HUGE.&nbsp; Now imagine that what you stock is magic items.&nbsp; Stocking such a store and its security issues would require an outlay of cash comparable to any castle.&nbsp; Few individuals or even groups have that kind of wealth.&nbsp; And there are other issues...&nbsp; Safeguarding Magic-Mart would require sophisticated magic and a security force to rival an army.And you know what happens when feudal lords find forces that rival theirs within the boundaries of their landholdings?&nbsp; They try to crush them.&nbsp; That's one of the reasons the shoguns of Japan attacked the monasteries.If they can't crush them, they try to make them allies of some kind...and that may mean the crown decides who gets to associate with them.&nbsp; In the case in point, that would mean a model more like a Sam's Club, where the only ones who can buy are those who have documents with a certain seal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6546978, member: 19675"] Besides...do you realize how improbable an actual magical walmart would be? Not only is the concept of a large, one-stop shop open to the public a post-industrial idea, the amount of money required to build, stock and guard them is HUGE. Now imagine that what you stock is magic items. Stocking such a store and its security issues would require an outlay of cash comparable to any castle. Few individuals or even groups have that kind of wealth. And there are other issues... Safeguarding Magic-Mart would require sophisticated magic and a security force to rival an army. And you know what happens when feudal lords find forces that rival theirs within the boundaries of their landholdings? They try to crush them. That's one of the reasons the shoguns of Japan attacked the monasteries. If they can't crush them, they try to make them allies of some kind...and that may mean the crown decides who gets to associate with them. In the case in point, that would mean a model more like a Sam's Club, where the only ones who can buy are those who have documents with a certain seal. [/QUOTE]

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