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<blockquote data-quote="Thorin Stoutfoot" data-source="post: 149449" data-attributes="member: 1887">price is a big dealI know in the other thread I said I do hope prices go up, but there's a difference: I don't mind giving money to the publisher of the RPGs --- if they do good enough work that I'd like to buy the product they deserve the money.What I don't like to do is to give money to middle-men. That means distributors, wholesalers, and retailers. To me, they don't add any value whatsoever. Hence, I buy as much mail order as possible to get the deepest discount I can. (And I'm very patient, so slow shipping doesn't bother me, though I demand top notch customer service even from mail order operations)What this means is that for photography I buy from New York mail order stores. For cycling related stuff I buy from Bike Nashbar or Colorado Cyclist (though for some reason the local cycling stores are pretty competitive, so when they have a sale I drop by). For RPGs, that pretty much means Amazon.com --- no one else seems to be offering the 30% (+5% I get for using the ecard) and free shipping that they offer. I batch up orders or combine offers with my gaming group to hit the free shipping $99 limit.Shop smart, and cut the middle man out of the loop. I'd rather pay the designers, publishers (who do take risks by publishing books), and artists who put their work in the product than people who effectively just move things around and skim off the top.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thorin Stoutfoot, post: 149449, member: 1887"] [b]price is a big deal[/b] I know in the other thread I said I do hope prices go up, but there's a difference: I don't mind giving money to the publisher of the RPGs --- if they do good enough work that I'd like to buy the product they deserve the money. What I don't like to do is to give money to middle-men. That means distributors, wholesalers, and retailers. To me, they don't add any value whatsoever. Hence, I buy as much mail order as possible to get the deepest discount I can. (And I'm very patient, so slow shipping doesn't bother me, though I demand top notch customer service even from mail order operations) What this means is that for photography I buy from New York mail order stores. For cycling related stuff I buy from Bike Nashbar or Colorado Cyclist (though for some reason the local cycling stores are pretty competitive, so when they have a sale I drop by). For RPGs, that pretty much means Amazon.com --- no one else seems to be offering the 30% (+5% I get for using the ecard) and free shipping that they offer. I batch up orders or combine offers with my gaming group to hit the free shipping $99 limit. Shop smart, and cut the middle man out of the loop. I'd rather pay the designers, publishers (who do take risks by publishing books), and artists who put their work in the product than people who effectively just move things around and skim off the top. [/QUOTE]

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