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<blockquote data-quote="Zaukrie" data-source="post: 2392169" data-attributes="member: 2057">This is a great discussion. For anyone that thinks price should be their only deciding point, you should try to find an issue of the Economist from 2004 that does economic research on hyper-efficient companies like WalMart. New research shows that this efficiency is likely to decrease our standard of living as our wages are driven lower. Of course, other economists disagree - buy if you are going to make claims like some on this board, you might want to be informed of both arguements.As for the FLGS, I too am lucky enough to live in the Twin Cities, where there are numerous game shops. Service at some of the stores is very dependent on the employee present. I find Phoenix the least friendly to non-minis players. Dreamers is the nicest, but their selection of RPG materials is iffy. The Source, as Monte Cook described it last year, is probably the best gaming store in the US. It stocks nearly every printed gaming product their is, has board games and minis galore. The service is hit and miss. If you play DnD minis skirmish, we have such great support that we actually get 2 sites for pre-release events. If you think that hobby will grow by buying on-line or from one of the chains, I'm not sure what arguement I could use to convince you otherwise.I support my FLGS (many of them) not as a charity, but because I believe in the long run, I am better off if there are more gamers, if there are more places to buy from, and if there are more games in print. I don't believe that Walmart, Target, Barnes and Noble....care one iota about games and gamers. I don't believe for one minute that there will be more than a handful of gaming companies left, unless I buy from the FLGS. Do I think less of anyone that disagrees - no.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaukrie, post: 2392169, member: 2057"] This is a great discussion. For anyone that thinks price should be their only deciding point, you should try to find an issue of the Economist from 2004 that does economic research on hyper-efficient companies like WalMart. New research shows that this efficiency is likely to decrease our standard of living as our wages are driven lower. Of course, other economists disagree - buy if you are going to make claims like some on this board, you might want to be informed of both arguements. As for the FLGS, I too am lucky enough to live in the Twin Cities, where there are numerous game shops. Service at some of the stores is very dependent on the employee present. I find Phoenix the least friendly to non-minis players. Dreamers is the nicest, but their selection of RPG materials is iffy. The Source, as Monte Cook described it last year, is probably the best gaming store in the US. It stocks nearly every printed gaming product their is, has board games and minis galore. The service is hit and miss. If you play DnD minis skirmish, we have such great support that we actually get 2 sites for pre-release events. If you think that hobby will grow by buying on-line or from one of the chains, I'm not sure what arguement I could use to convince you otherwise. I support my FLGS (many of them) not as a charity, but because I believe in the long run, I am better off if there are more gamers, if there are more places to buy from, and if there are more games in print. I don't believe that Walmart, Target, Barnes and Noble....care one iota about games and gamers. I don't believe for one minute that there will be more than a handful of gaming companies left, unless I buy from the FLGS. Do I think less of anyone that disagrees - no. [/QUOTE]

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