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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 2398131" data-attributes="member: 10201">What sorts of discounts are you finding? IME, i can reliably save ~10%, maybe 15%, by buying online. That's when i want to buy what i want to buy, and when i want to buy it. If i'm willing to just buy whatever they feel like offering on clearance special and the like, or only what shows up on Overstock.com, then i can probably get 50% off--but there's a really good chance that what i want won't be available that way. Frex, i'd been watching online for a discounted copy of The Riddle of Steel for nearly 2 years, with no success (at any level of discount) before i happened to stumble onto a used copy (in meatspace).IMHO--and i'm fully aware that this doesn't necessarily have any bearing for anyone who isn't me--15% isn't worth the hassle or consequences. Honestly, if it's worth 85% of MSRP, it's probably worth 100% of MSRP--rarely does the personal value threshhold fall in such a narrow margin. I save discount purchases for 50% off, or better--for those things that i simply think aren't worth the asking price (not because of poor quality, or because i'm short of money, but because they are designed for a different consumer). IOW, precisely the segment of the RPG market that, if it were to disappear completely, i wouldn't be terribly disappointed. If i really like it, i consider it the ethical thing to reward the creators appropriately--and they've told me what they think is appropriate. I also consider it the selfish thing to reward them as htey've requested, so that they stay in business and make more cool stuff that i want.I can't speak to any particular store you've been in, but those i've been in have found a way to compete: browsing, knowledgeable staff, gamer connections, gaming space.oh, and on wages, working conditions, community impact, and political behavior. Call me nuts, but i consider not giving my money to companies that don't do business in ways i like an important goal. And there are things other than high price that constitute "doing business in ways i don't like".</blockquote>

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