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Why is WotC trying to kill my FLGS?
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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4552181" data-attributes="member: 70778"><p>I have suggested this before and here is the jist of what I was told....</p><p></p><p>We have to have the free space to get people in here to buy. Charging for space will only turn people away.</p><p></p><p>I told them....</p><p></p><p>Well it isn't like you will lose all your customers and the more room you have for product then the more things you can sell, so if some leave, reclaim the space for things other people will buy.</p><p></p><p>It could also help game stores cut down on bad clientele by having a "club".</p><p></p><p>Every week I hear about stolen cards from CCGs.</p><p></p><p>Charge people for lockers or something to store the stuff in rather than tripping over it on the floor, or taking up a whole gaming taming for their bags/boxes.</p><p></p><p>Also those club members could get discounts. There are tons of ways to do just that, but the stores I have seen are too lazy half the time to even be at the register to take money for purchases let alone these other things.</p><p></p><p>A few bad apples are affecting the whole bunch as bad stores drive more people to online sales, and those people tell their friends, and sales at even the good stores start to decline because of product+shipping is cheaper than going to buy it locally.</p><p></p><p>I only have WotC premium stores in may area and they are just bad places, so how can you get the stores to promote their own sales if they are recognized by someone as WotC, and there is no standards?</p><p></p><p>This is something WotC could help with, but it really isn't their job to keep the LGS in business anymore than it is the LGS to keep WotC in business. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>So who does keeping the LGS open fall to?</p><p></p><p>-The LGS</p><p>-The game companies</p><p>-The consumers</p><p>-All of the above</p><p></p><p>I think full-size arcade games would work better than console games. But isn't a bad idea to bring the arcades back and use those to get sales of other things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4552181, member: 70778"] I have suggested this before and here is the jist of what I was told.... We have to have the free space to get people in here to buy. Charging for space will only turn people away. I told them.... Well it isn't like you will lose all your customers and the more room you have for product then the more things you can sell, so if some leave, reclaim the space for things other people will buy. It could also help game stores cut down on bad clientele by having a "club". Every week I hear about stolen cards from CCGs. Charge people for lockers or something to store the stuff in rather than tripping over it on the floor, or taking up a whole gaming taming for their bags/boxes. Also those club members could get discounts. There are tons of ways to do just that, but the stores I have seen are too lazy half the time to even be at the register to take money for purchases let alone these other things. A few bad apples are affecting the whole bunch as bad stores drive more people to online sales, and those people tell their friends, and sales at even the good stores start to decline because of product+shipping is cheaper than going to buy it locally. I only have WotC premium stores in may area and they are just bad places, so how can you get the stores to promote their own sales if they are recognized by someone as WotC, and there is no standards? This is something WotC could help with, but it really isn't their job to keep the LGS in business anymore than it is the LGS to keep WotC in business. :( So who does keeping the LGS open fall to? -The LGS -The game companies -The consumers -All of the above I think full-size arcade games would work better than console games. But isn't a bad idea to bring the arcades back and use those to get sales of other things. [/QUOTE]
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