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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bodhi" data-source="post: 1623292" data-attributes="member: 19770">IMHO, it really depends on what the FLGS offers. Shopping at a local brick-and-mortar establishment simply because it is the local brick-and-mortar shop is silly. The reason to keep going back, and being a regular, and supporting them has to be something else. Something they offer that the big retailers (online or not) just don't.I do shop at chain supermarkets, but I like the local farmers' markets. I eat fast food from national (or international) franchises, but I also like little mom & pop joints, or even regional chains. It's hard to compete with Amazon for price (or selection, for that matter), and even Waldenbooks and Barnes & Noble will sell discount memberships, but I live in Portland, OR, and I really (really) like Powell's & Powell's Tech.If your local gaming store is filled with clones of the Simpson's Comic Book Guy (and you are not Of The Body), then yeah, it's not going to appeal. And if you don't care if the place disappears, then don't shop there. But if you like it, for whatever reasons you may have, then it's simply enlightened self-interest to shop there, and do your part to keep them around. Part of what you pay for is services, surroundings, and maybe even resources (Knowledgeable staff? Bulletin board? Gaming tables? Wargaming terrain?). If what they provide isn't worth your money, then spend it elsewhere. But if it is worth it, and you still spend it all elsewhere, don't complain when it goes away.</blockquote>

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