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<blockquote data-quote="undeaddan" data-source="post: 1623593" data-attributes="member: 8487"><p><strong>Why indeed</strong></p><p></p><p>There are three basic reasons I buy from my FLGS(s)</p><p></p><p>1. In apparent opposition to my conservative/libertarian ideas about business, I feel an inherent need to shop in non-chain stores or eat in non-chain restautants whenever possible. I unlike most right-winger-types hate Walmart and everything it really stands for. I am a big fan of main street type stores. If there were an independant store that sold DVDs or CDs, I would shop there. So shopping at my FLGS is merely an expression of this attitude.</p><p></p><p>2. I've been going to the same shop for about 12 years. They know me and I know them. I don't see any reason to change now.</p><p></p><p>3. As goes the local shop, so goes the RPG industry. While D&D (and possibly White Wolf) will survive until the end of time local stores or no, the vast majority of the industry as we know it relies on the continued existance of FLGSes. The brick and mortar stores still comprise a significant and neccessary proportion of their sales. Without FLGSes the small companies would start folding, one after another. Small RPG companies are like immigrants to the US. They serve two basic and important functions. They publish product that no big company would even consider and they inject new life and fresh ideas into the industry as a whole. If I don't buy from the FLGS I feel as if I am not doing my part to ensure the continued welfare of the industry that supports the hobby I love.</p><p></p><p>Summary Translation: "I do it because it feels good"</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="undeaddan, post: 1623593, member: 8487"] [b]Why indeed[/b] There are three basic reasons I buy from my FLGS(s) 1. In apparent opposition to my conservative/libertarian ideas about business, I feel an inherent need to shop in non-chain stores or eat in non-chain restautants whenever possible. I unlike most right-winger-types hate Walmart and everything it really stands for. I am a big fan of main street type stores. If there were an independant store that sold DVDs or CDs, I would shop there. So shopping at my FLGS is merely an expression of this attitude. 2. I've been going to the same shop for about 12 years. They know me and I know them. I don't see any reason to change now. 3. As goes the local shop, so goes the RPG industry. While D&D (and possibly White Wolf) will survive until the end of time local stores or no, the vast majority of the industry as we know it relies on the continued existance of FLGSes. The brick and mortar stores still comprise a significant and neccessary proportion of their sales. Without FLGSes the small companies would start folding, one after another. Small RPG companies are like immigrants to the US. They serve two basic and important functions. They publish product that no big company would even consider and they inject new life and fresh ideas into the industry as a whole. If I don't buy from the FLGS I feel as if I am not doing my part to ensure the continued welfare of the industry that supports the hobby I love. Summary Translation: "I do it because it feels good" Dan [/QUOTE]
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