Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormfalcon" data-source="post: 1624489" data-attributes="member: 11604">I'll be honest in that I am biased in that I work retail (a Christian bookstore, to be precise) and that contributes to my strong preference for local retail over going online for my shopping.   I'd rather that my money be kept in the local economy as much as possible, especially with the way things have been the past few years.Of course, it helps that the area I have has a good selection of LGS, some with the F and some without, and that I can afford to be picky about which ones I go to.  If the store provides great service along with a great selection, I don't mind paying full price on my books.  If the store doesn't, I go to one that does.  The ones in my local area that I do frequent much more than others would be Gamescape in Palo Alto (as opposed to the SF one) and Legends in both Cupertino and South San Jose.  Gamescape gets the nod because of great service (if I ask for something and they don't have it, they immediately ask if I want to order and they get it in just a few days tops), great selection (including shelves of older stuff at a discount!) and a great environment to browse in.  They also have a good bulletin board and you'll often find a game going on there, whether it be in the back room or on the table on the sales floor.Legends also gets the nod because of a good selection, friendly service (also asking if you'd like to order something they don't have), and they maintain a frequent-buyer card program (buy $120 worth of purchases over time and you get a 15% discount off the next purchase).  Of course, it helps that they carry comics and toys/figures alongside the gaming merchandise.With stores like that, why would I want to go online?  To save a few bucks?  Meh...I'd rather pay for good service and selection and those stores give it to me in spades.</blockquote>

Verification