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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1628185" data-attributes="member: 14403">I've got to agree with Arcady...I haven't been to a FLGS in over a year and have really seen no need to.&nbsp; Some people complain about waiting for weeks to receive their orders from on-line stores but that is an exaggeration... I've never waited more than 3 days to get anything from Amazon and that was with their free shipping.&nbsp; I also don't see how it is a hassle to send anything back.&nbsp; They e-mail you an airbill which you tape to the front of the same box they shipped your order in and drop it off at any mailbox.&nbsp; If I had to return something to the FLGS that would have been two trips in my car rather than just one to the post office to return something to Amazon.Really it is the pricing though that convinced me to quit going to the FLGS.&nbsp; I don't have the gaming budget to be throwing away money that I could otherwise save by shopping on-line.&nbsp; If the FLGS could sell their merchandise for the same price as Amazon then I'd be happy to buy my books from them.&nbsp; However, as it stands Amazon sells many of the same books for up to $10 less than th FLGS so Amazon will continue to get my business.&nbsp; Then again, I've started using E-Bay and haven't bought from Amazon in a while because once again... in the end the dollar does the talking.Edit: Oh and by the way... I've seen numerous FLGS putting items up for bid at E-Bay and that is the best thing they can possibly do if they want to compete with Amazon.&nbsp; They only pay E-Bay a small fee on items that actually sell but in exchange they are getting free advertising to a much larger audience.&nbsp; If they've got something rare or in demand chances are they'll get much more for the item on E-Bay than if they just put it on a shelf in their store.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 1628185, member: 14403"] I've got to agree with Arcady... I haven't been to a FLGS in over a year and have really seen no need to. Some people complain about waiting for weeks to receive their orders from on-line stores but that is an exaggeration... I've never waited more than 3 days to get anything from Amazon and that was with their free shipping. I also don't see how it is a hassle to send anything back. They e-mail you an airbill which you tape to the front of the same box they shipped your order in and drop it off at any mailbox. If I had to return something to the FLGS that would have been two trips in my car rather than just one to the post office to return something to Amazon. Really it is the pricing though that convinced me to quit going to the FLGS. I don't have the gaming budget to be throwing away money that I could otherwise save by shopping on-line. If the FLGS could sell their merchandise for the same price as Amazon then I'd be happy to buy my books from them. However, as it stands Amazon sells many of the same books for up to $10 less than th FLGS so Amazon will continue to get my business. Then again, I've started using E-Bay and haven't bought from Amazon in a while because once again... in the end the dollar does the talking. Edit: Oh and by the way... I've seen numerous FLGS putting items up for bid at E-Bay and that is the best thing they can possibly do if they want to compete with Amazon. They only pay E-Bay a small fee on items that actually sell but in exchange they are getting free advertising to a much larger audience. If they've got something rare or in demand chances are they'll get much more for the item on E-Bay than if they just put it on a shelf in their store. [/QUOTE]

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