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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 1628469" data-attributes="member: 2804">I try to avoid shopping at my FLGS for several reasons:1) They offer no discount on prices. Amazon offers anywhere from 25% to 32%. If they offered 10% or 15% discount, I would spend a lot more in their store since I love to flip through books before I buy them and would prefer to walk out with physical copies of books instead of waiting days for Amazon to ship. The FLGS better starting competing in price.2) They wrap everything in plastic. I HATE that! They have signs everywhere saying you can take the plastic off, but then I feel like I'm expected to purchase something if I go through the hassle of taking off the plastic. Plus the plastic is a waste of money that they don't need and could be better spent offering a discount on non-plastic covered books.3) Their staff are annoying. The minute you walk in they are all over you asking you if they can help you. And then they watch you like you are going to try to slip something in your jacket! First of all, I'm not a criminal. Second of all, shut the F$%^ up unless I ask you a question. I don't mind a polite hello when I walk in. But I hate that annoying "Can I help you?" every 5 freaking minutes!!! You only have a couple of shelves of RPG stuff and I know more gaming then your entire staff combined so leave me the hell alone and let me browse!!!!When I do have questions about product availability half of the staff don't know what I'm talking about. To be fair the other half is usually pretty knowledgeable.I live in Beaverton, Oregon, and unfortunately they are the only FLGS in my area. There is another FLGS across town which is infinitely better. Better selection, they offer a discount on WotC d20 purchases, and they don't wrap anything in F$%%^$ plastic!!!!!! And they don't pester you or watch you like a criminal while you are browsing.But since gas prices are so high its hard to just driving all the way over there just to browse. So I order online when I can and bite the bullet for stuff like HERO which I can't buy on Amazon.</blockquote>

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