Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 1629797" data-attributes="member: 53">Both my FLGS attract many customers who aren't already gamers.  Admittedly, they are "gamer friendly" customers for the most part.The first store is on the main street in a college town.  It carries a good selection of fantasy gift items (things like Enchantica dragons, etc).  A lot of walk through traffic is looking for cool gift items or just come in to browse.  A number of them become regulars and eventually start gaming.The second store is a combination shop (although there isn't a lot of room for in store gaming - usually 1 game at a time unless the other games are a collectible card game or such).  It's a book store (with a large science fiction/fantasy section)/comic book shop/gaming store/"new age" store.  They have a lot of non-gamer traffic, especially people looking for hard-to-find books. What's really great about the second store is the owner is totally against marking up hot items.  If you look through his back issues, they are all cover price.  Even if it's the "hot" book that's marked up ten times the price at other comic book stores, he keeps it at price.  He has a LOT of out-of-print games (indeed, some long out-of-print), some of which go for high prices on eBay.  However, if you want it, you pay the normal retail price when it was released.</blockquote>