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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 5094713" data-attributes="member: 53">Ah yes, I forgot to mention the one big failure of a game store in the area.  In theory, it was an ideal area.  It was conceived as a gaming mecca.  An large building was taken over and was sort of several stores within one.  There was a coffeehouse area, costume shop area, and a gaming store area.  They also had a large gaming area, probably about the size of a decent sized high school gym. I would love to have supported a store like that.  Unfortunately, they started with critical mistakes.The first, and in my opinion the biggest, was they opened directly across the street from one of the existing gaming stores.  They immediately alienated a significant portion of their customer base.  If they had opened across town many of us would have dropped by on occasion and certainly spent money.  However, we weren't going to turn our backs on the person who had been supporting us and our hobbies for a couple of decades.  When you are starting a huge store based on niche hobbies like ours you can't afford to cut out large parts of your customer base.The second mistake, as I understand it, is that a significant portion of their regulars were "hangers on."  They hung around, used the areas, but didn't spend money.  Not a recipe for success.I am sure there must have been other factors as well.  I didn't see them as I only dropped by once or twice.  Still, to me that was an area that seemed like it could have been a gaming example for the agea that was just horribly handled.  Some much potential wasted.</blockquote>

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