by chuckdee68

SteamCraft wrote:

The game store I play at has started to raise prices above the MSRP and charge credit card fees. It started maybe a couple of months ago. I was going to pick up an already pricey RPG at $70. They then tried to charge me about $95. It was claimed that Monty Cook games charged them more, then there was the CC fee, and then there were taxes. I did not purchase it. They are now shrink wrapping everything and putting price stickers on them. In general, most RPGs are about $10 more than the MSRP. However, I looked at a card game that MSRP was $19.99 and their price was $35.

Have any of you experienced this? The store has financial issues. They claimed they needed about $15k in a two week period to not going out of business. A bunch of people bought things, donated money, etc. and the store has a lot busier. However, that has died down and many of those people do not buy things.

I have too. Which is the reason that though I want to support game stores, especially as I have few local game stores, I just can't.

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by leroy43

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maho wrote:

I'm not really sure what "liminal space" means, yet . . . .

Auf deutsch:
Liminaler Raum: This term comes directly from the Latin word limen (meaning threshold) and describes an in-between state or place. It was initially an anthropological concept for a "rite of passage". Today, in both German and English, it describes physical or digital spaces that evoke a sense of uncanny emptiness, nostalgia, or transition (like empty train stations, parking garages, or hotel corridors).

Übergangsraum: A broader German term used to describe any space serving as a transition between two places or states.

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by leroy43

brumcg wrote:

I plan on retiring in 1289 days - maybe less.

I’m under 1000 days away. Fortunately I don’t hate my job, but I am tired of working.

I can't wait.

Me neither.

by ctimmins

I wonder if they got stung in the Alliance Game Distribution bankruptcy. I had thought that mainly harmed publishers, but it wouldn't take much more than one missed monthly game shipment (that was paid for) to put many FLGS out of business.

There is one small shop I have gone to, occasionally, and last time I was in there they did add a credit card fee. And it's painful to pay full MSRP plus a fee when I know I can get the same thing on Amazon for, like 1/2 to 2/3 as much...

I have to agree with Robb in any case, it's not looking good for that shop's future.

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by robbbbbb

A common motif in economics is time-shifting preferences. When you say, "Hey, we have a sale on," or, "Hey, we are in trouble and need help," people will shift purchases forward, but it doesn't actually increase the volume of sales. Sounds like that's what happened in this case.

Honestly, those are preliminary signs of business failure. It is likely they won't be around this time next year. Sorry.

by provence

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Brass Jester wrote:

Scarily, instead of Mythic's Action-Event tables, I've started using Rory's Story Cubes to give a visual cue. I have 36 of them, each one unique and I usually roll 3 at a time grabbed randomly. In itself this gives 7140 possible combinations.

I have a whole bag of them and should do the same!

by SteamCraft

The game store I play at has started to raise prices above the MSRP and charge credit card fees. It started maybe a couple of months ago. I was going to pick up an already pricey RPG at $70. They then tried to charge me about $95. It was claimed that Monty Cook games charged them more, then there was the CC fee, and then there were taxes. I did not purchase it. They are now shrink wrapping everything and putting price stickers on them. In general, most RPGs are about $10 more than the MSRP. However, I looked at a card game that MSRP was $19.99 and their price was $35.

Have any of you experienced this? The store has financial issues. They claimed they needed about $15k in a two week period to not going out of business. A bunch of people bought things, donated money, etc. and the store has a lot busier. However, that has died down and many of those people do not buy things.