tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post8370569544781345979..comments2024-03-22T00:15:20.699-07:00Comments on Talking Game: Supporting Your Local Game StoreEric Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877668655911388079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post-61622527361652260062007-09-11T12:47:00.000-07:002007-09-11T12:47:00.000-07:00My game budget is very limited, so I usually only ...My game budget is very limited, so I usually only buy one game at a time. That means that shipping charges eat up the savings I would get from buying online. I made the comparison when I bought my Fluxx cards and it was actually $2 cheaper for me to buy it locally. However, many of the games I want aren't available locally, so that doesn't matter much :-).Dani In NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032707452740200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post-62831153791183552592007-09-10T17:16:00.000-07:002007-09-10T17:16:00.000-07:00Eric, I agree with you for the most part about sup...Eric, I agree with you for the most part about supporting the local game shop and paying more for the tables and sense of community, etc.<BR/><BR/>But...<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm not so strict about it... I try to support Brian by buying at his shop regularly, but at the same time it's hard to ignore the savings from buying online. A game like Thebes is 15-20 bucks cheaper online than at Phoneix. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post-40185243633172324062007-09-10T14:13:00.000-07:002007-09-10T14:13:00.000-07:00Like you, I do prefer to go local if the service m...Like you, I do prefer to go local if the service makes up for any pricing difference. I also have this whole "instant gratification" thing goin where if I want it, I gotta get it now!! I remember a place it Tacoma that closed over a decade ago (Nybles and Bytes), they actually took reservations for the card games without requiring you to order an entire box. I knew people who ordered just 2 Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354993179932326639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post-44600674527777573082007-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:002007-09-09T10:17:00.000-07:00Dani,First of all, welcome to the blog! I still n...Dani,<BR/><BR/>First of all, welcome to the blog! I still neeed to go over when I buy online rather than through Phoenix - I'd meant to put it in this post, but apparently hit 'publish' rather than 'save.' :) I'll just tweak the ending of this one a bit, and slip that into the next post, where I talk about the other two game stores that used to be nearby.<BR/><BR/>EricEric Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877668655911388079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19166289.post-90841617983674250932007-09-09T09:47:00.000-07:002007-09-09T09:47:00.000-07:00I would love to support a local game store if I ha...I would love to support a local game store if I had a decent one. The only game store close to me is 30 minutes away. It has been open since I was in high school and the games are just about as old. I bought my copy of Blokus there, but everything else on the shelves had a thick layer of dust. I will say that this store is the first place I think of if I need dice, though.Dani In NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032707452740200776noreply@blogger.com