tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post1545169532336781942..comments2024-03-28T07:12:18.815-04:00Comments on Fresh Coast Gaming: Pay Where You Playmugginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10897915677573578644noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-85365048877102262022012-02-08T20:59:33.561-05:002012-02-08T20:59:33.561-05:00If you aren't playing at your local store, tha...If you aren't playing at your local store, than the pay where you play doesn't really apply to you does it?steinerphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062735683743692873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-87294229940412558912012-02-02T13:25:45.369-05:002012-02-02T13:25:45.369-05:00Pft my basement smells like primer and glue!Pft my basement smells like primer and glue!R3conhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844561123221248222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-14622808614601702572012-02-02T13:20:40.790-05:002012-02-02T13:20:40.790-05:00See i don't play much at FLGS I just chose not...See i don't play much at FLGS I just chose not to, if I am there usually its only for a tournament that I'm hosting. If I'm playing in the tournament well then I am paying to play there(and i end up spending anyways). <br /><br />My money is precious to me, I have a house payment/cars/kids college funds, ect ect that come before my hobby spending. So if I want the new shiny I need to find it at a discount. I also am blessed to live with 5 different game stores are within 30-45 min distance. Guess what I'm going to shop at the one offering me 30%-35% discount.<br /><br />Now with that said, I have never ever walked into a game store and not spent money, not the big money a new army = but usually a figure or paint or something.R3conhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844561123221248222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-40255007889553774092012-02-02T11:07:08.536-05:002012-02-02T11:07:08.536-05:00I buy everything that I can at my FLGS. At best, ...I buy everything that I can at my FLGS. At best, I'm saving 10% by buying online most times. To me, that's just not worth it. By patronizing my FLGS, I'm helping support the local economy and keeping people employed. I don't want my money going to some schmuck in another state, or sometimes in another country.<br /><br />My dad is a Kroger Store Manager. My whole family drives out of our way to shop Kroger. You support family and friends. That's what you're doing when you support your FLGS.<br /><br />Right on, Mike!Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812676749631365647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-60790653346388567072012-02-02T11:03:22.319-05:002012-02-02T11:03:22.319-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812676749631365647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-74972242701837543142012-02-02T01:10:51.169-05:002012-02-02T01:10:51.169-05:00Your GW branches must suck!
To be fair, they'...Your GW branches must suck!<br /><br />To be fair, they're of variable quality over here. My current local branch is actually friendly, of the "whip through the sales script right quick and start treating customers like human beings again" variety. Another that I've played at had a manager who took his training verrah seriously and tended to become less friendly if he'd been away for any recently. Yet another had perfectly friendly staff but the regular customers were a drag. Funnily enough if I don't like a shop I stop playing there, and so the obligation to buy things goes away...Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583821960347555993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-42698952360419182602012-02-01T22:01:02.228-05:002012-02-01T22:01:02.228-05:00Yeah I definitely wouldn't discourage anyone f...Yeah I definitely wouldn't discourage anyone from playing in their basement as long as it doesn't smell like cat pee.mugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897915677573578644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-12993846312406815052012-02-01T22:00:41.076-05:002012-02-01T22:00:41.076-05:00Yeah it definitely sounds like you have a much dif...Yeah it definitely sounds like you have a much different situation than what we have here in the US.<br /><br />I don't think I'd include GW shops as a 'FLGS'. They're notoriously awful here. I would encourage you not to shop at them =)mugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897915677573578644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-32232438847696848872012-02-01T20:11:36.636-05:002012-02-01T20:11:36.636-05:00I can drink in my basement....which I seem to need...I can drink in my basement....which I seem to need to do more of when Tau4eva comes over and beats on me.R3conhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844561123221248222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-19393931461562624012012-02-01T18:35:05.067-05:002012-02-01T18:35:05.067-05:00"These stores have no local buy-in to your ar..."These stores have no local buy-in to your area. They won't run tournaments, they won't give you advice on painting, they won't listen to your well-held opinions on the state of the hobby."<br /><br />The non-shop-based gaming clubs (which I pay to attend and which frequently run bring-and-buys for members) do all that and don't care where my models came from (unless they're stolen or traded for crack or similar, I suppose). And they don't run out of dank fishy basements either, before you say anything.<br /><br />(Well, okay. One did. But that one was renting the cellar of a game shop...)<br /><br />I'm not saying I disagree completely with everything you're saying, but I do think that store-centric gamer culture might be an American thing, while club-centric blokes-in-sheds-buying-it-from-mail-order gamer culture might be more the way we default to doing things on my side of the pond. The rules of engagement are a bit different here, is the point I'm making, as are the expectations and the issues of entitlement.<br /><br />That said, I do try to buy something from the local GW if I'm using their tables. It's just good manners, and free tables + higher prices roughly balances out with lower prices + attendance fees. So, like I said, I don't disagree...Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583821960347555993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169114571785178040.post-81102987520650988482012-02-01T12:26:47.325-05:002012-02-01T12:26:47.325-05:00I feel the same way - I still order all of my gami...I feel the same way - I still order all of my gaming figures from my FLGS (not so local anymore - 1,600 miles away). Gamers Sanctuary in Flint, MI is a great home for gamers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com