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my local GW is a hive of scum and villany gently caress that place
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I like mass effect andromeda.
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May 18, 2017 19:50
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Bad Moon posted:I actually haven't actually stepped foot in a brick and mortar store since Fantasy Battles died, are they still one man operations that are closed sundays and Mondays and for lunch breaks? I just checked and the local one is closed Mondays and Tuesdays and closes on Wednesday - Saturday for what I guess is a lunch break (it closes 3-3:30, otherwise open noon - 8pm). Isn't that half hour closing really inconvenient on the Saturday? Do they make people pack up and leave, or do you think that everyone puts their games on hold and troops outside for half an hour while the guy goes to Subway or something? I am assuming they still have tables for people to play, although if you have a one-man store I don't know how you could help run games, man the counter, and upsell to nerds.
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May 18, 2017 19:57
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My one man store just turned into a two man store. Number two guy is retired and just covers Monday, Tuesday and helps on weekends. It works out okay, but we play in our goon basements or the non-affiliated FLGS most often.
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May 18, 2017 20:01
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Ashcans posted:I just checked and the local one is closed Mondays and Tuesdays and closes on Wednesday - Saturday for what I guess is a lunch break (it closes 3-3:30, otherwise open noon - 8pm). Isn't that half hour closing really inconvenient on the Saturday? Do they make people pack up and leave, or do you think that everyone puts their games on hold and troops outside for half an hour while the guy goes to Subway or something? One of the few times i went to the GW store in my home town the guy basically said "Who wants to do a food run for me? Would be a shame if i had to close down the shop while i'm out, right?" to the little kids playing and painting there. I also remember that you weren't allowed to sit unless you were playing or painting which is fine if there are other people who want to do either but if there's no one else and you're standing next next to an empty chair it feels a bit weird.
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May 18, 2017 20:17
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The GW store experiences make it sound like visiting a cult or weird scientology gathering place
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May 18, 2017 20:50
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BULBASAUR posted:The GW store experiences make it sound like visiting a cult or weird scientology gathering place That's pretty accurate. It's Crossfit for nerd hobbies. You even have a WOD.
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May 18, 2017 20:56
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In my experience, the nerds in GW stores are usually just as bad as the ones in most FLGSes, the stores just tend to be smaller
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May 18, 2017 21:19
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No you see GW with its one-man no-gaming-space kiosk "stores" that close for lunch are good and cool, they have to be, because GW is good now.
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May 18, 2017 21:50
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BULBASAUR posted:The GW store experiences make it sound like visiting a cult or weird scientology gathering place this is 200% accurate cultish is exactly the experience
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May 18, 2017 21:56
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Moola posted:this is 200% accurate I would have thought that you would like them now. After all, they're running on skeleton staff. 
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May 18, 2017 21:57
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Ashcans posted:I would have thought that you would like them now. 
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May 18, 2017 21:59
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Ashcans posted:I would have thought that you would like them now. 
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Ashcans posted:I would have thought that you would like them now.
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May 18, 2017 22:41
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Why does gw even bother running stores? game stores are a shitshow in terms of profitability
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If I had to guess it is because old British grognards don't use the internet and are used to buying in person and they think everyone else is like that.
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It's because of momentum and tradition. But also because, to the extent their stores outcompete and push out other game stores that might sell GW products, they can prevent customers from having access to discounts on their own products. They capture full RRP on every item sold both through their webstore and through their physical locations, while competing brick & mortar stores and online stores can cut their own margins to sell discounted product. Famously, GW never puts anything on sale, ever, and they have used every tactic available to try to prevent their own partners - indie stores that sell GW products, which they call "independent stockists" - from undercutting their RRPs. However, the law is on the side of the stockists, so those discounts are always available. But GW has generally been able to at least prevent retailers from advertising discounts. I think someone mentioned recently that that might be going away soon? Not sure. The funny part is, by alienating former customers, they ensure a steady supply of their products at steep discount on eBay, which undercuts even their independent stockists, who then have less of a reason to bother to stock GW products. This happens every time a bunch of customers get pissed off because their faction gets an update that makes it suck, their game gets an update with bad rules, their models get obsoleted, etc. and it's always amazing to see.
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I'm just wondering what on earth you would do in a games store (besides playing or painting) that you might need a seat for. Are you so out-of-shape that you need to take a breather while picking out the right boxes of army mans?
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Speleothing posted:I'm just wondering what on earth you would do in a games store (besides playing or painting) that you might need a seat for. Are you so out-of-shape that you need to take a breather while picking out the right boxes of army mans? A lot of people (in the UK and denser parts of the US) don't have room for a giantass felt table in their homes Oh, I misread your post. Whatever. Yes, probably.
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May 19, 2017 00:14
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BTW for anyone in the US, miniatures market now has GW products for some %discount if you feel the need.
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Chill la Chill posted:BTW for anyone in the US, miniatures market now has GW products for some %discount if you feel the need. What a great time to  give GW money
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That's rad. Once GW makes a good model, I'll be all over that!! I kid, I kid.
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Chill la Chill posted:BTW for anyone in the US, miniatures market now has GW products for some %discount if you feel the need. There have always been several online retailers offering a blanket discount on GW products. The difference here is only that miniatures market is now putting the discount on their web store pages, which previously would have violated GW's TOS. If GW have relaxed their TOS, that's good news and another sign that the company is... well, not good, but no worse in this respect than other game companies, because this really is the bare minimum bar for not being assholes to their third-party retailers.
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Specifically, GW allowed web stores to 1) list GW products and let users put said products into a shopping cart and 2) advertise a discount of up to 15%. This is a good thing, but only relative to how it was before, which was not good; for another company, it would merely be expected. (The advertising limit is debatable, but it does help prevent the bottom from dropping out and loving over FLGSes.)
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May 19, 2017 01:15
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BUY GW MINIATURES IF YOU LIKE THEM AND THE PRICE IS NOT TOO HIGH MAYBE?
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Moola posted:
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Moola posted:
You are loving with my skull right meow, dude.
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stay safe opossum
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Is walking in circles due to brain damage common enough that it needs to go into Opossums 101?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XwGXGiQKTU&t=438s
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-J3nJerAyQ&t=543s
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gently caress yeah Tigtone!
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That "waaaaah!" he gives at the end of that sequence gets me every time.
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Nothing has rabies until it gets rabies. 
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last time I checked the UK was rabies free
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Moola posted:last time I checked the UK was rabies free It's also opossum free. UK has possums.
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Australia has possums and is rabies free
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NTRabbit posted:Australia has possums and is rabies free The wildlife was too poisonous for rabies to survive in the host.
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berzerkmonkey posted:It's also opossum free. UK has possums. It's also possum free...
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