HermitFromPluto wrote:As it is a relatively big event in one's routine, thought I would mention here that I bought a house today ..... PDT_Armataz_01_03 ..... will be in debt for the first time. One less competitor for the big items as I will be scrimping and saving now. Already decided not to bid on those beholders just listed. Anyway, it should be great, a bedroom for each of my boys :) and a library / games room for Daddy :cheers:
benjoshua wrote:...When ever I moved into a new house, one of the first things I did was paint the closets. Once stuff gets socked away inside, it's a major pain to haul it all out only to put it all back in. And since closets are a relatively small space, it doesn't take that long to do. Plus, you don't want any remnant smoke or pet smells filtering into your clothes or collection. Just something to consider.
Zenfinite wrote:I never liked the term "man cave". I'm not 100% sure why either. It just never sat right with me, like, our pastimes should be relegated to a cave. I have a game room. :P Not my problem if the average person thinks pool cues and poker tables. There's more than one kind of game. Just a personal foible of mine.Zen
Nogrod wrote:I know that people lament the loss of FLGS', but to be honest I haven't had a good experience in one since 2003 ( and that one was owned by Scott Bizar, love him or hate him he understood customer service). I have finally come to the unhappy conclusion that games stores are not dying, they are killing themselves.
Nogrod wrote:I just would like to rant quickly regarding two nearby game stores. I don't understand much about the business, but what I do understand is competency. I live in Northern Arizona and the two closest game stores are equidistant from me, one in Prescott and one in Flagstaff. Recently I have been to both of them and I notice the exact same thing about them. They do to want my business.It's not that I am their target market (I post here so that should be obvious), but I have a fondness for game stores and would like to spend money there on gifts for my nephews, etc. However after going into both stores and looking around I had zero contact with anyone in either store. Not a hello, not a can I help you, not a what 40k army do you want units for, not anything. I hate to be a killjoy, but these guys are asking to go out of business. The odd part to me is why pay the rent and then spend your time playing Magic? Can't you do that at home? Why ignore a guy who, although not stylish, dresses like he has some money? I just do not get it. I know that people lament the loss of FLGS', but to be honest I haven't had a good experience in one since 2003 ( and that one was owned by Scott Bizar, love him or hate him he understood customer service). I have finally come to the unhappy conclusion that games stores are not dying, they are killing themselves.If anyone near me can recommend a store that is different in my area, I am all in. ZachP.S. I had the same problem in San Francisco whilst living there as well, so I doubt it's a local thing.P.P.S. The only exception to this is Imperial Outpost Games in Phoenix, but that is both too far away and an exception, rather than the rule. The rest of the stores I have been to in Az are terrible in every way./rant off
JasonZavoda wrote:Bad service ...
JasonZavoda wrote:....the pizza and cheeseburger lifestyle have done in a number, one way or another, around me.
JasonZavoda wrote:Nogrod wrote:I know that people lament the loss of FLGS', but to be honest I haven't had a good experience in one since 2003 ( and that one was owned by Scott Bizar, love him or hate him he understood customer service). I have finally come to the unhappy conclusion that games stores are not dying, they are killing themselves.Bad service and the pizza and cheeseburger lifestyle have done in a number, one way or another, around me.
Badmike wrote: I wonder how much more successful they could have been putting a modicum of effort into customer service or stocking items that might expand their customer base.Mike B.
red_bus wrote:But I have genuinely never heard this phrase before!JasonZavoda wrote:....the pizza and cheeseburger lifestyle have done in a number, one way or another, around me.Presumably it is a US slang term? Hmmm, guessing.. I suppose it might mean that most people now are too fat to go out and shop, or alternatively that everyone gets stuff ordered in (like pizza, but surely not burgers?). Or, perhaps that an increasingly coarsened (i.e. fast-food) culture means that people do not care for complex gaming anymore. Or something else? It sounds great and I would love to use it - once I know what it means :D
Nogrod wrote:Badmike wrote: I wonder how much more successful they could have been putting a modicum of effort into customer service or stocking items that might expand their customer base.Mike B.So what you are saying is that they might not be helpful in case of a collecting emergency?Nogrod
badmike wrote:So what you are saying is that they might not be helpful in case of a collecting emergency?Nogrod
Badmike wrote: They would be EXTREMELY unhelpful, unless your collecting emergency involved Pathfinder or 4E D&D......Mike B.
