Supporting your FLGS

[werewalrus]

Out of curiosity, how much of your gaming budget is spend at your local store?

I personally try to spend around 95-100% at my shop in order to help keep the place open. About 5 years ago, our area lost our hobby shops, and the player base really didn't have a place to go. Then our current store opened up...and it seems like the majority of the patrons are spending their dollars there. I do creep around on Ebay...looking for outrageous deals if they exist (especially for gants/gaunts in that the nids are a new army for me)...but I prefer to keep it local.

[godoftheds]

For my armies I bought the cores of them used to start with then expanded via new models from my FLGS. Fortunately I can get 20% off GW prices there so even when buying new things are at least comparable to online prices.

[Inquisitor Stingray]

No FLGS here. Nearest one is 45+ kilometers away, is dedicated to no game in particular (everything from softguns to Magic), has no discount of any sorts and isen't particularly friendly. So, yeah, not much for me to support.

[Hivefleet Oblivion]

We are spoiled; Dark Sphere is our local store.

We still go to the local GW for direct order items, out of affection for their manager, who is a good guy. Sadly, the staff are obnoxious; sadly, in the last 18 months, the amount of gaming there has hugely deteriorated, and if it's just the staff in charge they throw you off the table after an hour. So eventually we'll probably end up getting the direct-only items from Dark Sphere too, as they have good gaming sessions every Wednesday night.

[greyseer]

I live in two areas with about 4 - 5 gaming stores each (I drive between two neighboring cities weekly). One in each city is a GW store.

I spend most of my 40k budget at the GW shop nearest my home, as I like the community there. We've never had one local until last year (when two sprung up within an hour of each other), so it's kinda nice.

The other shops get my business for non-GW product, focusing on the store that's most convenient for me in one city, and splitting between specific games in the other (Magic, Warmachine, designer games, etc).

I only do eBay for out of production stuff, and I do other online shops if none of the local stores have what I'm looking for. I prefer to buy local when I can.

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[nameless]

Only for Hobby supplies. Maybe a individual model in FC.

However, with the decreasing canadian dollar and added on import fees from ebay, it's becoming efficient to buy online.

[Deleted]

Completely dependent on what I'm in the market for. Disregarding that stipulation it's probably like 55% LGS 45% sniping deals on e-bay. The LGS handles more of my hobby supply needs while interwebs generally handles more models.

[yoritomo]

100% Period.

I'm glad some of you guys get great deals on ebay. And I hope ebay lets you play 40k there when your local game store closes because people don't spend money there.

Seriously, just wait until you have your favorite game store closed and then tell me how good ebay is.

[nyvyan]

Denmark hardly have any game stores and those we have are hugely overprices.

[WestRider]

I always do buy something when I go over to a "local" store, but there's quotes on that because the most accessible one is 2-3 hours away, and I can't manage that trip all that often. So I do sometimes order stuff online. Back when I actually had a truly local store, I never bought stuff anywhere else.

[nameless]

Mar 13, 2014 12:44:24 GMT yoritomo said:

100% Period.

I'm glad some of you guys get great deals on ebay. And I hope ebay lets you play 40k there when your local game store closes because people don't spend money there.

Seriously, just wait until you have your favorite game store closed and then tell me how good ebay is.

I would wager there are a lot of people who have never played a game at any kind of store.

[irishbarse]

I am in the middle of 3 stores. I never go near the 2 stores in the city, logistics and such. And the club I play in gives us a 10% discount to buy our stuff in their store. We play every Tuesday, pay € 2.50 and that money covers buying terrain for club and bills.

[mattblowers]

I like playing at my local store and I like to pay where I play. recently switched my 40K buyings to another store as the first one stopped supporting in store leagues.

[way2blaster]

Pff i am spoiled. We have about 3-5 gaming stores (not counting our gw) suport a gaming store that alows me buy warhammer. But i doont buy from my lgws. My reson is gw hate its custumers, treats us like (please do not swear). Aspecialy the compedative players.

so i pirate every thing and play the best i can... gw is a meen company it dose not diserve our loyalty

[ziyousansz]

Since we moved I've spent 100% of my gaming budget there at our local store. Even the second-hand stuff has been bought there since the guys just turn around and buy other game supplies from the shop. I used to buy 100% online when I lived in the boonies and had to drive an hour to find a small shop.