RowingBoats
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Oh np. Thought you meant you were barred from it explicitly, I understand the practical reasons.Brick and Mortar costs are insane.
All our stuff is MSRP or a dollar higher in the store so we can keep it open. Warehouses full of 100's and hundreds of orders per day dont have to worry about that, they selling such volume that it makes up for it.
It would be crazy different world for stores if MFG's made the online stores sell for MSRP as well.
You'd have to WANT to support your local store buying 4 or 5 discs and paying the extra 30-40 dollars to do that vs just ordering them online with free shipping.
If I can get it for 15 dollars why would I pay 20? especially when you start getting into larger count purchases.
Map is there so online retailers cannot really rake B&M's out of business. It's tough to maintain costs and keep the stores open. I'm glad I don't own the local store and only help out on occasions.
One of the things I've heard though too is "why not just have an online store."
Well for one, it's a pain to keep an up front inventory and in back sale inventory.
And nobody is going to buy my bone stock envy at 20 dollars when infinite has it for 14.
Cause I cannot sell in store for 20 and online for 14.
It's a catch 22. \=
For what it's worth I overspend on discs at our local place all the time lol. I can't be alone!