Re: [DL] AAAARRRGGGHHH! Or....

[balance@tubas.net]

On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 01:39  AM, Matt Maybray wrote:
> AAARRRRGGGHH!!! $%#!ing Diamond! Diddly ding-dong crap! I don't want to 
> take business away from my friends, but damn! Come Friday, I'm going to 
> go to a rival comic store that has a copy of Lone Stars and buy it. 
> This is freaking ridiculous. Diamond couldn't have mentioned this a few 
> weeks ago? Here I am, foolishly hoping that each new Wednesday (new 
> book day) would bring my copy of Lone Stars, but no! I'm also willing 
> to bet I ain't gonna be seeing Diamond ship the Lost Colony stuff I 
> ordered either.
>
> Man, Diamond sucks.

If it makes you feel better, Alliance does some extremely weird stuff as 
well.

Even worse, I just spent time last night helping to pack up a former 
FLGS... The one where I ran Deadlands (got to clean my apartment and get 
a table now, I guess). Stayed up till 1 in the morning toting boxes of 
merchandise into the owner's basement so they can try to sell the stuff 
online. Very depressing, overall, especially since we had high hopes for 
them reopening in a new location.

Real sad... Especially as )at least in the gaming industry) the brick 
and mortar stores are, IMHO, the best source of advertising and 
cross-pollination for the industry. Now I get to choose between the 
local WotC (Pft. Poor selection, bad prices, idiotic staff) or the other 
local non-chain store, which is much less convenient and not a tenth as 
friendly.

--
Brett

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER 
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)