Re: [HOE] D20 overreaction

[Darrin Bright <darrin@neobright.net>]

> Terry Hawley & Tammy Crew wrote:

> We really got ticked off when they made us jump through hoops to
> become a "premier store", and then pay for our orders in advance. No
> distributer makes you pay in advance, COD yes but not in advance. To
> add to the insult, they dictated what we could have and what we were
> forced to take to get the actual product we wanted. It was like we
> were scum to them.

Do you carry any Games Workshops products? Anything WotC has done to you
would most likely pale in comparison to GW.

> I hope this clears things up for my thoughts of the other day, and
> thanks for all the responses I got especially Allen's.
> That made me feel so much better.

Sorry if I came off as negative. Working in the retail industry, you
have my sympathies. I've seen these issues flamed to death in other
forums, but hey, what's another 300 messages in my mailbox? =) 

The "distributor" problem is a little more complicated than WotC
shifting to self-distribution. There are a lot of other reasons the
three-tiered distribution system for games is totally f$&#ed in the head
right now. It may be a while before things achieve any degree of
stability.