>if you don't have tables for me to play at, do not have singles for me to go through, why am I buying from you at all? >Especially if you are charging scalpers prices for packs and not msrp

>>97211984
>Having space dedicated to TCG aftermarket at all
That's just dumb at this point. You aren't going to compete with online pricing, you are eating up space that could be used for stuff that actually sells. Have a small spot for boosters and precons, that's it.

>please put prices on your stuff. I should have to sit and wait for you to look up Catan on ebay or whatever to see if it's magically become $100 before you let me buy it.

>if you are going to charge me to use the tables, give me a bag of chips or something for free
>there are three other game stores in the area that don't charge for table space give me a reason not to go to them

I quit playing at my local store because they would only charge dnd players to use the tables.
Magic players? Tabletop players? War gamers? Come on in have a seat no charge.
Dnd players? That'll be $5 a person.
I asked the store owner about it and he said it was because they were officially sanctioned by wizards of the coast.
My guy i guarantee you that my dms story about harvesting slimes because they are his world's replacement for weed is not a official event.

>>97212226
If you are an official WotC D&D spot, they require you to buy a bunch of shit for organized play events as well as other odds and ends. Often, there aren't enough players to cover the cost of those OP event materials, so smaller LGS spread the cost to all D&D players by having them all buy table space. Your thought is probably "Why don't they just not be an official spot then?" (Mine was) and that's because you have to agree to be one for X amount of time. You find out your draw is a fraction of what you expected, you still have to keep paying. It's one of those situations where it's best not to get involved with WotC in an official capacity. Games Workshop has some dumb fuck requirements too which is why small stores that start doing WH stuff might have heaps of shit they can't unload because local markets don't want to spend that much on WH stuff but they have to keep buying it anyway.

Gameshops often do better by avoiding getting involved with WotC or GW in any official capacity if they are smaller joints. Then again, game shop owners are usually (not always) some of THE dumbest mother fuckers on the face of the planet.