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¿Question #1023?
djflippy: Online retailer or local game shop?

jfeast: I just like to chat. Let's dish!
Ladybug3: local game shop as long as it is friendly
M 121: Online. Better discount, no taxes, no nerds ogling my gamer wife.
xofour: I just wanna go where everybody knows my name.
Kosmoko: Online retailer (because there's no local game shop in my parts)
Spirit of 70: I hate to say it, but Online retailer. My FLGS can't compete on price, and because the owner does it as a secondary occupation, it has very odd hours.
shumby: if there was a FLGS around here I'd frequent it more. right now it's just a LGS...
vandemonium: Both.
Corran Horn: Both.
Aetheros: My FLGS is my online retialer
DasViktor: Local when they got the games I want.
Felimid: A little of both, but mostly online. There's only one decent local game shop, and it's 45 min. or so away from where I live.
Skwib: Online.
Rakshim: I'd always go local, if there was one here :(
Nasia: Local game store
Donkey Thong: Online
Legionary312AD: Online retailer. I live on the outward edge of a very rural country.
Karlsen: Local game shop
falloutfan: FLGS
Randy Cox: Both.
cgund: repeat, and a mixture.
manutd03: online. my FLGS has almost nothing in stock. seriously, they have about 30 games total.
ZeroZilla: Local game shop, if he can get it for me.
kingmaker fan: Local Game Shop
Raukodraug: Game Shop
DHEK: Online retailer. They're generally cheaper.
elirlandes: The latter, obviously.
aleo09: online
homiefud: online... sometimes FLGS
Kibbersdog: Online retailer. I wish we had a local shop.
Sifu: Online for self, FLGS for gifts
rootbeer: Man, I'm getting tired of these junk "this or that" questions. Like, what are you asking? Which do I prefer? Yeah, that's probably what you mean (but are too lazy to ask), but it could be any of a dozen other things. So :P to this question. You'll just have to keep wondering.
sdonohue: Local game shop where possible.
diehard4life: local game shop
POvidiusNaso: Big order - online. One game - local.
jeffwolfe: neither
KentuckyKid: Online. There is no LGS around here.
suncrush: Online. My locals suck.
daveroswell: online; unfortunately most local shops are closed or just too damn expensive.
e.c.r.: online
dmomo: Either. The latter whenever convenient, though.
them: Both - the devil's in the details
HScottBuck: Local!
Chris Page: Online retailer, because usually I'm looking for something very obscure.
bwildrick: Both.
janiera: Depends
MaksimSmelchak: Local game shop when possible. I like to keep them in business. Actually seeing something is far better than a digitized photo online.
woolTECH: lgs
BigZaphod: Online.
Avatar_69: Both. It depends on who has what I want at the right price. I also buy a fair bit from ebay
SkyBry: Local game shop.
Helenoftroy: online, local is too far away
Syrion: Online retailer.
scriptorum: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/question/93
mrspank: Both.
bigbadsteve: lgs
ChaosOrdeal: FLGS. I use their tables and space to play, I'll pay for that service.
ZombyDawg: Local analog
bunny_h: neither
Tushratta: Local game shop
GrandpaDave: Where ever I can get the best price
skrutsch: both, but local more
Jeshko: Local game shop.
matthew.marquand: online retailer
CharlieWonka: local
sourwyrm: like to support the local game store
texasjdl: I'm a student. Definitely online retailer. More bang for my very few bucks.
wiley1za: Online retailer - there are no local game shops.
TMJJS: Online
The Unbeliever: 42
davedanger: local local local LOCAL
thoia: FLGS typically.
Gamegrunt: Both.
Gecko23: Online. I've never been in a local game shop with either decent inventory, or decent prices.
hobbes_inc: local
xlorp: Note the lack of the word "friendly" before "local game shop"
puffinge: Thanks for not saying brick and mortar.
meshuggener: Online
TD2008YDS: both
Sceadeau: Online retailers are cheaper and typically don't look at me like I'm going to steal something.
Lord_Prussian: FLGS
r2mites: Support the local guy
Belash: big orders go online, a game here and there, FLGS
KnobDoctor: Online.
PopeBrain: local game shop
2amp: local
snoozefest: online
Quest22: Online retailer
toulouse: online
MisterCranky: They're all crooks.
queequeg: online, sorry
ginn5j: Online -- FLGS just doesn't have the selection
Mark_WH: Online retailer. There are no knowledgeable local game shops here
BengalBandit: Support your locals! They provide a gaming venue and opponents.
AlorielLelyn: Local game shop
jpotell: Both!
DenverWolf: Unfortuately when you have a crack... I mean boardgame... habit, you have to go with the least expensive source. Online.
Ebonwoulfe: I try to split my spending for every $100 online I try to spend $50 locally
isolated: Whoever is cheapest. I have no loyalty.
fellonmyhead: Both, but leaning more towards online
JamesT: Online retailer
tragicpoet: Local game shop, I need it now
solove: I use both
gnomehome: Both
netfilterz: FLGS
Jim_P: Local shop
ptper: online
Chris Schreiber: online
TG Mittler: online, this website provides the value added that I used to look for in a brick and morter store.
Fa�l: Local game shop.
CherryPie: Either, it depends on where I can get the game I want. I always consider value for money though.
Dave: FLGS (www.rainy-day-games.com) for domestic releases, online for imports and CCGs
shippert: Online - I have to go up to Seattle to find a game shop
Grimwold: I've used either, though more recently FLGS
P.O.G.G.: usually local
shumyum: Both!
geberus: FLGS
fsumarc: there is no retailer here with board game selection. online only choice
viogression: LGS if it's an FLGS. Otherwise online.
Blackwind: online
dakarp: Online retailer
jens_hoppe: Both, depending on what I am getting...
Ryno8: B&M
Ludocrazy: I do both
BobDodgerBlue: I would prefer the Local Game Shop, but price is key- so Online
djlg: Research online. Buy wherever's best.
mrbeankc: Both
skelebone: Online retailer, my LGS is more an RPG shop.
Mike A: Yes.
CheetohFingers: LGS
HMS_Resolution: Oooh, toughie. I like my FLGS a lot, but every now and then, I stray...
chaddyboy_2000: Sorry, online retailer.
Komodo: Both
Shakar: FLGS.
sdownin: Online
ValJor: FLGS
ynnen: Since the LGS around here are very, very poor quality, I tend to go online.
CDRodeffer: Local first, and if they don't have it, online.
jttm: Online, only because its cheaper. I like to browse real shops though
CortexBomb: Ideally: Local, as their prices are comparable, but reality is online because my local shop can't get German only imports, and that's what a lot of my recent purchases have been
louiseh: LGS