| mrstickball said: What other fees, exactly? Last time I checked, shipping a huge box of lightweight games was rather cheap. |
and then they have to ship them to every store individually? not to mention packaging. labeling, and high shrink number (people stealing them). And all of those are on top of normal operating cost
Frankly, that's why you don't see smaller stores just selling consoles and games at regular price, because it's just not profitable that way. If it wasn't for selling old games, Gamestop wouldn't be in business.
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