Gators Games and Hobby — Attraction in Leavenworth

Please Read -3% fees are just the beginning! I took my son to Gators on Saturday night after work. Stick with me as I write this review because I will cover ups and downs. The store was buzzing in the front with tables with teenagers mostly playing organized tournament or organized featured game nights. This was very pleasant and came across as very promising. I loved seeing a store providing an extended service such as this. It benefited both community and owner. Upon further entering the building we made our way into the gaming section. The selection was meager but did cover some ground. They generally had only one copy of each selection. Their prices were higher than other places but we knew that going in. We were primarily looking for board games. My son (17) found games he had been looking for and a few new ones. We truly looked the place over. Our view lasted truly almost an hour prior to my son selecting. He made a selection of two games. Again the prices were higher. When I say higher I mean one game was $15.00 higher than Amazon. I being all about supporting small business and our home town was willing to forgo the price difference thou I have to say that was huge. We have taught our children the difference about large corporations taking over the small retailers. In this respect money is not always the answer... We go to the register to pay for our purchase. My son prepares to pay. After he was told the total, he handed the cashier a Visa gift card. The cashier tells us that if he uses this card he will be charged 3% by the credit card company for use. He then states the credit card just started this practice a couple weeks ago. They don't know why but still it is a fee my son will incur. So I hand him my Visa. He then back peddles and says if we use any credit card it will be 3%. I flatly tell him I know this is not the credit company charging us (the customer) 3%, it is the merchant fee for using credit cards. They are passing the cost on to the customers. I suppose it would be fine if they were truthful with the customers! I was furious. They are lying to their customers and the majority are young without the knowledge of how these fees work. I feel this should be something they should have to post if they should feel the need to do so. If you buy something at this store I implore you to get a receipt. I also suggest to shop around for two reasons. One as I said I am not a big business person but you will find it cheaper. Two Kansas Law: 16a-2-403. Prohibiting surcharge on credit or debit cards. No seller or lessor in any sales or lease transaction or any credit or debit card issuer may impose a surcharge on a card holder who elects to use a credit or debit card in lieu of payment by cash, check or similar means. A surcharge is any additional amount imposed at the time of the sales or lease transaction by the merchant, seller or lessor that increases the charge to the buyer or lessee for the privilege of using a credit or debit card.

History: L. 1986, ch. 90, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 107, § 17; L. 2010, ch. 64, § 1; July 1

1/31/20 I would like to follow up on my posting. The owner of Gators came in to follow up with me on my review. She was very kind and pleasant. She addressed the charge of 3% to customers directly and assured me that it had been rectified. I felt I needed to let everyone know. This is very important to address because this business is providing a safe place for our young to go and engage their minds. Socialize without the use of electronics and with the supervision of adults is being provided at no charge. You may want to look into this for your teenage children or yourself! I feel much better about knowing this was handled and the owner was actually thanked me for alerting her a situation as a new and...

As an MTG player, Gator's video is my local store. The only place I've played FNM over the past year and where over 90% of my sanctioned draft tourneys have been at.

Prices are on the high side for packs and singles, but they do have a decent selection.

The High Appeal rating is because they do have a good number of sanctioned tournaments including regular Grand Prix Trials, FNM, Saturday Night Drafts, and pickup drafts when they have 8 or more players.

FNMs are $5 and standard, I think their payout is a percentage of all the entrance fees paid out to the top 4 or so players. We had 22 players recently and the top 2 got $34 each in credit (they split), 3rd got $8 and 4th got $4. $96 paid out in credit $110 taken in cash. I know some stores give out more credit than the cash they take in.

Saturday night drafts are normally $10 with a rare draft at the end. Their pack prices are $3.99, so they are giving a $2 discount in...

Pretty much the only game type store in a large radius, so they got it locked down. The girl was awesome and helpful. The guy behind the counter said he didn't know anything about card games. He just works there. They had some locals there playing MTG. They had a good schedule calendar of events, so it must be a pretty decent place for the locals. Outside is a giant mural of Spock 🖖 that is very cool to get Pic taken with. Walk in the front door when entering, and you're walking out of the Tardis when ya getting inside. Lots and lots of toys, games, dice, dungeons, and dragons, plush pokemon, would like to have seen better selection of MTG singles and less modern ones at that. I spent a fair price on a few booster packs. They did have a few the lord of the rings box sets. Overall, it was a fairly good store. I'd stop in if I am in the area. Give them a banner and tel them that Goat Lord...