Re: B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my

Rita Ä Berkowitz spake thus:

> [...] And my local store is great, but they usually don't have the
> items I want when I want them. Of course, they could order them, but
> why when I could do the same and have the item sitting in my hands
> the next business day?

Yes, why indeed would anyone want that? Leaving aside:

o being able to talk with a real human being
o maybe a human being who actually *knows* something about what they 
sell, instead of some marketroid on the other end of the phone
o doing research on where to get stuff (research you could do yourself, 
but that they'll do for you)
o possibly giving discounts to repeat customers and those who buy a lot 
of stuff
o spending money in your own community, instead of enriching someone 
else out of town

Yeah, other than that, I guess local shops are useless and a waste of
time.

> Local shops are a thing of the past.

Perhaps; more's the pity.


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