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

David Nebenzahl <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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.

We have about five. I try to patronize them all. Online you buy what you 
think you need. At the local store the staff help you choose what you 
really need.