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

Ken Hart wrote:

>> TOTALLY IRRELAVANT!  I don't believe in passing out subsidies nor do
>> I feel
>> I have an obligation to enrich a local merchant.  The merchant need
>> be very
>> competitive if they want loyalty and a chance at survival.
>>
> Spending money in my local community does the following:
> -- provides employment for other local people who would otherwise
> have to drive miles to work elsewhere.

Sorry, but I'll bet these very same people commute out of you neighborhood
to get the more lucrative and rewarding jobs.  There's no sense in wasting
four years chasing a degree to work at Ace Hardware.

> -- provides a tax base to pay for essential services such as police,
> water, sewer, etc

Doesn't my property tax take care of that?

> -- allows local merchants to sup****t organizations that enrich the
> local community (churches, civic groups, scouts, etc)

Not all local merchants *voluntarily* sup****t the community so they really
aren't that much different than the outsiders.

> -- brings more business to my local business.

Go 100% web based and it's not an issue.

> Follow the logical conclusion: if all the local merchants in your
> area close down, what will your community be like? Deserted
> buildings? Homes for vermin (both four foooted and two footed)? No
> money for municipal services?

No, they would be torn down and a Wal-Mart and a Golden Corral will fill
the
space.

> Whenever possible, I will buy from the hardware store down the street
> rather than Home Depot ten miles (and a county) away.

I would like to sup****t that theory as well, but have you ever looked at
which big hardware cor****ation these "little" work under?  My local
hardware
store is under Ace Hardware and their prices are beyond criminal.  I'll
burn
the extra cost in fuel going to Home Depot so hopefully those gouging
bastards will be run out of town.  It's simply not worth my time
sup****ting
the "local" merchants that aren't loyal to the community.  Price is a good
indicator of their community loyalty.







Rita