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

Ken Hart wrote:
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>> Thats the problem with local shops they don't feel that they have to 
>> compete with the places on the internet. A local store here closed up 
>> after nearly 50 years because they didn't feel they had to compete.
They 
>> sold everything at suggested retail, all sales were final even if a 
>> product was defective they wanted you to deal with the maker, etc. I
told 
>> them that they can do that and stay in business and they couldn't now
they 
>> are gone.
>>
>> We have one more store here a Shutterbugs they charge suggested retail
for 
>> nearly everything, they too didn't have a return policy until I
e-mailed 
>> them and told them that without a return policy I would have to
continue 
>> to shop online so they now have a 15 day return policy though the
stress 
>> that it isn't to be used to buy something, test it out and then return
it 
>> if you don't like it. It is incase there is something wrong with the
item 
>> (defective).
>>
>> It floors me how many local stores simply don't get it. I will always
shop 
>> online when I can get a better deal. They need to understand this or
they 
>> go bye bye plain and simple. I have no sympothy for businesses this 
>> stupid. This is a global world now when it comes to shopping we don't
have 
>> to put up with high priced local stores with poor customer policies, 
>> sup****t and before sale sup****t. Screw'em is what I say if they can't
keep 
>> up or are too worried about the extra couple of bucks.
>>
>>
> 
> Most small stores do not get the price breaks from the manufacturer that
the 
> big online sellers get. That's why their prices are typically higher.
It's 
> not because they don't care, or "get it".

Harvard Camera (that had a thread a while ago in one of the groups I'm 
in) once told me they paid more for that model slide projector than the 
advertised price at Caldor, and I should definitely buy it there.