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Originally Posted by csw
As a locally owned, small business owner, I would say shop the local guys as much as you can. I would advise everyone to look up the 3/50 project and see how the support of local businesses help your economy. Not to mention, most of us know customers by name and have advice and experience that's worth more than saving a few dollars. Remember it's not just price that should determine where you buy, but some of these places will not warranty things out or it will cost more to return it then what you saved. Saw it this week where a guy ordered tires online to save $50 instead of buying the locally only to have them out of round. Now he has to ship them back and pay a shop to install the new ones. You figure out how much that $50 savings is now going to cost him! These online retailers that have no overhead, are drop shipping from the manufacturer, and operate on low margins can't out-service a local shop in the long run.
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It'll never happen, csw. The American public is CHEAP. 20 years ago, I knew a multi-multimillionaire who would drive across LA because he could get copies of keys made $.25 cheaper. Americans will sell their grandma for a dollar and gladly run a local business out for a big box nightmare store that sells Chinese made crap "name brands" that sold out, so we can consume more, trying to extinguish the yearning, the emptiness...holy crap, I'm starting to sound as crotchety as RodKnock!
