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To: Blue Jays

"...anti-trust / company break-up..."


While very cautious of government involvement in the free market, it is simultaneously disconcerting to see Main Street, USA literally perishing at the hands of Amazon.com now.

Nothing frosts me more than watching a person soak a salesperson for an hour of guidance for a pair of running shoes (for example), get treadmill running data, and then go home to order the EXACT same running shoes for $5.00 less.


5 posted on 04/23/2018 3:28:22 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Blue Jays
Nothing frosts me more than watching a person soak a salesperson for an hour of guidance for a pair of running shoes (for example), get treadmill running data, and then go home to order the EXACT same running shoes for $5.00 less.

What's the old saying? "Try it out at Best Buy, Buy it at Walmart."

16 posted on 04/23/2018 3:55:57 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Blue Jays

I find that sort of thing very un-classy. People even brag about doing it.


17 posted on 04/23/2018 4:08:35 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Blue Jays

Our local high-end AV, stereo, and video store just solved that problem by holding their “Going Out of Business” sale. 40 years at that location. Gone. One of the greatest camera stores ever shuttered it’s doors a couple years ago.

B&H Photo has cracked the code. Super online presence, smart people available to chat or talk, no shipping and no sales tax out of state. Super, no-questions-asked return policy, too. Very FAST web site — as fast as Amazon.

I just bought a new WiFi router, new printer, and two toner cartridges from them.

The owners are devout Jews, so Friday sundown to Sunday morning you can put items in your basket, but you cannot check out.

It,took me five clicks and under a minute to buy the new WiFi router! I did all the research beforehand on several other sites.

Expect to see lots more nail salons in all the available retail space!


25 posted on 04/23/2018 4:49:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Blue Jays

That sounds like a morality problem with the customers. I usually buy from the store, and I certainly would after somebody went through all that effort for me.

As Mr. Galloway said himself, one of the biggest problems is the people in the mirror.


30 posted on 04/23/2018 6:29:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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