Originally Posted by
MuddyWaters
Compared to the internet, most selections are pretty darn limited today. And most pricing at brick-and-mortar stores is not competitive with larger volume online distributors.
I don't mind paying a few percent more for an item to buy it in a store. But 20,30,50% more ? well the stores just going to have to go out of business. It's trying to ream the customer to stay afloat that's the problem often. Poor business management choices, expensive real estate. It starts a vicious downward spiral.
Unless you need something and need it now, or need to see it in person to decide, brick-and-mortar is really tough to have a future in. even the stores near me that were very well-stocked outdoor type stores 20 years ago... Really don't offer anything I want today. And I certainly don't want to spend all day driving around to different stores trying to find and compare prices. Those days are over.
hell I remember when I used to have to drive to different cities to do that. It was nothing to drive a couple hundred miles to visit a store to see things that you only saw in catalogs otherwise. 30 yrs ago, Lots of people used to take these driving vacations to go up to Springfield Missouri to visit Bass pro shops. People drove 1000 miles round trip, or more, just to see things in a store that they couldn't see at home. Today just a few clicks of a mouse gives you the same thing.