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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
Recently, Happy Traveler posted:
True, B&H has a much larger selection, but oddly enough, they were out of stock on half of the items that the locals had on the shelf. Actually, most local shops have a large selection of products, too, if you include those items that they choose not to keep in their inventory. One big difference between the locals and the big box stores is that you just don't know what they can get for you because they don't send out a catalog of their products. Neil |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
Paul J Gans wrote:
I have no idea what shopping will look like in 2015, but I'm quite sure it won't look anything like it does today. I can remember 20 or so years ago reading about what shopping would look like Today. Seemingly we were going to go online and design precisely the product we wanted - a 2.735 meter long couch, for example - and it would be delivered the next day. I still need that couch. |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with myhelp, unfortunately)
Lobby Dosser spake thus:
Paul J Gans wrote: I have no idea what shopping will look like in 2015, but I'm quite sure it won't look anything like it does today. I can remember 20 or so years ago reading about what shopping would look like Today. Seemingly we were going to go online and design precisely the product we wanted - a 2.735 meter long couch, for example - and it would be delivered the next day. I still need that couch. Just as I'm still waiting for that backyard nuclear power plant ... -- Any system of knowledge that is capable of listing films in order of use of the word "****" is incapable of writing a good summary and analysis of the Philippine-American War. And vice-versa. This is an inviolable rule. - Matthew White, referring to Wikipedia on his WikiWatch site (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/wikiwoo.htm) |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with myhelp, unfortunately)
Rita Ä Berkowitz spake thus:
[...] And my local store is great, but they usually don't have the items I want when I want them. Of course, they could order them, but why when I could do the same and have the item sitting in my hands the next business day? Yes, why indeed would anyone want that? Leaving aside: o being able to talk with a real human being o maybe a human being who actually *knows* something about what they sell, instead of some marketroid on the other end of the phone o doing research on where to get stuff (research you could do yourself, but that they'll do for you) o possibly giving discounts to repeat customers and those who buy a lot of stuff o spending money in your own community, instead of enriching someone else out of town Yeah, other than that, I guess local shops are useless and a waste of time. Local shops are a thing of the past. Perhaps; more's the pity. -- Any system of knowledge that is capable of listing films in order of use of the word "****" is incapable of writing a good summary and analysis of the Philippine-American War. And vice-versa. This is an inviolable rule. - Matthew White, referring to Wikipedia on his WikiWatch site (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/wikiwoo.htm) |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
David Nebenzahl wrote:
Rita Ä Berkowitz spake thus: [...] And my local store is great, but they usually don't have the items I want when I want them. Of course, they could order them, but why when I could do the same and have the item sitting in my hands the next business day? Yes, why indeed would anyone want that? Leaving aside: o being able to talk with a real human being o maybe a human being who actually *knows* something about what they sell, instead of some marketroid on the other end of the phone o doing research on where to get stuff (research you could do yourself, but that they'll do for you) o possibly giving discounts to repeat customers and those who buy a lot of stuff o spending money in your own community, instead of enriching someone else out of town Yeah, other than that, I guess local shops are useless and a waste of time. Local shops are a thing of the past. Perhaps; more's the pity. We have about five. I try to patronize them all. Online you buy what you think you need. At the local store the staff help you choose what you really need. |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
"Lobby Dosser" wrote: We have about five. I try to patronize them all. Online you buy what you think you need. At the local store the staff help you choose what you really need. Yep. That's one of the things I like about living in Tokyo: lots of stores with lots of knowledgeable staff. Lower population densities mean it's harder for local stores (for anything other than necessities) to make a go of it. (That the local stores here are price and service competitive with anything on the net helps also.) Our CEO sometimes comes along on my shopping trips, since the camera stores either also handle things she needs or are along the way, and the fact that the clerks can deal with her nerdy husband knocks her out every time. (The other thing that knocks her out is the bevy of extremely well-dressed elderly gentlemen leisurely fondling the Leicas in the used Leica department that sits next to the used MF corner at one of my favorite stores, not only the weirdness of the scene but that the staff had the patience to deal with such customers.) David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
B&H gives you what you want. Mom & Pop's Photo Shop gives you
what you need. You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you might find You get what you need. M. Jagger/K. Richards -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
"Matt Clara" wrote in message ... Yes, Castle Photo of Lansing, in business for over 25 years, is closing its doors. According to B&H's website, they've been in operation for more than 30 years. Castle Photo apparently didn't do something right. |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with myhelp, unfortunately)
Mark B. wrote:
"Matt Clara" wrote in message ... Yes, Castle Photo of Lansing, in business for over 25 years, is closing its doors. According to B&H's website, they've been in operation for more than 30 years. Castle Photo apparently didn't do something right. I've been buying from B&H for more than 30 years. You didn't think "mail order" started with the Internet, did you? |
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B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)
"David J. Littleboy" wrote:
Yep. That's one of the things I like about living in Tokyo: lots of stores with lots of knowledgeable staff. Lower population densities mean it's harder for local stores (for anything other than necessities) to make a go of it. (That the local stores here are price and service competitive with anything on the net helps also.) And, of course, the same holds true for other products. Hardware and tools come to mind. |
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