"Buy local" they say...

[cnc]

Originally Posted by Kawhead

Yes, but now what of the poor Amazon man if we quit buying from him now?
If we choose now to deny him patronage, what will become his fate?
Dose he not deserve, equally, the opportunity for success?
If you prick him, does he not bleed?
if you tickle him, does he not laugh?
If you poison him, will he not die?
And if you wrong he, shall he not revenge?

Permit Amazon's death?
I----THINK----NOT!!!!!!

I'll stop shopping Ebay and Amazon when you pry my keyboard from my cold dead fingers you damned dirty Ape!

I guess the amazon guy will be up the river without a paddle.

[davidhollinger]

Lucky me I live in a really small town and the big 3 shops over in Montgomery have an extremely limited selection and higher prices than Internet vendors. Case in point.... Been looking for a helmet and all the ones I have liked online are not available locally. Can't even try them on. It's a fact of living in this region. Thank good eddy for the internet

[cactusjack]

I'll tell you why you should buy local...instant gratification.

[Top Cat]

Originally Posted by Kawhead

Yes, but now what of the poor Amazon man if we quit buying from him now?
If we choose now to deny him patronage, what will become his fate?
Dose he not deserve, equally, the opportunity for success?
If you prick him, does he not bleed?
if you tickle him, does he not laugh?
If you poison him, will he not die?
And if you wrong he, shall he not revenge?

Permit Amazon's death?
I----THINK----NOT!!!!!!

I'll stop shopping Ebay and Amazon when you pry my keyboard from my cold dead fingers you damned dirty Ape!

OK, I can't take this any longer.
Mike, I have met you in person and you are nothing like the person on line.
Is Sue posting on here in your name

[ringadingh]

My local dealer has nothing in stock, it seems no matter what I ever go to them for, it has to be ordered in. He wants me to go pay for it before he orders the parts, then wait until they come in, resulting in two trips to his shop. Whereas I can order it myself online in many cases, and it arrives at my door almost always cheaper.

[Kawhead]

Originally Posted by Top Cat

OK, I can't take this any longer.
Mike, I have met you in person and you are nothing like the person on line.
Is Sue posting on here in your name

What the duce? Have you lost your damned mind for the love of crise?

She better be in there fixing me a sandwich

[Kawhead]

Originally Posted by cnc

I guess the amazon guy will be up the river without a paddle.

He'll wind up weighted to the bottom of it if my local guy finds out about him.

[Loafer]

I buy local as much as I can, makes my neighbors and me happy.

[Sin City Stan]

I try to buy local but allot of what I want to buy is not in stock. One thing I will not do and think unkindly of those who do it is go to a local store, look the product over. Even try it on and then buy it from Amazon.

[paul]

Buy my drugs locally, Have my beer and wine imported.

[Kawhead]

I buy lap dances locally.
I don't want the mom and pop strip clubs to close up shop.


There's my contribution to the local economy.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by Kawhead

What the duce? Have you lost your damned mind for the love of crise?

She better be in there fixing me a sandwich

He dont know that your probably half way through kicking the arse out of a bottle of homebrew Beladonna moonshine

[mick56]

Originally Posted by paul

Buy my drugs locally, Have my beer and wine imported.

[WoodCarver]

Originally Posted by BigRed

Everyone's always pleading that we should be using local retailers because if we don't they will go out of business. Sure why not...oh wait...I will tell you why not. I went looking for an oil filter today. The cheapest place where I could find it was at a Yamaha dealer for a Honda filter. They wanted $13.99. The K&N filter was priced as $15.99 and $16.99 respectively at two local auto parts stores. I came home and went on Amazon. I can get that same K&N filter for under $11 with free two day shipping.

Tell me, why in my right mind would I ever again go to a local store to buy a filter? I would have to burn my time and my gas and by the time I got it home that filter would have probably cost me $20.

This was just a stupid little filter but the same is true for tens of thousands of items. Unless you need something right away, shopping local just doesn't make sense financially. Sad but true.

If a $6 difference rubs you the wrong way, try this one:

I had a blow out north of here two weeks ago (rear wheel, spoked wheels (Drifter), the tube blew - not sure if the tire can be salvaged, probably not, but haven't taken it off the bike yet to examine it). So I go to a dealership where I'm offered a Harley tire as a replacement for a mere $300. The sidewalls are very stiff so I would not be able to install that myself, for $100 extra, they will install it, but wait, if a machine is needed to install it that means a machine to remove it once it's worn out: tack on an extra $100 for installation of the next tire. So for a total of $500 I can opt for this replacement tire. I pull out my trusty computer and that same tire would be $200 on the web - shipping would be free - but if I opted for an Avon tire to match the one on my bike, I can install that myself and eliminate $200 in installation charges. Should anyone be surprised at what my final decision will be ?

(As to why the rear wheel is still sitting on the bike after two weeks - we're rebuilding a camp that was destroyed by an arsonist last winter. I should get around to fixing the bike later this week.)

[Kawhead]

Originally Posted by mick56

He dont know that your probably half way through kicking the arse out of a bottle of homebrew Beladonna moonshine

I like the imported stuff from about two counties over.