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[quote user="Newyorkcentralfan"] I'm sure we'll all enjoy the below wholesale prices at your eventual going out business sale. [quote user="One Track Mind"]The internet is not going to kill all LHSs, just the weaker shops that will not adjust a little.I will not sell on the internet. I'm a "small" one person shop. I do one thing and try to do it well, and that is to have a good local shop. You can't serve two masters. I can't devote the time to keeping my brick-and-mortar shop in decent shape if I am also selling on the net. And these idiots selling new products on the net from a "real" shop for slightly over cost are shooting themselves in the head in the long run.I also applaud the distributors who will not sell to basement operators.And when I find out that a distributor IS selling to a basement operator, then they get no more business from me.About a year or so ago, a distributor made a mistake. They sent my box to another account. They sent me the other account's invoice. I noted on the invoice that this guy was receiving a better wholesale discount than me...kinda ticked me off a little. But when my box arrived and the other account's address came from a UPS residential zone....well that was it for that distributor. I was doing 20 - 25,000 dollars a year with them. (I know, in the greater scheme of things, that's not much business.)So this guy is selling out of his basement and he gets a better discount than me??? There's some hobby shop rage from the other side of the counter. [/quote][/quote]That is a tad harsh there friend. I happen to go to this store locally and find no reason for him to be going out of business any time soon.
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