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As a child I have enjoyed visiting many hobby shops in my region and see some of those store close for a variety of reasons. I am happy to have two first class stores in Arkansas that I can visit even if the mileage may be a bit long and hard on the gas.I dont see the internet as a enemy of brick and mortor stores. I see it as a tool to quickly sort thru the chaff and gather up a few wheats of information quickly and ahem... beat the brick and mortor shop once in a while in pricing. But I choose to go to the LHS so that they can stay open and hopefully in business for a long time.I could probably put together web pages and run a server for a store but it will demand alot of technical support and expenses along with potential shipping and sales to record and track as well as deal with customer problems or questions. For some stores that might be run by one or two people; that could be a bit of a tall order.But for those stores that do maintain a webpage plus a store they seem to do well. Kudos.But for every store that closes due to death, retirement etc... is truly a end of an era and one that probably will not be revisited.
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