[entropy12]

My initial impression of malls was higher prices. It was Korvettes, Goldblatts, or Sears (stand alone stores, not in mall) were the places to find bargains.

I prefer shopping at eBay over Amazon because I like bidding on auction items, good way to find a bargain. I was a frequent golf club switcher during my 50 years of playing golf, thinking a better game was just round the corner, the newest golf clubs should do it haha. Must have bought 15 new iron sets, and sold all of them on eBay as used clubs very quickly. Also, I don’t like Bezos.

[SamAdams76]

Malls had the "captive audience" effect working in their favor. The specialty stores could charge a bit more because malls were a destination. It wasn't like somebody was going to price a pair of jeans at the Gap and then fight the urban sprawl traffic to find them cheaper someplace else. People wanted to go to the mall and get all their shopping done there, with maybe a stop at the Orange Julius or Mrs Field's cookies at the food court.

The internet changed all that. Now people walk into the Gap, see a pair of jeans they like, maybe even try them on, and then order them online from their cellphones to be delivered to their house. Then they walk out of the store without buying anything.

[G Larry]

Shopping?

Malls were for hanging out and girl watching!