I also live in a very rural area and base my shopping on three things, price, price and quality. Our local people do not understand pricing nor quality nor will they let a name brand store into our community so it is either drive 40 minutes one way to shop at a big box store or over the internet.
Now we are back to pricing
Why go to a big name tire shop when I can have 6 tires delivered for my truck and save $480 after having them mounted for the same exact tire with tire manufacture date within normal range for sale. AND I did not have to wait an hour to have them put on
Why go to an electronic store and try to purchase from a person with wires growing out of their head, not knowing if they are talking to you or even listening to you to spend 25% more for a 300 watt sound bar that you can find on the internet with same warranty.
HEck, I just bought cattle wormer over the internet to do 80 head and saved enough to do them TWICE. Why would I NOT buy over the net vs local?
I do a lot of online purchasing, I also do a lot of local mom and pop buying. Because if those local neighborhood shops close up, people move, towns dry up, and monies that can go to help the local economy go elsewhere.
In some cases you might pay more for the same item if purchased locally, but did you ever consider where those extra dollars go?
Exactly. Its your money and how you spend it is nobody’s business but your own (or should be).
And, when I need oddball size tires, getting them from Amazon is not only cheaper, it is faster.
Date codes have always been very recent from Amazon.