In a rare defense of Brick and Mortar stores...:
How many of us are guilty of wasting sales staff time “researching” a product, only to leave the store empty handed and purchase on-line.
I’ll admit to going to stores to learn, touch, and feel, but I ALWAYS decline offers to assist, when I know I’m buying on-line.
For computers, digital cameras, cellphones, Blu-ray players, etc... I find on-line to be a better source of information.
On-line tends to give the exact dimensions, exact specifications, exact capabilities, and multiple reviews. Whereas the in-store approach leaves you having to rely on the mentally challenged ‘help’ for that information. And nine times out of ten, they’ll go to their computer and look it up on-line, anyway.
Well, the good ones do, the rest just say, “I dunno.”
Televisions are about the only electronic item that I still need to see work in person.
I'm not a big fan of online shopping, and I rarely, if ever, go into a retail store without walking out with something that I purchased. It's not that I'm a compulsive shopper, either . . . it's simply that I don't bother going to a retail store unless I have something I need to buy.
My prediction is that some of these traditional retailers are going to get a chance at a "second life" when online sales are subject to taxation. It's only a matter of time before this happens, in my opinion.
How many of us are guilty of wasting sales staff time “researching” a product, only to leave the store empty handed and purchase on-line.
I don’t know how this is in Christianity but this is one of the Torah’s commandments. So I try very hard not to do it.