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Originally Posted by K. Molen
I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I have zero problems with the whole showroom issue. Especially because it constantly goes both ways. I've often used Amazon and other online stores to do my research, and then gone out and done the buying locally.
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Exactly. I've done it both ways. Researched on Amazon, Newegg, etc. and then bought locally or looked at a physical item in Best Buy and bought on Newegg/Amazon. Over the years it's probably been about 50/50 each way. As far as I'm concerned either way just means I'm using whatever resources are available to make an informed decision. Sometimes the service/convenience/return policy of a local store is a deciding factor, sometimes it's price, sometimes it's the nature of online buying/shipping - I'd never buy a hard drive that UPS had kicked from one end of a truck to the other.
To imply that anyone comparison shopping is somehow sleazy is just ludicrous, but that kind of whining is what has become the norm in some industries over the last decade or so.