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Originally Posted by Phogg
Do you consider it equally dodgy to read product reviews at Amazon and then buy at a local business?
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Of course not. It's only dodgy to use a shop as a showroom for price comparison when the shop in question can't afford for customers to use their shop as a showroom for price comparison.
The "online" part is irrelevant. Either it's OK to shop at one place and buy at another (intent be damned) or it's not. That the shopkeeper has a physical door to open has no bearing on the ethicality of the practice. In fact, it could be argued (with the same logic) that it's unethical of a B&M shopkeeper to ask that a customer pay more than they have to for something just because they looked at it in your shop (and you have a physical door to grease).
So it all boils down to, "is it OK to browse and yet not buy at B&M stores?" And the answer is, "of course it is."