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Originally Posted by HarryT
The "... with the intent of buying it online" is simply one example of "... with no intention of buying it in the store", and happens to be the example used in the article that started this discussion. Of course you could equally say "... with the intention of buying it in the discount store down the street" and the example would be equally valid, and the behaviour equally unethical.
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I think that the point that some are trying to get across is, what about going in with no intent? Or going in with the intent to buy, but the price is just too high, or the store doesn't carry exactly the item that you are looking for? Either of those scenarios could end with someone taking the time of a salesperson/using the store's resources with no sale in the end.
When I was looking for a new clothes washer, I went to 3 different brick and mortar stores and looked online as well. I talked to salespeople in every store, and used a lot of resources from Best Buy.com, Amazon.com, and Sears.com. By your logic, I should have just purchased it in the first store that I went to, as anything else would be unethical.
Shari