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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
But considering how people have never swamped newspapers with "shopping at one store and then buying at the discount store down the street is dishonest (or shoplifting)" articles, ...
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Actually, there was a lot of exactly this complaint from small computer stores in the early and mid-90s, before they went out of business (I know, because I sold computers back then).
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
... I have to assume that "...and then buys it online carries some sort of extra unethical ramifications for many people. I find that thinking weird and illogical.
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I don't think it's entirely illogical. If I go to one store with the intent of buying down the street, the first store still has a chance to convince me -- they may offer me a discount, or they can explain that their post-sales service is better, or I may just like the salesperson's smile and think it's worth a little surcharge -- or, it may turn out (as it often enough does) that the discount store actually asks a higher price than they do.
If I go to a bookstore fully knowing that I won't buy a pbook, neither from them nor from anyone else, this
is somewhat different, isn't it? You're still welcome to disagree, of course
