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Originally Posted by Geralt
Golf club example is not really related to books. Who needs to be "fitted" for a book anyway? Who needs some kind of expertise to buy a book?
Just doesn't correlate.
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If you are using my physical inventory, my retail space and my employees to decide whether you are going to buy an eBook from Amazon, then yes it relates perfectly.
When you don't buy from me, I don't make any money. If I don't make any money, there is no capital to buy inventory, no cash to pay my rental, insurance and utility bills, and no cash to pay my employees.
The result is..... yes you guessed it. I go out of business, and you lose the ability to walk into my bookstore to check out books before you make your purchase online.
I get it.
You guys who do this don't consider it unethical, and guys like me won't change your mind.
Think of how YOU would react to this as the bookstore owner.
Would you open your doors wide to everyone who wants to come in and paw your books, only to have them all buy from an online retailer instead?
How many millions in inventory do you think lines the shelves of a typical Books-a-million retail store?
If customers don't buy from retail stores, retails stores go away.
It's that simple.