precisely what i’m looking for
As much as I’d love to support small businesses, especially locally owned shops, I simply cannot overlook the cavernous difference in pricing between online retailers and a local store. Buy.com and Amazon.com simply own the arena of retailing. It’s a shame that the competitive spirit of American capitalism has spawned such grueling standards to stay alive in business; however, what else can be expected in a continually optimizing society?
I’ll admit that I whole-heartedly invest my resources through online networks to discover the best deals and pricing. The extent at which I lounge about in Given’s Bookstore in Lynchburg is generally to check out the used books and grab a latté in the meantime; I hardly, if ever (actually…maybe never), buy a book at full price there.
Before you stamp me an industrializing tramp, I will note that one of my greatest expenditures is quite entirely sold to small business. That would be the coffee shop area. While I enjoy a Starbucks Caramel Macchiato every now and then, local coffee shops cannot be beaten. There exists an atmosphere and a finely tuned aura within the small shell of a coffee house that Starbucks could never reproduce. If Buy.com is my re-charge for commercial goods, Bollo’s is my lifeblood day by day.
I know where I’m gonna be tonight.