> -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have logged into Amazon and checked a book price or two > while in a local bookstore with my phone... Embarassing, eh? > but I hate to pay $40 for a book I can get for $25 by waiting > two days. ;-) >
That's why there'll be no more bricks & mortar bookstores in a few years. Amazon will charge whatever they want, and we will have lost the pleasure of browsing for books. You won't be able to talk to knowledgable staff about the books. The town centres will become dustbowls and the unemployment rate will keep on rising. There'll be fighting in the streets, with our children at our feet... Well, perhaps not that bad. But what you're doing is what happened to all the little photo shops, and so many other small shops. It all contributes to the break-up of local communities and a fall in the quality of the goods and the quality of living. I've bought an awful lot from Amazon over the years, but almost only when I haven't been able to get the book locally (which includes the West End of London). Support your local shops. Bob
