>Either those local stores were providing value to their customers or they >weren't. If they were, then they should still be in business. It's not >magic.
The problem us that buyers don't have full knowledge of what they are buying and what the true value of that product is. They don't know that it will wear out very quickly. They don't know that it contains toxic chemicals that will poison them. They don't know that it contains "protein subsituites" that have no nutrutional value and may even be toxic. They don't know that the merchant pays no local taxes. They don't know that the merchant shifts many of its costs to the local community. They don't know about the US jobs that have been lost due to the actions of that merchant. They don't know that it drives up the balance of payments and makes the dollar weak. They don't know about the energy burned and the pollution caused by shipping the goods from very far away. Etc, etc. They don't know that what they are buying at that store is really very, very expensive. >As a rule in my job, I stay away from the large multi-national companies >for vendors, unless there is no real option. I commend the rest of what you wrote. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
