i think all we can do is try to support the few locals who remain and try to educate others into the error of their ways. but, as i've said, they don't care as they think they got a free nickel, when they got nothing but reamed and made the world a vastly inferior place.
in some older neighborhoods you can find some of the old businesses still alive, but they are fading fast. in the town rusty grew up in, sandy springs, you can still find a few such places but most of them are long gone. i still sometimes go there to actually deal with dedicated people trying to do a quality job. last week my cellphone broke, so i took it this ship where a father and son just fix phones all day long rather than just chuck it and get the latest and greatest. the kid fixed it in about 10 minutes. when he refused payment as he "really didn't do anything" i tried to offer him $20 as a "tip" for being helpful to me. he refused that as well, saying that all he wants from me is to tell people about their service. how much longer before the only place to go is the idiots at the verizon store? On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM, LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have expressed my opinion about the wallyworld plague before, and how it > literally destroyed the economy and culture of the small town I lived in in > Wisconsin. > > Suffice to say that I patently refuse to buy anything from WalMart and will > continue to do so. I know my actions have little effect, but it's the only > way I can express my opinion and have an effect, albeit a small one. > > FWIW, we sometimes have the same thing happen selling generator parts. > Some things are easily sourced from others, and when people do so, they > often end up coming back to buy the "good" part from us. In a lot of cases > it's dealers who sell stuff on eBay and online for next to nothing. How > they do it, I don't know, but they can't be making enough money to be > profitable, I believe. > > Poos > > > > --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] brake job nightmare > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:08 PM > > the problem is that mom & pop are > > not being abandoned for 5x but for 5 > > cents. and you aren't even getting the nickel for the > > most part, but just > > getting confused on the bait and switch > > > > and the issue is much bigger than money. it is more > > about destroying a fine > > way of life for a really crappy one. some people care > > more about the kind > > of world they live in than they do about the illusion of > > having another > > nickel. alas, most people don't. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Peter T. Arnold <pm7...@comcast.net > >wrote: > > > > > Theres a limit. > > > > > > 15 years ago I needed a starter for my kids POS Ford > > Escort. $150 Rebuilt > > > from local parts store, owed by a friend. Same > > friend had wanted to retire > > > and sell me the store. I read the writing on the > > wall, had no interest. > > > > > > I pulled starter, it was cooked. > > > > > > Local MotorMart sold me one for $29. > > > > > > My friend told me it was POS starter, maybe but it was > > warenteed "for Life" > > > which ended up being about 2 years. > > > > > > I cannot pay a X5 factor to support the little > > guy..... > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Pete Arnold > > > > > > This e-mail from Peter Arnold and any attachments to > > it are confidential to > > > the intended recipient and may also be uncensored. If > > you have received it > > > in error please consult your religious > > adviser. 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