That's not quite true, most were in trouble before they were crushed. Those that aren't that give good service, treat their customers well and stock items that the big boxes don't bother with, seem to do quite well.
Mark Roberts wrote: > William Robb wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >>> Welcome to the 21st century and the era of the Big Box retailer. :( >>> (Ironic that the "dinosaur" analogy breaks down here because it's the >>> lumbering giants that are out-evolving the smaller, nimbler shops...) >>> >> Not out evolving so much as crushing them under their weight. >> > > Now *that's* an apt metaphor. > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
