On 9/16/2010 1:31 PM, blkndvudu wrote:
On Sep 16, 12:59 pm, Karen C - wrote:
blkndvudu wrote:
Really sucks it getting to the
point that cyber shops will be the only way to buy stuff and take
classes

It's a matter of businesses evolving with the times. Those who are
willing to turn to the internet tend to stay in business. Those who
either flatly refuse to have a website or all that's on their website is
"we're at 123 Main Street, open from 10-4 every day", are going to lose
business to the shops who are doing mail order.

25 years ago, I had it out with a local business, Great-Grandpa opened
it 75 years ago and his business hours were 10-5 M-F, and those were
always going to be the hours. They were struggling because nowadays,
most women work outside the home -- they were downtown working during
those hours, not home in the burbs shopping. The owner's stance was
that if they wanted to buy from his store, they'd take time off work.
The working women's stance was that if we needed what he carried, we'd
go out of the neighborhood to somewhere that was open evenings and
Saturdays. And then he wondered why he wasn't getting enough business?

Sometimes it's more convenient for me to shop at midnight. Most of the
time, it's more convenient for me to shop from home. The company that
works around my schedule gets my business. The one who tells me I need
to take an hour away from work in the middle of the day doesn't.

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Karen C - California


I absolutely agree with you, I just wish it weren't the case because I
would really like to take some classes (knitting, tatting, bobbin lace
making, needlepoint etc) because there are some things that are just
too hard to learn from books.

Not only to hard to learn from books, but also that learning in
*community* is so much more fun! The interpersonal aspect is so important!

Sue

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Susan Hartman