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nolesrule · 05-11-2008, 03:29 PM

As a business owner and a consumer, I'd tend to side with Brian's point of view. There's a reason why mass market retailers have put the mom and pop stores out of business time and time again. Consumers want more for less. They don't care about customer service until something goes wrong. Since that doesn't happen 99% of the time, they take the risk by getting what they want at a lower price.

The only way for businesses to give the consumers what they want is to lower prices, which means reduce costs. Mass market retailers can do that through volume discounts from wholesalers and by paying wages that only "I don't give a rat's ass about my job, I'm only here because school's not in session and I need some going out cash while I live with my parents" or "this is my second job, it pays less than my first job but I'm here because I have to pay the bills" people will accept.

Mom and pop retail shops trying to compete with the BBs, CCs and Wal-Marts of the world can't retain the good employees or maintain a consistent turnover at low enough wages or get the lower cost items to compete on price so they are screwed.

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nolesrule *Joe Kauffman* Member Location: Clearwater, FL Join Date: Aug 2001 Local Time: 04:51 AM Local Date: 07-09-2008 Posts: 2,414	Re: Silly Best Buy price match "Policy"? As a business owner and a consumer, I'd tend to side with Brian's point of view. There's a reason why mass market retailers have put the mom and pop stores out of business time and time again. Consumers want more for less. They don't care about customer service until something goes wrong. Since that doesn't happen 99% of the time, they take the risk by getting what they want at a lower price. The only way for businesses to give the consumers what they want is to lower prices, which means reduce costs. Mass market retailers can do that through volume discounts from wholesalers and by paying wages that only "I don't give a rat's ass about my job, I'm only here because school's not in session and I need some going out cash while I live with my parents" or "this is my second job, it pays less than my first job but I'm here because I have to pay the bills" people will accept. Mom and pop retail shops trying to compete with the BBs, CCs and Wal-Marts of the world can't retain the good employees or maintain a consistent turnover at low enough wages or get the lower cost items to compete on price so they are screwed. My DVD Collection Last edited by nolesrule : 05-11-2008 at 03:36 PM.