 What makes local better?
Freestyle and KEH are my local shops. They're right there in my house. Not only that, they're open 24 hours a day, almost always have what I want in stock at a good price, and have great customer service. I plan to buy lots of stuff from both of them, much to my wife's dismay.
Seriously, living here in the country there was one real photo store in a 20 mile radius and the owner retired earlier this year. I did do business with them, and certainly would have done more if I'd gotten into analog photography earlier. They were nice people, but like many small business owners they felt the years catching up to them and the world changing around them, while taxes kept getting higher and profits getting thinner. I was sorry to see them go, but online shops are just as deserving of my business as they were. |