A lot of people are talking about the respective pros and cons of dense metropolitan use of amazon vs. everywhere else and shipping times, and how they're slipping.

But what really matters to me is the lock-in, or lack of it. When I order from Best Buy online (I don't go in person anymore) I don't need to pay $100 for just the privledge of shopping there. That kind of anti-consumer practice I simply won't abide.