People aren't obligated to shop anywhere, and it isn't their fault if their neighbours' businesses aren't viable. You can't say the customers who have nothing to do with your business and no desire to go there are the ones who 'put you out of business'.
Yes I'm heavily involved as a leader in my local community and spend about 70 days a year volunteering in it and supporting the people who live in it. How does that compare to you?
Supporting your local community doesn't mean propping up unviable businesses. It's a luddite argument, like paying people to dig holes and fill them back in again.
If I opened a store next to your house selling last week's newspapers and you never buy any is it your fault I went out of business? Nonsense.
Lol you asked me if I did anything! I didn't say anything until you specifically asked!
Amazon didn't become dominant because of their low prices. They became dominant because they are the everything store. It's a single place to buy disparate items rather than needing to check out at seven different marginally-cheaper speciality shops.
Buying from Amazon just shunts money to Seattle. Not everyone lives in Seattle.
Sort of. People just shopped differently in those days. If your local stores didn't have what you wanted, you ordered from a catalog.
But the difference is that today, people don't bother checking their local stores first. They just go straight to Amazon and put their neighbors or of business.
Walmart was the pioneer of long term hassle free returns
Not really. High end department stores were doing it for generations. Six months later and no receipt? No problem. My mom used to do this all the time.
Walmart just brought it to the masses.