Tim J. wrote:
wrote:

Bill Kiene wrote:

We have thought about having an online store and if we do I don't
think we will sell waders or boots on it because of this exact
problem.


Hi Bill, I dont understand why a fly shop would want a online store.
The reason consumers buy online is to save money, like at places where
you can get $.60 flys or brass or tungsten bead at half of what you
pay at a shop.


Uh, no. I shop online for convenience, not to save money, and because
our local fly shops suck. As a matter of fact, it usually costs *more*
to shop online once you figure in the shipping. Almost everything
related to fly fishing I've purchased in the last several years has been
online. The merchants I've dealt with have been great and I've never had
a problem returning goods I don't like once received.

Ditto. I'm 60 miles away from the nearest decent fly shop, and they
usually don't have what I want. I'll often pay a huge premium in
shipping for the convenience. I also buy all my beer brewing ingredients
online, and all my DVDs, and many of my books. (beerbeerandmorebeer.com
and netflix.com are great.)

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