Local Tackle Shop

again, paying a little more would be ok but it's getting ridiculous and this
particular shop does not have a happy face there at all.
"John Kerr" wrote in message
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I do almost all of my shopping locally...to support the community. If I
buy tackle, it is from the local shops...we have some good ones around
here! Value is not always in the dollar saved, besides that, I consider
the efforts of the local merchants to serve me, a "frienship" thing!
Nothing wrong with saving a dollar, but I look at the overall value, and
sometimes it's an intangible thing. jmo
JK

"alwayfishking" wrote in message
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again, paying a little more would be ok but it's getting ridiculous and
this
particular shop does not have a happy face there at all.

Thats tough. Just reread my post and you can understand the why. If you
get nothing out of it then your choice may be to go to Walmart. Even going
to Walmart is better in many way than ordering from mail order houses.
Atleast the taxes go to your state and your community. While they are
mostly low wage jobs, they also do provide jobs in your community.

Maybe you should stop by when they aren't busy and try to get to know them.
They might turn out to be ok guys. On the other hand I can understand where
you are coming from. There is a local gun store where I rarely go because
they are unfriendly at best and often downright snotty. Sprague's. Sorry,
but If they want to charge me more than I can buy it else where AND give me
a crappy attitude I'll go down the street too. Worse, they aren't even the
only show in town. There are three other gun stores in town, and two of
them treat me pretty good when I go in even if its just for something small.
Mesa Sport Shop is one, and I can never remember the name of the other guy,
but he has the shop across the street from the main gate at the marine base.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

"John Kerr" wrote in message
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I do almost all of my shopping locally...to support the community. If I
buy tackle, it is from the local shops...we have some good ones around
here! Value is not always in the dollar saved, besides that, I consider
the efforts of the local merchants to serve me, a "frienship" thing!
Nothing wrong with saving a dollar, but I look at the overall value, and
sometimes it's an intangible thing. jmo
JK

many (most?) small, locally owned and operated businesses may not know
you are supporting them over a big box until you actually tell them
that. For instance, my local bookstore can't possibly compete
selection-wise with Borders, but they can order anything I want; I just
casually say, "Hey, I saw (insert title here) at Borders, can you get it
for me?"