Seems to me that the LBS shops should band together or join some type of consortium purchasing organisation to help achieve the same purchasing power from the manufacturers that the big box retailers / e-tailers have.
There is a mindset here that that consumers who haggle are to blame for LBS ills and no blame sent the manufacturers' way who supposedly sell product to retailers at differing costs?
Last edited by Sy Reene; 03-15-15 at 10:13 AM.
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