12-10-2007, 10:22 PM | #21 | |
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Now, I have said it, and I do mean it. However, I am a hopless crap buyer and pac rat, so I more often walk the isles, and buy stuff I was not looking for, or not really needed items. Still, I often times do browse. My earlier post of what could be done to choose to not give a store money when they do not share your sense of values is still important to me, but does not necessarily apply to every time I do not buy something.
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12-10-2007, 10:59 PM | #22 |
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I shall not reply to this again. I was simply stating we had no problem.
As far as going all over the store----we were following the woman trying to help us and it turns out the book was out of stock. For crying out loud, mellow the heck out. Nelda |
12-12-2007, 01:53 PM | #23 |
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From a frugal consumer standpoint I must say Barnes and Noble is probably the most expensive store in the books. I don't really understand why people are buying from them in the first place although their bargain corner is nice if you are not looking for anything in particular. The corporate executives unfortunately probably don't care about a small (well to them it's small) group of people angry and frustrated. Many Americans have alliances for book purchasing with Barnes and Noble. They no they will not go out of business over this so any protests would be fruitless for policy reasons. A better idea would be to find disabled people that need to use a Segway in areas where there is a Barnes and Noble store and ask them to test out this policy. Once rejected get the local media involved. That will target the local attention and maybe specific store managers can start allowing such a thing. The corporate big wigs won't care. Once a business gets so big they completely stop caring about the little guy. Anything you say to them does not matter. That is a problem but one that unfortunately will not be fixed. The fact of the matter is that if you started up a nationwide boycott of let's say tens of thousands of people that normally shop there and the profits and stocks went down then they would care. But over any less than that they won't/ It's sad but it's true.
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