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Toronto sto Efstonscience is history!!
After something like 4 decades. Internet claims another victim! Get
there fast if you want the scraps, but they've been picked-over pretty good already. |
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On Jun 28, 5:18*pm, RichA wrote:
After something like 4 decades. *Internet claims another victim! *Get there fast if you want the scraps, but they've been picked-over pretty good already. It appears that they are merely closing the bricks-n-mortar, but maintaining a Web presence. |
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On Jun 30, 10:32*am, Bert wrote:
wrote: On Jun 28, 5:18*pm, RichA wrote: After something like 4 decades. *Internet claims another victim! *Get there fast if you want the scraps, but they've been picked-over pretty good already. It appears that they are merely closing the bricks-n-mortar, but maintaining a Web presence. So it's really "Internet saves another niche business." Not really. The Internet makes it nonviable for a business to have a brick-and-mortar presence; but the business survives by following the footsteps of its competitors. Presumably, if it weren't _for_ the Internet, it wouldn't need "saving" in this fashion. John Savard |
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On 6/30/12 9:32 AM, Bert wrote:
So it's really "Internet saves another niche business." Not really. What a physical site offers is true browsing with tactile interface, which is now lost. A "net presence" is one button push away from Amazon and can't compete. So it's a temporary "save" at best. |
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In lal_truckee
wrote: On 6/30/12 9:32 AM, Bert wrote: So it's really "Internet saves another niche business." Not really. What a physical site offers is true browsing with tactile interface, Which, apparently, was not of value to enough people. which is now lost. A "net presence" is one button push away from Amazon and can't compete. So it's a temporary "save" at best. Again, if enough people don't receive sufficient value from this outfit, they're gone. -- St. Paul, MN |
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:17:10 -0700, lal_truckee
wrote: On 6/30/12 9:32 AM, Bert wrote: So it's really "Internet saves another niche business." Not really. Yes, really. Obviously people place more value in the ability to conveniently shop at home than in actually going to a brick-and-mortar store. This is a societal change, and can hardly be blamed on the Internet. A retailer who is unable to adjust his business to changes in how people CHOOSE to shop will go out of business. That's how things have always worked, and nothing has changed in that respect because of the Internet. I know that I'd much rather buy astronomical instruments online, and I'm old enough that most of my life has been about shopping in stores. A "net presence" is one button push away from Amazon and can't compete. There are millions of thriving niche companies doing most of their business on the Internet, and Amazon poses them no threat. They thrive in large part because they can provide a degree of service companies like Amazon can't. If I want a blender, Amazon is great. But if I want a CCD camera or a quality astronomical telescope, I'm going to look for somebody who specializes in those kind of things. |
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Chris L Peterson wrote in
: On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:17:10 -0700, lal_truckee wrote: On 6/30/12 9:32 AM, Bert wrote: So it's really "Internet saves another niche business." Not really. Yes, really. Obviously people place more value in the ability to conveniently shop at home than in actually going to a brick-and-mortar store. This is a societal change, and can hardly be blamed on the Internet. A retailer who is unable to adjust his business to changes in how people CHOOSE to shop will go out of business. That's how things have always worked, and nothing has changed in that respect because of the Internet. I know that I'd much rather buy astronomical instruments online, and I'm old enough that most of my life has been about shopping in stores. A "net presence" is one button push away from Amazon and can't compete. There are millions of thriving niche companies doing most of their business on the Internet, and Amazon poses them no threat. They thrive in large part because they can provide a degree of service companies like Amazon can't. If I want a blender, Amazon is great. But if I want a CCD camera or a quality astronomical telescope, I'm going to look for somebody who specializes in those kind of things. Why? They offer nothing better than Amazon, so it all comes down to price and the ability to deliver the product. What will be interesting will be whether store-bought for a specific cost is less expensive or the same as buying from some distributor who then charges a shipping cost. |
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wrote in news:621f11f1-496f-4081-8192-
: On Jun 28, 5:18*pm, RichA wrote: After something like 4 decades. *Internet claims another victim! *Get there fast if you want the scraps, but they've been picked-over pretty good already. It appears that they are merely closing the bricks-n-mortar, but maintaining a Web presence. I don't know what their location is worth, but it's across the road from one of the most travelled malls in Canada, so I'd guess the lease or sale cost of the building will do the company pretty well. |
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On Jul 1, 6:46*am, Rich wrote:
I don't know what their location is worth, but it's across the road from one of the most travelled malls in Canada, so I'd guess the lease or sale cost of the building will do the company pretty well. People forget that evolution isn't about survival. It's about those who can attract a mate before they die. The human race broke the rules and let the weak and diseased breed. It's a basic human right. So now we are going to die out from inbred stupidity. Does all of Amazon's discounted unleaded come straight from China? The Internet must be to blame for all the gas stations that are closing... |
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