[TriLUG] Computer stores]

[Michael Kimsal]

If they had a 256g SSD I'd have bought one from them in the last week, but
they didn't.  Bit of a chicken and egg.  I'm not going to buy stuff I don't
need.  I'm assuming intrex looks at their website logs and user behaviour to
get some info on what people are looking for, but I don't see any
tracking/analytics stuff on their site, so perhaps not.

FWIW, I buy local when I can - and I mean local as in anyone locally, bigbox
retailer or smaller indie shop (not just computer stuff).  But your point is
well taken, especially in light of Borders.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

>
> > Separate rant: we're basically in a bad position for computer parts
> stores
> > in the region, from what I can tell, and I'll support the stores that
> carry
> > products I need.
>
> Now that Borders is on the auction block, I hear a lot of people
> lamenting the loss of their favorite book store in one breath, and then
> talking about how they would browse at the store and buy online in the
> second breath.
>
> Sooner or later, these people will realize that if you want to keep the
> local stores, you will have to actually buy stuff from them.
>
> Sadly, this same story is being played out in the computer parts stores,
> too. I hope we don't lose Intrex any time soon.
>
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