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Old 06-07-2017, 09:24 AM   #81
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I also had the unpleasant experience with a local business vs internet purchase on spindles for my tractor mower deck. The local business pricing was almost $80 per spindle (3 required) and they needed to order them for me. With shipping to their store (another trip to town to pick them up) taxes and the purchase price it came to almost $300 for the spindles not counting the week wait and another trip to town.

Amazon Prime (free shipping/no taxes) had the identical Oregon spindles for $19 each. With Prime 2 day shipping to my door, the total cost was $57. A significant savings at 1/5th the price at the local small engine repair shop.

That was almost 6 years ago and that business is no longer open.

I support local businesses when I can justify it, but it's not my goal to spend my hard earned money (or my retirement savings) just to keep a non-competitive business open when I can buy the identical item somewhere else at a significant savings.

WalMart may be the most visible "on site presence" that competes with local small business, but the "online presence" of Amazon, EBay and other websites are significant competitors in an ever-changing economy.

Come to think of it, I can't remember seeing a "privately owned non-chain" hardware store (like the ones when I was a kid) in the past 25 or 30 years. The only "hometown" hardware stores are either ACE, True Value or a similar "national chain/WalMart model" type hardware store. Gone is the old "Simpson's Hardware and Tool" down on the corner of "Main Street and First Avenue"...
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Old 06-07-2017, 10:58 AM   #82
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I'm glad you didn't run into them; they're still there. Just talked to a lady yesterday commenting how glad she was that the Walmart here in Pagosa finally opened and she didn't have to go there and deal with it. We were talking about downtown at the time. Unfortunately I came across 2 here in Pagosa this morning after breakfast at a local restaurant
Oh, I am sure they are around... this is the way we seem to be headed as a society ... everyone just needs a hug.

Maybe they were on coffee break the times we went to Wally world.

We spent as little time in town as possible, for us, all the good stuff is else where.

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Old 06-09-2017, 04:43 AM   #83
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Well I started this thread in October. It's June now.
Does anyone have any crowded Colorado camping experiences to share yet as we move into full blown camping season ?
Not a crowded experience but an experience none the less.
DW & I have made it an annual event to camp the week before Memorial Day weekend & the week before the 4th of July up @ Haviland Lake north of Durango & or up @ Vallecito Lake north of Bayfield. Have been doing it for years. Last year Haviland was full. This year, the 4 nights we we were there, only one of the nights there was other campers in our loop. Of course it snowed the week before & was still a little on the nippy side but I'm sure the end of June will be packed when we go up.
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