[Coco] [OT} Shack: was Re: Coco keyboard trouble

[Arthur Flexser]

Agreed that they gouge you, but I'm glad they're around for when I
need some little oddball thingie in a hurry and don't want to wait for
it to get here by mail.  Like an odd-sized lithium battery, or a
capacitor, or a 6V lantern bulb, or some sort of audio adapter.

Art

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 17/01/2012 12:41 PM, wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Aside from RC toys at
>> Xmas, I can't think of anything they carry I can't get cheaper _and_
>> better somewhere else.
>
>
> Couldn't agree more on this point!
>
> I think Steve hit the nail on the head. Most customers are older generation
> who don't know where else to buy their wares. They get fleeced once and are
> not likely to return. One day they'll run out of clueless customers and the
> mobile (aka cell) phone market won't be enough to prop them up.
>
> Regards,
>
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