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Originally Posted by aslipp
Well then, if you are a "local business owner", you should understand that it is not cool to bash on another local business owner. Oh, and I find it amusing (and cowardly) that you only call yourself a "local business owner".....why don't you show your face?
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I am not surprised that aslipp is to hostile to any negative feedback about local merchants and ultimately blames me, the consumer, for my "bad" behavior. I cannot think that he is either a merchant himself or that he speaks for other local merchants. My comments are not "bashing" -- they is a form of consumer research. Indeed, many retailers regularly survey customers to understand their needs and preferences. Clearly, that would be considered unnecessary by aslipp.
My perspective is that by telling local merchants that I find it incovenient to drive an hour round-trip on a Sunday afteroon to a store that I did not really want to patronize, I am doing THEM a favor! I am sure that many consumers -- some of whom have posted here -- feel the way that I do. Businesses need to have this information.
As for my own business, does it make my comments more or less credible if people know what kind of business I operate? Is the drive from Gilford to Tilton on a Sunday afternoon more or less convenient depending on my profession? It makes absolutely no difference whatsoever! For the sake of argument, why don't we say I have an 8th grade education, I cut lawns for a living, and I own a trailor in a trailor park. So what? Or, let's presume that I am an M.D. and work at my own office here in Gilford. Does that change anything???
-- Sky
