I agree. I have run a small computer store for nearly 10 years and starting on the 1st of June we are moving our store to a smaller retail location. We do have alot of repeat business (on the retail side) but our ebay side has trippled in sales for the last year. Service is still great too but retail storefront really sucks. It seems that the true geeks buy online only anymore and the average computer buyer is just looking at price... not quality. We have been offering firefox, adaware, open office... on every computer for quite sometime, but it doesnt seem to be worth the extra time. I hate to say it but there's a reason that small computer shops are going out of business... it is because the small shop just cant compete pricewise with online or big box shops and thats all customers care about these days anyways.
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I agree. I have run a small computer store for nearly 10 years and starting on the 1st of June we are moving our store to a smaller retail location. We do have alot of repeat business (on the retail side) but our ebay side has trippled in sales for the last year. Service is still great too but retail storefront really sucks. It seems that the true geeks buy online only anymore and the average computer buyer is just looking at price... not quality. We have been offering firefox, adaware, open office... on every computer for quite sometime, but it doesnt seem to be worth the extra time. I hate to say it but there's a reason that small computer shops are going out of business... it is because the small shop just cant compete pricewise with online or big box shops and thats all customers care about these days anyways.