Oh hell, is this what the world is coming to?

Gargamel · 04-09-17, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ValoWay

I figure, because of amazon local businesses only have in stock what they're sure of people gonna actually buy regularly??

I wouldn't even consider buying something like this from a local shop, unless I knew specifically they had them in stock, or else I would spend for ever trying to find it. And because it's a 15 minute drive to the closest cash register, and 30 minutes to anyplace that sells anything worthwhile.

I try to only shop IRL when the cost of shipping would be prohibitive, as in bulk lumber, or groceries. I'd have to say I do 98% of my shopping online, most of through amazon Prime (of course using the SubSim referal link).

Reece · 04-09-17, 07:59 PM

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WTH is the world
coming to when a guy cannot go into a computer store and get a basic set of tools to work on his PC?

And these stores wonder why we buy online instead of locally!!

ikalugin · 04-09-17, 08:06 PM

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I tell you, WTH is the world
coming to when a guy cannot go into a computer store and get a basic set of tools to work on his PC?

I never knew the time where you could buy such tools in the PC store to begin with.

And for any repairs on my electronics I would get specialised help. But then I am too lazy to even zero my rifles, so who am I to talk?

Onkel Neal · 04-09-17, 08:11 PM

Really? You must be much younger than me. In the 90s computer stores were everywhere; Circuit City, Radio Shack, CompUSA, Computer City, Incredible Universe.... and you could always count on support stock like tool kits, internals, and adapters. I guess Fry's is all that's left of the old world of computers.

ikalugin · 04-09-17, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Really? You must be much younger than me. In the 90s computer stores were everywhere; Circuit City, Radio Shack, CompUSA, Computer City, Incredible Universe.... and you could always count on support stock like tool kits, internals, and adapters. I guess Fry's is all that's left of the old world of computers.

I was born in 1992, go figure. 1990s were a dark age for me, especially the short band between 1998 and 2000.

Onkel Neal · 04-09-17, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

I was born in 1992, go figure. 1990s were a dark age for me, especially the short band between 1998 and 2000.

Haha, I was in Russia before you

ikalugin · 04-09-17, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Haha, I was in Russia before you

Technically RSFSR/USSR

Buddahaid · 04-09-17, 08:26 PM

They do still exist.
https://www.santarosacomputers.com

vienna · 04-10-17, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Really? You must be much younger than me. In the 90s computer stores were everywhere; Circuit City, Radio Shack, CompUSA, Computer City, Incredible Universe.... and you could always count on support stock like tool kits, internals, and adapters. I guess Fry's is all that's left of the old world of computers.

Even Fry's is getting king of sparse on a lot of the items you used to be able to depend on them having in stock; I was helping someone do a rebuild on a couple of old PCs and needed to replace some of the old fittings; there are three Fry's in our area and we had to go to all three before we found what had, up until then, been fairly stock items. It's the same with the big box hardware stores like Home Depot, or OSH; went looking for a small ball-peen hammer I needed quickly and none of the big boxes carried them anymore; I was lucky there was a small, independent hardware store here in Hollywood and they had several in stock. I think ValoWay has it right: if the brick and mortars, particularly the big ones, don't think something is going to be an 'everyday purchase', they just don't bother stocking them...

<O>

Catfish · 04-10-17, 07:14 AM

I am astonished that you can even change the battery, lots of Apple hardware and almost all newer mobile phones do not 'allow' that.
"Life circle terminated" or how those glowing apostles of sustainability call that

Yes, i hate that, too.

edit: is that device in the o. post a Dell or Apple? (MacBook?)

ikalugin · 04-10-17, 07:45 AM

You can't enjoy the good (capitalism) without the bad (consumerism or over production crisis - you pick).

Jeff-Groves · 04-10-17, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

But then I am too lazy to even zero my rifles,

I don't trust anyone to zero mine!

ikalugin · 04-10-17, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I don't trust anyone to zero mine!

You can trust a well payed proffesional to do almost anything for you.

The issue is that where do you stop? Repairing your PC? Zeroing your rifle? Socialising your wife? (declaimer I am not married)

vienna · 04-10-17, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ikalugin

You can trust a well payed proffesional to do almost anything for you.

...

Well-paid as opposed to well-qualified? Price does not always equate to quality...

<O>

ikalugin · 04-10-17, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by vienna

Well-paid as opposed to well-qualified? Price does not always equate to quality...

<O>

Well-qualified is implied. If a person is well-qualified and proffesional he would do his work well if he is also well payed to do it.

04-09-17, 08:11 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Really? You must be much younger than me. In the 90s computer stores were everywhere; Circuit City, Radio Shack, CompUSA, Computer City, Incredible Universe.... and you could always count on support stock like tool kits, internals, and adapters. I guess Fry's is all that's left of the old world of computers. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-09-17, 08:26 PM	#8
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	They do still exist. https://www.santarosacomputers.com __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

04-10-17, 07:14 AM	#10
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I am astonished that you can even change the battery, lots of Apple hardware and almost all newer mobile phones do not 'allow' that. "Life circle terminated" or how those glowing apostles of sustainability call that Yes, i hate that, too. edit: is that device in the o. post a Dell or Apple? (MacBook?) __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

04-10-17, 07:45 AM	#11
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	You can't enjoy the good (capitalism) without the bad (consumerism or over production crisis - you pick). __________________ Grumpy as always.

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