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Why?AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22 2019 11:47pm... I would say alarmed at the deterioration of the high street.
Not everyone has access to the internet or even credit. Sometimes you need something quickly or a cheap item you do not want to have to pay p and p for.pabenny wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23 2019 6:42amWhy?AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22 2019 11:47pm... I would say alarmed at the deterioration of the high street.
All those independents that gave us variety, sparkle and colour are a thing of the past. Not everything can be sold on the internet. Plus there is a such thing as "personal service".pabenny wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23 2019 6:42amWhy?AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22 2019 11:47pm... I would say alarmed at the deterioration of the high street.
Nobody has mentioned Service... It is this service and free advice, if you wish, that will vanish if the high street disappears...!AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23 2019 12:35pmAll those independents that gave us variety, sparkle and colour are a thing of the past. Not everything can be sold on the internet. Plus there is a such thing as "personal service".pabenny wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23 2019 6:42amWhy?AAAlphaThunder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22 2019 11:47pm... I would say alarmed at the deterioration of the high street.
blythburgh wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23 2019 11:12amNot everyone has access to the internet or even credit.
Sometimes you need something quickly or a cheap item you do not want to have to pay p and p for.
And if you buy from a shop you can see and feel the item. ...
AAAlphaThunder wrote:personal service
All of these are reasons why some people, some of the time, shop on the high street. In fact, most people, most of the time, shop on the high street.Boro Boy wrote:service and free advice
That isn't going to happen. It's just going to be (in fact is already) different to the high street of the 1990s. We need to get used to it.Boro Boy wrote:...if the high street disappears..
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