Re: Retail vs. Mail-Order [was: Re: [MDOsprey] Spotting Scopes]
William Leigh (tern@visuallink.com)
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 05:18:20 -0800
Phi,
Undoubtedly unfair. I myself have been guilty of the same though at some
point somewhere sometime, if not with birding equipment then music
equipment. I have usually tried to placate my guilty consceince by buying
something of lesser expense. There are times too when one is not really
intent on buying anything just looking around to see whats new.
Recently I would love to check out a pair of the new Swarovskis 8.5
x 42 (44?) . I do not plan on buying a pair though. Just would like to see
what they are like.
W
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Davis <PDavis@ix.netcom.com>
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:04 PM
Subject: Retail vs. Mail-Order [was: Re: [MDOsprey] Spotting Scopes]
>Been on travel ... catching up on messages ...
>
>
>At 07:37 AM 11/16/1999 -0500, Parke John wrote:
>
>> I recently purchase a Leica APO-TELEVID 77 .
>> Because I was confused by all the advise I was getting on spotting
>> scopes,
>>I went to the New Jersey Audubon's: Center for Research and Education ,
>>Cape May
>>Court House, NJ 08210, 609-861-0700, which is on Rt. 47 near Goshen. I
>>compared
>>all the top brands. I lined them up and compared apples to apples right
there
>>on their deck.
>
>(snip)
>
>> I purchase the scope from one of the photography warehouses in New
York;
>>Adorama. (save a few hundred $)
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>
>
>Parke, et al. -
>
>I dunno ... this bothers me. As the former co-owner of a "wild bird
>store", does everyone think this is fair?
>
>Specifically, the scenario in question is to go to a "nature store" whose
>owners pay good money to keep expensive inventory (like 77mm spotting
>scopes) in stock; and has rent and utilities to pay; salaries to pay for
>people to set up the scopes, answer questions, etc.; to use their equipment
>for comparison shopping; pick what you like; and then go and mail order the
>item from a discount house?
>
>If people want to buy discount, that's fair, but to "use" a retail store
>for comparisons and then not buy from them seems unfair to me.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Phil
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