Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tl00017)

At 08:00 AM 8/25/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>mkr,
>
>I patronize mom&pops when the expense-to-me difference is marginal. And if I
>can engage the proprietor in discussion leading to fresh ideas and
unknown-to-
>me material, I'm happy to pay him for his time within the scope of a somewhat
>higher price for the book(s).
>
>Julien
>
Julien:
I agree with you, except that there are no mom and pop book stores in my
neighborhood. In my business, I mostly deal with mom & pop operations and
they are run most efficiently and are able to share information normall
unavailable anywhere else. As more and more chains are taking over
business, it is going to be very difficult for these small operations to be
profitable.

..mkr