$4 gallon gas benefits woodworkers

[Lee Schierer]

it will be interesting to see the end result. the walmarts of the world thrive on distrubution efficiency, thus ending local retailers ... if you can no longer cost effectively distribute to the massive store locations, will the small vendors resurface ????

I guess I don't see the logic, don't the small vendors also have to get their materials shipped from somewhere? Since the small retailers buy in smaller quantities, they can't get bulk pricing discounts and shipping small packages from lots of places to one location has to be more costly than shipping lots of stuff to a distribution center and then sending trucks with small quantities of lots of different things to one location.

[Lee Koepke]

I guess I don't see the logic, don't the small vendors also have to get their materials shipped from somewhere? Since the small retailers buy in smaller quantities, they can't get bulk pricing discounts and shipping small packages from lots of places to one location has to be more costly than shipping lots of stuff to a distribution center and then sending trucks with small quantities of lots of different things to one location.

meh, just hoping that something economically will start bringing market share back to the small guys.

If the main reason people go to big box stores is low prices, and NO service .. and the pricing gap between the big boxes and locals start closing, then customer service starts to drive consumers.

Customer service then leads to better quality ( nobody wants to stand there and sell a crappy product ... )

call me an idealist, but hope keeps us going !!!