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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 524116, member: 15062&quot;]There is one thing I never understood about some dealers.&nbsp; Within four miles of my house there are four dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 is in the basement of a small two story office building on a four lane state highway, with the entry in the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 is on the second floor of a two story building also on a state highway with no public parking and on a divided highway with access only from one direction</p><p><br /></p><p># 3 and #4 share a shop on the second floor of a strip mall with access only through the center of the mall, up a flight of stairs and then a 200 foot walk on an outside balcony.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wonderment is that these four dealers can not boast of anything approaching walk-in business.&nbsp; Also each is open only three or four days per week and close at 3:00.&nbsp; I have to assume that they deal mostly in shows (there is just one monthly show in the area) or mail order, although I&#039;ve never seen an ad anywhere for their stores.&nbsp; What&#039;s the point in having a physical store and paying rent for a public that doesn&#039;t have realistic access (if you work 9 to 5, M-F, you will NEVER find their stores open to you).</p><p><br /></p><p>In the downtown area 8 miles away, there are also four stores.&nbsp; One is on the fifth floor of a major office building.&nbsp; The other three are on the first floor level with sidewalk access.&nbsp; Two of these advertise heavily and apparently do a lot of mail order business in addition to walk-ins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My rambling point here is questioning whether there are dealers who actually do prefer to work shows rather than daily access to the public?&nbsp; And why would that be?&nbsp; Are there advantages to shows only?&nbsp; Are there advantages to mail order only?&nbsp; Are there advantages or disadvantages to walk-in customers?&nbsp; Or a mixture of two or all three of these methods?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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