From: The Printed Rambler
We’ve all seen the ads on tv and heard the rhetoric, “support your local business” and “support main street, not wall street”. But what does all this mean for the average person? How is it beneficial to them? Is not not more convenient to go a big box store that has everything you need? Small businesses and local businesses bring opportunities and vibrancy to a community. They support local events and organizations, and in many ways are much more convenient with location and familiarity. But some would argue that the big box stores and online retailers are even more convenient because they have everything in one location, and in the case of online retailer, you don’t even have to leave your chair. But are they really more convenient?
We’ve all seen the ads on tv and heard the rhetoric, “support your local business” and “support main street, not wall street”. But what does all this mean for the average person? How is it beneficial to them? Is not not more convenient to go a big box store that has everything you need? Small businesses and local businesses bring opportunities and vibrancy to a community. They support local events and organizations, and in many ways are much more convenient with location and familiarity. But some would argue that the big box stores and online retailers are even more convenient because they have everything in one location, and in the case of online retailer, you don’t even have to leave your chair. But are they really more convenient?
When
you go to a big box store, you are likely to meet a different person each time
you go in (and in the case of online stores you will meet no one). This doesn’t
the people working there are bad, some of them can be quite knowledgeable, but
they have so many people that it’s hard to have a relationship with any one
person there, when you come back for help, you may get lost in the system. At a
small business, however, there is a sense of familiarity, the same people are
there each time you visit. You establish a rapport with the people there, they
know what you like; the way you like your hair cut or your coffee order. Here at the print shop we save all your
files, so that when you come back to business card after five years, we can can
get it done faster and exactly he way you had it before, without having to
recreate the wheel. Unless, you really want to.
Ask
yourself, is it really worth going through all the hassle of “recreating the wheel”
each time to get a job done at a big retailer, just because you think it might
be cheaper? Is it not better to have a sense of familiarity rather than having
to deal with someone new each time? If you think about it, “convenience”
doesn’t always mean “convenient.”
Gateway Printing
174 Main Street
174 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
gatewayprinting@verizon.net
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