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Originally Posted by woodrow
Stores and restaurants opening and closing on Broadway in Lakeview come in waves. Of course, the rise in online retail and gig based food delivery may limit that.
Buy from brick and mortar.
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I agree, although I have my limits if the online stuff is markedly cheaper. Usually I'll pay up to about a 20% differential, depending on what the item is and what the total savings would be.
When I appreciate having a specific store near me, I try to intentionally shop at it to help keep it around. By myself I obviously can't keep them open, but hopefully I at least increase the chances of survival slightly. Although there is this is one market with a decent wine and spirits selection near me called Galleria. It's on Orleans just south of Chicago Ave. I like it because it has a quirky selection and some grocery items not common in other area convenience stores and I like the family that runs it, but more than once I've found their prices to be up to 100% more than a place like Binny's, and even 20% more than local liquor stores, which are already inflated. So shopkeepers have to play their part, too. They can't get too greedy or even people like me who are willing to pay more to have local options, will decide that it's worth rolling the dice that maybe a new retailer will figure out how to have good selection and high but not such high prices. I've considered actually trying to negotiate prices with them if there's no one else in line, in order to keep shopping there, as a not-so-subtle way to try and convince them that their prices really are too high and I'm not just being unreasonable. But I stopped shopping there altogether when I was unemployed and going back now and seeing that their prices are even higher now than they were, I haven't really resumed shopping there.