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Thread started 01/02/08 9:59pm

Mars23

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Do you do anything out of your way to support local business?

Doesn't have to be anything epic, I was just thinking of it as I chomp on my 75 cent Tootsie Roll from the candy and popcorn shop that would cost me 50 cents at the c-store.

Dude has been in the same spot for years, selling popcorn, candy bars, hot dogs, and fountain pop. I like to see stuff like that. Anything in your town like that?
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Reply #1 posted 01/02/08 10:09pm

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I find that the locally owned organic store has way over priced their items that I could give to shits about trying to support them, its a rip-off.

When new places to eat open, I try them and typically find them mediocre at best. And when you try to give them feed back on what people are looking for, they dont want to hear it. Soon they sink their business into oblivion because they refuse to pay attention to detail.
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Reply #2 posted 01/02/08 10:17pm

AsianBomb777

1. Farmers market to buy fruits and veggies whenever possible. (I like local honey better anyways)

2. Mom and Pop shops whenever possible to pick up stuff.

3. My salon is now a local salon, mostly cause I followed my stylist from Toni and Guy over to it. But the cool thing about Bentley's is that it supports a business here in Tampa. Sure, they want to grow it. but right now it's just one salon. I just wish that they wouldn't be sponsered by Redken which is a bigass corporation. It would be nice to have them independent totally.

4. I buy lunch at the Grass Roots Vegan restaurant here in town ever Saturday to suppor their business.

5. I recycle.

6. I go to a organic Natural food store here near my neighborhood for most of my Raw/vegan needs, etc etc.

7. I support the local Thai Temple and Thai community here in Tampa.


I think there is more, but I'm starting to become more concerned for the area around me. Since I work for a bigass corporation, I realize that all they care about is profit margins and people are just slaves to their system of things.
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Reply #3 posted 01/02/08 10:22pm

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horatio said:

I find that the locally owned organic store has way over priced their items that I could give to shits about trying to support them, its a rip-off.

When new places to eat open, I try them and typically find them mediocre at best. And when you try to give them feed back on what people are looking for, they dont want to hear it. Soon they sink their business into oblivion because they refuse to pay attention to detail.



I hear ya on the organic market. I understand a cartain amount of mark-up as they don't have the buying power of the big boxes, but alot of them over do it 'cause they are catering to a segment of population that they think does not care about price.

75% of new restaruants fail. Alot because the "chef" is so arrogant he thinks cause everyone thought he made a "wicked chili" he knows how to please the public. In a new restaruant, unfortunately, the customer IS always right.
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Reply #4 posted 01/02/08 10:45pm

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I do buy food in local restaurants, but I don't shop at local supermarkets. I go to Tesco Lotus superstores because they are the cheapest and can even afford to sell at below cost on occasions, be it legal or not. Thailand doesn't need mom and pop stores, it needs to sell its soul, in the short term, to big foreign companies and offer them tax breaks or whatever necessary to get their asses here.
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Reply #5 posted 01/03/08 7:02am

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One of the best ways you can support local establishments (beyond patronizing them, of course) is to pay cash for what you buy. That way, they are not forced to pay credit card fees, which erodes their profitability (and thus, their ability to stay in business).

I have a number of local stores I like to do business with (fabric stores, grocers, coffee shops, nail and hair salons, etc). And even though they accept credit cards, I pay cash at all of them. cool
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Reply #6 posted 01/03/08 7:08am

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I live in St Louis and I do my best to support Anheiser-Busch.
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Reply #7 posted 01/03/08 7:26am

Number23

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5. I recycle.


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.
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Reply #8 posted 01/03/08 7:29am

Imago

Number23 said:

AsianBomb777 said:



5. I recycle.


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.

lol lol lol


I also pass my drivers tests on the first try to limit the amount of greenhouse gases I pump into the atmosphere. hmph!
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Reply #9 posted 01/03/08 7:29am

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Number23 said:

AsianBomb777 said:



5. I recycle.


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.


falloff

the possibilities are endless.....
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Reply #10 posted 01/03/08 7:31am

Imago

jami0mckay said:

Number23 said:


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.


falloff

the possibilities are endless.....

lol lol lol lol



mods!!! Do NOT approve Jamie's new avvie!
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Reply #11 posted 01/03/08 7:32am

Number23

Imago said:

Number23 said:


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.

lol lol lol


I also pass my drivers tests on the first try to limit the amount of greenhouse gases I pump into the atmosphere. hmph!

I began blaming my subconcious after the second fail. Well, I say subconcious, I mean my absorbed twin.
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Reply #12 posted 01/03/08 7:32am

Number23

Third fail it was the 2000 dead alien souls in my bloodstream.
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Reply #13 posted 01/03/08 7:32am

Imago

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Imago said:


lol lol lol


I also pass my drivers tests on the first try to limit the amount of greenhouse gases I pump into the atmosphere. hmph!

I began blaming my subconcious after the second fail. Well, I say subconcious, I mean my absorbed twin.

falloff
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Reply #14 posted 01/03/08 7:33am

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Imago said:

jami0mckay said:



falloff

the possibilities are endless.....

lol lol lol lol



mods!!! Do NOT approve Jamie's new avvie!


its my third one today, I can't find one I like, I must have the 4th avvie itch...
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Reply #15 posted 01/03/08 7:34am

Number23

Fourth fail, my mama's barren flat titties.
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Reply #16 posted 01/03/08 7:35am

Number23

But I passed fifth time so I'm now in the process of repressing the memory of previous tests along with the image of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.
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Reply #17 posted 01/03/08 7:36am

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Number23 said:

But I passed fifth time so I'm now in the process of repressing the memory of previous tests along with the image of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.


you passed???? well done!!!! biggrin
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Reply #18 posted 01/03/08 7:37am

Number23

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Number23 said:

But I passed fifth time so I'm now in the process of repressing the memory of previous tests along with the image of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.


you passed???? well done!!!! biggrin

Only because I showed the examiner a picture of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.
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Reply #19 posted 01/03/08 7:39am

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Number23 said:

jami0mckay said:



you passed???? well done!!!! biggrin

Only because I showed the examiner a picture of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.


falloff

I think I can speak on behalf of the whole org when I say we would have done the same nod
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Reply #20 posted 01/03/08 7:40am

Number23

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Number23 said:


Only because I showed the examiner a picture of my granny masturbating to Lionel Blair.


falloff

I think I can speak on behalf of the whole org when I say we would have done the same nod

My your chosen deity bless you.
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Reply #21 posted 01/03/08 7:41am

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Number23 said:

AsianBomb777 said:



5. I recycle.


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.


I'm still trying to figure out how that supports local business.
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Reply #22 posted 01/03/08 7:43am

Number23

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Number23 said:


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.


I'm still trying to figure out how that supports local business.

Praying or recycling?
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Reply #23 posted 01/03/08 7:52am

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Number23 said:

Genesia said:



I'm still trying to figure out how that supports local business.

Praying or recycling?


Recycling. Well...praying, too...I guess. lol
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Reply #24 posted 01/03/08 7:57am

roodboi

no, I do not...I live in a small town that hasn't realized that it's not only local folks living here anymore...there's been alot of new people/families settle down here for cost of living reasons...I'd say 90% of the local merchants here haven't figured out that these non-locals aren't gonna py 25-75% more for things that they could buy elsewhere...
the days of "I'll buy it from Charlie because I know his family" are over...
we have a local television station here that in it's own way is very charming...it's not network affiliated or anything, it's simply homegrown programming....every year during our christmas parade, they've always set up at a park along the parade route...they have music, games, they tape the parade, etc...they always made it alot of fun...
this year our chamber of commerce wanted "attention" focused on our main street local shops and would not allow the tv station to do their usual set up...it was a bullshit move that backefired on their backwoods asses...
3 locally owned businesses closed for good last year...all had been here many years, two were around before I was born...all three had going out of business sales...all 3 adjusted their prices higher, in some cases as much as 50% higher than usual,before having their going out of business markdowns... confused

I can only speak for my lil' community, but most of the local merchants here will never see my money...
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Reply #25 posted 01/03/08 7:59am

Number23

Genesia said:

Number23 said:


Praying or recycling?


Recycling. Well...praying, too...I guess. lol

Maybe it's a local recycling business. Or a church/mosque/cinema.
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Reply #26 posted 01/03/08 7:59am

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yes I do. And as soon as there is a Sport Clips that is closer to my house I won't have a reason to go over the bridge lol
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Reply #27 posted 01/03/08 8:03am

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no, I do not...I live in a small town that hasn't realized that it's not only local folks living here anymore...there's been alot of new people/families settle down here for cost of living reasons...I'd say 90% of the local merchants here haven't figured out that these non-locals aren't gonna py 25-75% more for things that they could buy elsewhere...
the days of "I'll buy it from Charlie because I know his family" are over...
we have a local television station here that in it's own way is very charming...it's not network affiliated or anything, it's simply homegrown programming....every year during our christmas parade, they've always set up at a park along the parade route...they have music, games, they tape the parade, etc...they always made it alot of fun...
this year our chamber of commerce wanted "attention" focused on our main street local shops and would not allow the tv station to do their usual set up...it was a bullshit move that backefired on their backwoods asses...
3 locally owned businesses closed for good last year...all had been here many years, two were around before I was born...all three had going out of business sales...all 3 adjusted their prices higher, in some cases as much as 50% higher than usual,before having their going out of business markdowns... confused

I can only speak for my lil' community, but most of the local merchants here will never see my money...

Man, I wish I could write a big post like that without trying to crack a joke or even underlay some subtle irony or sarcasm.
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Reply #28 posted 01/03/08 8:04am

Imago

Genesia said:

Number23 said:


The new praying. Tops up pious self-satisfaction with sickly gratification and makes fuck all difference.


I'm still trying to figure out how that supports local business.

most recycling businesses are locally run or even county run here.
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Reply #29 posted 01/03/08 8:04am

roodboi

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roodboi said:

no, I do not...I live in a small town that hasn't realized that it's not only local folks living here anymore...there's been alot of new people/families settle down here for cost of living reasons...I'd say 90% of the local merchants here haven't figured out that these non-locals aren't gonna py 25-75% more for things that they could buy elsewhere...
the days of "I'll buy it from Charlie because I know his family" are over...
we have a local television station here that in it's own way is very charming...it's not network affiliated or anything, it's simply homegrown programming....every year during our christmas parade, they've always set up at a park along the parade route...they have music, games, they tape the parade, etc...they always made it alot of fun...
this year our chamber of commerce wanted "attention" focused on our main street local shops and would not allow the tv station to do their usual set up...it was a bullshit move that backefired on their backwoods asses...
3 locally owned businesses closed for good last year...all had been here many years, two were around before I was born...all three had going out of business sales...all 3 adjusted their prices higher, in some cases as much as 50% higher than usual,before having their going out of business markdowns... confused

I can only speak for my lil' community, but most of the local merchants here will never see my money...

Man, I wish I could write a big post like that without trying to crack a joke or even underlay some subtle irony or sarcasm.
smile


oh...all that...I was just bullshittin'...
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