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<blockquote data-quote="freebfrost" data-source="post: 2420602" data-attributes="member: 3713">Not the point I was making.&nbsp; My point is that Dristram was complaining because a customer was coming in to check out the product and then purchasing it elsewhere.To use your example, if Dealer A has the car I want at $5,000 less but has to order it since it is not currently on the lot, but Dealer B has the model I want and its available for a test drive, you can bet I'll go to Dealer B with no intention of purchasing the car to try the car.It's about trying the product, not the relative comforts or advantages of the store.Ever take a food sample at a grocery store without any intentions of buying the product?&nbsp; Same thing.If you are a merchant and feel that customers shouldn't be able to try the product, then take the advice given to wrap everything in shrinkwrap.&nbsp; But, as Mark said, you'll lose customers - personally I never shop at places that do this.&nbsp; As a consumer, I want to be able to try the product.&nbsp; If as a seller, you choose to stop me from checking it out because I may spend my money elsewhere - guess what, I'm already going to be spending it elsewhere.Finally, TheYeti1775 - which camp would I fall in?&nbsp; I buy books online from Amazon, but I also go to a FLGS where I get a substantial discount.&nbsp; Finally, I go to another FLGS where I pay full price.&nbsp; I buy from all three in fairly equal amounts...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="freebfrost, post: 2420602, member: 3713"] Not the point I was making. My point is that Dristram was complaining because a customer was coming in to check out the product and then purchasing it elsewhere. To use your example, if Dealer A has the car I want at $5,000 less but has to order it since it is not currently on the lot, but Dealer B has the model I want and its available for a test drive, you can bet I'll go to Dealer B with no intention of purchasing the car to try the car. It's about trying the [I]product[/I], not the relative comforts or advantages of the store. Ever take a food sample at a grocery store without any intentions of buying the product? Same thing. If you are a merchant and feel that customers shouldn't be able to try the product, then take the advice given to wrap everything in shrinkwrap. But, as Mark said, you'll lose customers - personally I never shop at places that do this. As a consumer, I want to be able to try the product. If as a seller, you choose to stop me from checking it out because I may spend my money elsewhere - guess what, I'm already going to be spending it elsewhere. Finally, TheYeti1775 - which camp would I fall in? I buy books online from Amazon, but I also go to a FLGS where I get a substantial discount. Finally, I go to another FLGS where I pay full price. I buy from all three in fairly equal amounts... ;) [/QUOTE]

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