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<blockquote data-quote="Shining Dragon" data-source="post: 2422065" data-attributes="member: 14189">A bricks-and-mortar store (most of the time) offers people the ability to browse the physical book before purchase. They have to pay for the space (convenient to customers thus costs more than a warehouse in the barrens) and have to pass on the costs to the customer via higher prices than an online store.The resource you used therefore is the space made available for you to browse. So using the space without compensating the owner for it, especially if you go and make your purchases elsewhere (online) due to lower prices, can be seen to be unethical. And have you ever considered what you'll do if the store goes out of business? It'd be hypocritical of you to complain if you never supported the store.Also I think you have a strange idea about returning damaged books. If its damaged during shipping then they can return it. But being damaged by the customers? If all damaged books are able to be returned then ultimately someone is going to pay the cost - usually the customers through increased prices (due to increased cost of doing business).I happen to be in the good position of being able to purchase online from my bricks-and-mortar store and save money - at the cost of waiting up to one week for the books to arrive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shining Dragon, post: 2422065, member: 14189"] A bricks-and-mortar store (most of the time) offers people the ability to browse the physical book before purchase. They have to pay for the space (convenient to customers thus costs more than a warehouse in the barrens) and have to pass on the costs to the customer via higher prices than an online store. The resource you used therefore is the space made available for you to browse. So using the space without compensating the owner for it, especially if you go and make your purchases elsewhere (online) due to lower prices, can be seen to be unethical. And have you ever considered what you'll do if the store goes out of business? It'd be hypocritical of you to complain if you never supported the store. Also I think you have a strange idea about returning damaged books. If its damaged during shipping then they can return it. But being damaged by the customers? If all damaged books are able to be returned then ultimately someone is going to pay the cost - usually the customers through increased prices (due to increased cost of doing business). I happen to be in the good position of being able to purchase online from my bricks-and-mortar store and save money - at the cost of waiting up to one week for the books to arrive. [/QUOTE]

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