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Originally Posted by jdulej
IMO these types of stores harm the neighborhoods they are built in by putting local businesses out of business and pushing disposable junk made in China by companies with no moral or ethical guidelines beyond "make it fast, make it cheap".
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History is interesting. At one time England was the place to buy quality tools. Planes, if you've ever used an old English plane they are far better and were far more expensive
then the CHEAP, Stanley, actually invented by Bailey who was bought out by Stanley planes. Today the Stanley planes have been knocked off by lower quality from China and India.
The small neighborhood retail store is gone. They cannot compete in price with on line monsters with free shipping, next day delivery, and lower pricing.