Comments on: Local Is So Hot Right Now

By: CSD Snowflake

CSD Snowflake — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:16:53 +0000

It’s a wasteful vice for sure. But less damaging to others than the most addictions.

By: CSD Snowflake

CSD Snowflake — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:15:41 +0000

Oh, dear. The owner, Ivy, had channeled right into my brain and soul and picked exactly my style of books. I guess my preferences aren’t all that generalizable to others. No wonder Ivy had to sell the place. The current Cafe Cliche only channels my cupcake and latte preferences–hopefully that won’t hurt them.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:10:49 +0000

How DARE you visit ‘the big bookstore chains’ KOBP? It’s people like you that drove Wordsmith out of business and ruined downtown Decatur.

(Not sure if Decatur-themed satire comes across in this medium very well, but hope you got it). On a more seriouis note, great point about the consistency principal and the fact that, at the end of the day, most conusmers are of the ‘casual’ variety. We hear so much from the die-hards that we lose track that most folks just don’t want to spend too much time or effort thinking about their purchase decisions.

By: SAACJack

SAACJack — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:15:31 +0000

After reading this thread, all I can say is wow…

oh, and also: I am sure glad I simply order custom blend from Community Coffe in Louisiana, have them deliver to my door, and I make my own friggin’ coffee!

Paying for those fancy coffees/latte’s/ etc. etc. is just nuts in my very humble opinion.

By: Freakonomic

Freakonomic — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:18:40 +0000

Thank you DM. Back to Sugarland/walmart for a sec. Though many on this blog look at
Sugarland’s decision to sell exclusively to Walmart as being free market economics 101. Why not go for the money. Hardly. That’s not America. Sugarland selling their CD to any store which wants to stock it is more the free market America I love. Walmart would have stocked reguardless. So would the independents that got Sugarland their start. Sugarland is not a starving artist act. They have sold 7 million records. They are fine people, but nice people get bad advice all the time. An exclusive deal with Walmart is closer to Sopranos economics than free market economics. I just don’t get why so many middle class people ally themselves with and defend the rights of multinational corporations. Our goverment gives big corporations plenty of welfare through their lobbying efforts. Decatur CD can’t afford to lobby congress to get the rules of commerce written in it’s favor. Walmart can.