QuantumBooks Waltham is closed

[Paul Lussier]

"Steven W. Orr" <steveo at syslang.net> writes:

> I just bought a bunch of books from Amazon. I used to buy from bookpool 
> but they charge shipping which effectively eliminates them from the 
> competition. I see *no* reason to go to a local bookstore to buy since 
> their prices don't even try to compete. It's not a long-term good thing 
> for the B+Ms but price is important to me. There are a lot of 'net bizs 
> out there that I won't buy from because of the kwazy shipping costs. So I 
> guess the cost is much more frequently important than the ability to 
> physically browse.

Price is important to me too, but B&Ms, especially M&Ps like SoftPro
and Quantum offer me substantially better personalized service than
any of the on-lines do.  I'm willing to pay a little more to help keep
them around rather than give my money to a company which doesn't
really need it.

Amazon doesn't care about me, Quantum/SoftPro does.

I feel the same about shopping at Wal*Mart and Home Depot.  I only
shop there when quality doesn't matter and there isn't an M&P nearby
likely to carry the item.

Quantum will special order anything I ask for, and reality-browsing is
more fun.
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Seeya,
Paul
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