Now, where do we shop? Sent from my iPad > On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Don Roberts <don.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Being close to Chicago, I used to run in and shop Calumet and Helix. Maybe they are both gone now. The best thing was being able to be hands on with a variety of items before you bought. Of course, you probably then went online and bought from a cheaper source. Transitional times for brick and mortar it seems. A friend who owns a local camera store is just squeaking by with a University with photo courses in town and giving great service. > Don > >> On 3/13/14, 1:24 PM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: >> I buy from brick and mortal stores, but because there aren't any near me I buy online. Some things I buy used from them, some things I buy used from eBay and sometimes it turns out the seller was a brick and mortar location. >> >> The other day I drove up to Boston for an hour's private coaching session on PS CS 6 RAW converter at Levine's. Last fall I stopped in there to get the full, hands-on lowdown on tools for improving DSLR video. I was unwilling to purchase anything at that time, but brick and mortar stores a really valuable for that sort of shopping. >> >> It is interesting to me that my online searches for products over the last 15 years have never led me to Calumet. >
