“Hamazon”, Localism Link Love
We know lots of people use a big internet company that rhymes with Hamazon.
We used to frequent it, as well. Lots of inventory, low prices…
But we started thinking: at what cost? We tried asking local, independent stores if they could order some of the required reading (or whatever) we needed, and were delightfully surprised that most of the time, the store could.
And at a lower price–or if it wasn’t a lower price, it wasn’t much more than Hamazon, and the money we spent stayed local.
That’s a benefit Hamazon can’t offer.
Here is an interesting infographic to consider the next time you’re tempted to order from Hamazon.
Via.
And now for some links not Hamazon related:
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In a new survey by the APA (cool infographic in this link), Americans ranked locally owned businesses as the top feature needed to make an ideal community.
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Employees of a shuttered Borders Books have opened their own independent bookstore
- The number of independent bookstores increased for the third year in a row!
- Are Lightly Regulated States Really More Friendly to Small Businesses?
Thanks for this post, Indie. I HATE AMAZON! They are so gluttonous, and worst of all, have no interest in BOOKS. Buy LOCAL. OR at least small (Powells books for instance, but better yet- go to wild iris or otter and trout, etc.) The only good thing Amazon does is keep the local post office up and running- a good thing.
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