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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Browsing the Hallmark store today over lunch to get my wife a Valentine's Day card, I wondered how many people in KC would not purchase a Hallmark product even if it was more expensive. I'm sure my limited spending won't make much of a difference, but I nearly always buy local if I can. I will buy Hallmark, eat at Applebee's over Chilis (even though it sucks), buy a Garmin GPS and use Sprint cellphone service.
Others might disagree. I have a good friend who works at Sprint. He said it's a known fact inside the company that their marketshare here in KC ("share of decisions") is no greater or worse than their national average. So people in KC won't bother supporting Sprint which is a huge economic engine here. I think that's crazy. I assume the same studies would bear out for Hallmark or Garmin.
Anyway, just wanted to get your thoughts on this.
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I do outside of Applebee's. Can't do it. Sucks too bad.
Basically I try to give any local company the benefit of the doubt until they prove to be a pile of hot garbage such as Applebee's.
Then again in that area I like BBQ anyway so I'm always supporting local!