I seek things online often because I can find better products from specialty online retailers and I'm willing to pay a premium to get them. Traditional retail

I seek things online often because I can find better products from specialty online retailers and I'm willing to pay a premium to get them. Traditional retail stores sell almost exclusively from the low end of the catalog; the low price, disposable SKUs. If it were possible to find Engineer brand tools at Home Depot or Keysight instruments at RadioShack or professional grade Addonics peripherals at Best Buy (the very sort of durable, non-disposable products you have prescribed for us all) I'd shop there, but they can't afford to stock their shelves with such things. I don't believe the caricatures you've populated your mind with -- thoughtless consumers obliviously smashing the "Buy Now" button -- represent reality. There certainly are reckless people pissing away excessive disposable income, but most people put a lot of thought into their purchases and are not in need of your high wisdom and discipline.