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> In the US, we have the Committee To End Pay Toilets In America to thank for this state of affairs. We really have amazon to thank. Major book sellers ( Barne
by linearrust 2y ago
> In the US, we have the Committee To End Pay Toilets In America to thank for this state of affairs.
We really have amazon to thank. Major book sellers ( Barnes and Nobles, Borders, Waldenbooks, etc ) were a major source of clean bathrooms. If you needed to use a bathroom, you could visit a bookstore, use the bathroom, browse for some books you might like to buy and go home and order it on amazon tax-free that night. Unfortunately, amazon did to bookstores what the asteroid did to dinosaurs and we are all worse off for it.
- FireBeyond 2y agoSounds like we have you to thank, using your strange version of logic. Bookstores struggled not just because of Amazon but because they insisted on selling everything at full MSRP, so just like you, people went and bought it for 30% less on Amazon because they were willing to have smaller margins (and it's not like BN and Borders didn't have the buying volume across all their stores).
- ErikBjare 2y agoWhat a strange take