@RickO posted:Only if the "hobbyshop regulars that never buy anything" move out of the way of the magazine rack. So a paying customer can grab a copy.
Rick, how does this apply to this thread?
Apparently from your perspective, it appears that magazine sales are being hindered primarily by people visiting stores who have nothing better to do than stand in front the rack that holds them. I take it you believe that the decline and fall of LHS's is due exclusively to "people who never buy anything" but enjoy visiting and clogging up the store, keeping real customers from browsing and buying, and taking valuable time away from the operators.
I think not. Overwhelmingly it's due to people who don't even come. Too easy to surf online and let the merchandise come to you, even if the associated shipping and handling cost eats you for lunch.
Can we move this instead to a thread that bemoans LHS closings? There's enough moaning hear already on the retirement of paper.
Mike
