ORIGINAL: Matthew V. (An outdoorsman)
Hey Guys. I was wondering, when you go to buy to equipment do you usually purchase from the big superstores like Cabela's or do you support the small local stores and shops? I am doing a persuasive essay on it in school so any help would be great. Just need reasons to support the small shops. I personally like to support the shops because they are very knowledgeable in helping with whatever I'm looking at and they need to make a good living too.
Where do you normally buy from?
Are you trying to persuade people to shop at the local store by appealing to your readers sense of charity oris your approach tosuggest that the small shop actually offers more value for the dollar than the super store even though the small guy is likely to be more expensive? Maybe it's both but, for what it's worth, IMO it would be important to keep the two very different arguments in mind when you write your paper.
Personally, I feel no sense of obligation to include charity in my decision making process regarding where I purchase anything. I will buy wherever I believe I get the biggest bang for the buck and I will donate charitably wherever I feel that money will be best used as well andI should add that local businessmen don't even make my listfor consideration.
In practice this means that sometimes I'm willing to pay a bit more at the local shop because I feel the service that goes with it is enough better than the super store's very impersonal service that I believe it's worth it. If all else is equal, I will buy the product whereverI get the best price.
Good luck with your paper.