Recent content by BlackBetty

Agreed, following economic laws in a textbook, S/D is not the same as gouging. However, we all know what can happen in real world economics, especially in markets where the consumer (and retailers) have little knowledge on the actual supply and demand. My point was that if hops sell out too...

tsk tsk.. We have maximums on a few varities of hops in our homebrew shop, however if someone needs them for a recipe, we'll gladly sell them. The purpose of quotas is to prevent one customer from buying all the hops in a weeks time to shove in their freezer, and then brag on HBT that they...

You hit the nail on the head with that comment. If you measure success by money made at the end of the day. But is it the chicken before the egg? Home brew store opens up, customers come in initially, customers leave to save money online, home brew store opens online store front to make some...

I've dealt with multitudes of folks who say almost word for word what is said above. Fact is, you cannot say you support local business and then turn around and say you hope LHBS's go the way of local bookstores and other small businesses - that doesn't make good sense... Off topic, a huge...

I respectfully will agree to disagree with you as well. Some business owners do not have the best store locations that allow for low rent, electric (most electric co. charge extra 20% for biz locations as do phone/internet providers unless you sign long term contracts) and other overheads. In...

From working in a LHBS for 6 years, I can understand the thought process behind the response from Brewmart - however he could have worded it a lot differently and get the same point across. Ultimately, fully supporting your local guy will give you better products down the road, as we do spend...