Borklog: One entry

3 January 2001

One of the things I grumble about (I seem to do a lot of that) is the homoginization of America, due to huge giant mega chain stores like Wal-Mart (which drive out small businesses such as local grocery stores and local hardware stores) and Barnes N Ignoble, which make life very difficult for local book stores. I try to shop local when I can, as well as go to local restaurants when eating out rather than the big chains.
One of the Nice Things about the internet economy is that small speciality mom-n-pop stores have a chance again at survival. Take TwistemUp.com. They make a balloon twister's apron with just about every convenience feature you can think of. I'm going to be making balloons for the Kiski Valley Community Band party on tuesday. After placing an order for an apron, I asked them if they could expidite the order. Not only did the head of the company resond, but they could juggle the order, get it shipped out tonight, and to me by saturday. Most large companies I've dealt with (both in person and online) would have laughed, taken two days to respond to email, or charged extra.

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