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>Somewhat also applies to buying your stuff mostly on Amazon, hurting your local business.

What if you can't afford to buy real estate in your local community, and don't own any stake in any local businesses? How does spending more money, and driving 20+ minutes, enrich your experience in any way?

>>spaced+(OP)
I wrote that from the customers perspective, though. If the shop is too far away to be comfortable to reach (20mins in your example, mileage my vary), there are usually options to get it sent to your house.

Yes, you need to make a new account probably, but that's just minutes, and only in case you are shopping there for the first time.

I had a talk with someone about that, and he was like, "Well I'd had to open 1-2 accounts every week at various shops and completely loose control over it". But I think the true problem in this case is a different one.