Recesson Hit Our Hobby?

[raptorrex]

not bush's fault. : ).

Really

not bush's fault. : ).

Bush can't be held responsible for not getting the right change off the ice cream man he really is thick as pig doodah. In fact, he has only ever failed at everything from school to air force pilot(?) to president. It is the people behind the 'charming' puppet you gotta look at I am afraid.

lol, spoken like a true Englishman. lol. its odd to find that the view of an ex president, is shared across the pond.

I feel its sad. but, like any other business, it runs in cycles. we (the west) have had a period of, unsustainable, growth and prosperity (well the very wealthy have). now times are harder, there is bound to be a clear out. unfortunately this means some of us will loose our local shops. but, as i read this forum, its not hard to see the pressures that these businesses take. people too lazy to travel to shops. preferring to sit on their backsides, and wait for the postman. yet these people seem surprised when their local LFS goes bust!
like shelagh, i am a proponent of using REAL shop. now, perhaps more than ever, they need our support. if we dont, all we will have left are, faceless internet sites, with the attendant dangers of fraud and duplicity. and we will only have ourselves to blame.

 

[dave_oddballs]

its true, we do only have our selves to blame, (as a nation not a singleton!)
im probably the best customer of my lfs so no problems there.
i was upset to hear about bas's problems, although not local now, its my hometown and have been visiting since i was 8 years old, although i visited only about 8 times a year i would miss it, a lot!
im quite lucky as far as my lfs goes as most fish he sells are about half the price i see anywhere else! and i get to check out his wholesalers order list every sunday so if i see anything i like i order it, even if he wouldn't of got it in otherwise.
it is a shame, and after the country, and world, pull through the recession lets just hope the people with the cash re-open some aquarist shops!

Dave