One culprit may be the new location they moved to a couple of years ago. It's
a much nicer place and more ritzy. A store for the Hasselblad and Leica
crowd. It definitely had to rent for more than the old place did.
Steve Goss, Dallas Tx
Barry B. Bean wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:02:10 -0600, Samuel Morales wrote:
>
> >Hey Guys,
> >
> >Do you remember when I said about a year ago the effect ebay might have on
> >camera stores. I know I have mentioned this to a few of you on the list.
> >Whether it would drive the price of used stuff up or whatever.
> >
> >Today KEH of Dallas went out of business, I have not actually confirmed it
> >myself but heard it through the grapevine.
> <snip>
> >Could ebay be the culprit here?
>
> Competition could be the culprit, but there are a thousand other
> equally (or more) likely culprits.
>
> Some of these would include problems with management, labor,
> location, marketing, neighbors, personal issues, consumer demand,
> etc.
>
> Your conclusion seems premature.
>
> >I have heard that car dealers make most of
> >their money on trade-ins because they basically get your car for free or
> >next to nothing and auction it off for gravy.
>
> Overstated but true- how is that relevant?
>
> BBB
>
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