Consumer Hell

Stores are on my hit list. Every retail store in existence has become a waste of time. If not all of them, then at least electronics ones. The Internets are taking over. The only time I ever even attempt to go to a store is when I want something immediately. Today was such a case. I wanted a SATA cable or two. Seeing that crappy vendor one had them online for cheap, I figured I would just stop at the store next time I was nearby. Tonight was that time.

Needless to say, I failed miserably. Or rather, crappy vendor one failed miserably. "We only have it online." Had I known, I'd have ordered it days ago and suffered the shipping costs. Now, alas, I benefit from neither the time with the cable nor the lack of shipping costs.

So, in tandem with Best Buy sucking and Circuit City (not that it was any particular gem) going under, retail electronic stores are dead. I'm not sure whether others are as well, but I'm wondering...