I'm not going to judge you on using an online proshop, but let me ask a question. It is getting harder and harder for brick and mortor shops (pro shops and stores in other industries) to the point where many are closing their doors. Well, what do you do when you absolutley have to have something done "right now" and there is no shop to go to? Sure, you can blame the owners for poor business practices, which cause them to lose money, but a small shop simply can't compete on cost with an online shop...the volume discounts given to online stores is almost unfathomable. And then (I know, I said one question), what happens when all the brick and mortor competition is gone, could prices possibly <read definatley> go up?
I dread the day that I can't go into my local pro shop to buy a ball, get some advice, or just shoot the "stuff" (I can't even come close to putting a dollar value on the service side of things I've received over the years that I was never charged for), and I'm afraid that's the direction things are going. That's why a lot of people are so anti online pro shop.
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