Well you are right in this case.But the first time you need something "locally"that you would have to drive a long ways to get,they rob you for it.Then you have to decide if its worth spending the money on gas or just buying it and taking the beating.I hate to tell you but you are 30 years too late.People quit taking the beating long ago.When I was trucking,if they wanted much more than what it was in Kansas City which is 100 miles away,I would just drive to Kansas City.I dont mind paying them a profit,but Im not going to be robbed either. The whole thing is greed.They dont want any competition so the big companies lie and cheat and steal to get all of it they can.They are the ones who put the mom and pops out back when there were a lot of them. Another thing is,back in the 1990s,trucking ,I made lots of money,now its not the same,the fuel company gets most of what truckers did get, and parts are higher,oil is higher, tires are higher ,and insurance is higher,but wages havent gone up.So nobody,if their business is like trucking,and I know it is,has the money to spend any more.When things are tight like this, that 10 dollars you save on something looks like gas to get you home or tomorrows lunch and supper if you are at home. Also that farmer that tried to pull that deal with somebody else wasnt the only problem you had,what about the"other" dealer?You needed to have a real long talk with him over that stuff.Greed and they will stab you in the back,and who knows,maybe his kids are hungry is why he did it.This is not how America is supposed to be and its way too late to start blaming us workers for the mom and pops trouble,we probably carried them a lot longer than we should have.Of course nobody wanted to hear about stuff like this 15,20 or 30 years ago.They were just going to change everything,and everybody got greedier and greedier.You did have lots of families living on and running farms of 200 acres.It would be a real meager living on 200 acres of poor land nowdays.Now they farm half of the county,and just like your story,they are out to save every penny they can.A lot of them wont even hire help hardly.I dont know if they cant afford it or they just want it all to themselves.Also you arent going to get guys to drive tractor trailers and big 4 wheel drive tractors for 7 dollars an hour either.Why would they.If you can drive a truck you can get 15 dollars or more an hour and do it on the way home about anywhere,from seeing the farmer who wants to pay crap wages.If you can run big machinery why not get into heavy equipment and make lots of money. So the people you are dealing with is a lot of the story here.Both sides are guilty,and its too late for them.The mom and pops have priced themselves out of business,little towns roll the sidewalks up at 5 pm and maybe half a day Saturday,When I was a kid everyplace was open until 9pm Saturday and some places were open Sunday.The town people quit caring and the farming community went somewhere else. Also about the first time a farmer comes to town and cant buy any nails,or steeples,or wire thats not 3 prices too high, or posts,or feed,what good is the town to him?He goes somewhere else and doesnt waste time at the worthless local store any more. Also why do these mom and pops have to be so high priced?Now this stuff is available at a cheap price,but the mom and pops cant buy it because they dont buy stuff a trailer load at a time. There are lots of ways it could all be fixed besides blaming the consumer.You have to remember the customer is always right,and if the customer aint buying what you offer,it might just be your fault.
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