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i always buy monitors locally for a few reasons:
1) shipping - costs $$ to ship (obviously) but also it gives the shipping company another opportunity to kick it, drop it, throw it, dent it, smash it etc. (remember monitors ship like this: manuf --> container --> ship --> warehouse -->truck --> distributor -->warehouse --> truck --> reseller -->shipper --> truck --> my house...if i can cut one of those out of the loop you have 1 less chance of shipping error)
2) if its bad i have to reverse the process and its another 2-7 days w/o a shiny new monitor - local I drop it off and pick up a new one.
3) comparison - I like to SEE what I am getting. Reviews are one thing but if I don't like the way it looks I don't want it.
4) problems - I can stand in the store and pitch a fit to get it resolved if need be (especially effective when they are busy and you throw around phrases like "don't stand behind what you sell")
5) immediate gratification - like it, buy it, take it home
6) did i mention shipping? I have to make sure that I am(or someone is) there to sign for it and get it in the house before the box evolves from a brown cardboard box to a four legged mobile creature that decides the guy next door has a nicer house than mine.
7) selection - I can see the box and reject one that looks like it just came from the olympic monitor kicking finals.
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