Have Forums Replaced Salesmanship ?

[Colonel Kurtz]

People still go to shops to ask the shopkeep since the internet and people used to ask impartial enthusiasts for advice before the internet. In my mind it's just a new medium and still very similar behaviour.

As for kids; is all down to how much an adult offsets their parental duties to electronic entertainment, but same shit happened before the internet, kids just got ignored without an easy electronic babysitter to fill the gap.

When I was a kid we blew our money on shite like football stickers and other collectables (pogs etc). these days it's micro transactions in computer games.

 

[Sitting Duck]

Very true comments but like I said the kids of today seem to be taught stuff like coding

but less actual hands on practical common sense stuff

The woodwork lesson - now they got computer laser cutters to do all fancy stuff for them

Where as if I wanted to that I had to go really careful for yonks by hand

We had to learn how to fit a plug - not that hard but now it all comes fitted

We had to fix our bikes puncture etc - all stuff that I really think helped later on in life

Some shops are brilliant but most are not with their customer service...

Majority of shops are now replaced by the bigger chain of shops, they often employ the younger people of today

But a classic 'ol school type of shop that has been going for yonks...

The owner is probably still serving behind the counter, has decades of wisdom (sorry kids they don't teach this at uni)

and thoroughly prides himself on his service as well as products he sells

I could go on - but places like PC World are a joke to me, kids still wet behind the ears, know jack $hit except what colour that laptop comes in

(soz to any PC World workers - just a very rough generalise of my experiences a while back and haven't been back for ages now)

Forums and people trying to do their homework is very very important - at least "try" to search/research some stuff

but many many people prefer to be spoon fed or ar$e wiped for them but by that they gain very little

they are just in effect buying what they are told to buy