Ndill wrote:I usually agree with what I have read you post in the past but I am not in total agreement with this. Yes, he does have the business and himself to look out for. At what point though is a service business become a self serving business while you have a limited and controlled product that people want?
It really comes down to civil rights. My far-left leaning mother taught me that my rights end where another person's begin. That's about the only thing we agree on.
With that in mind, I see no right to anything by a consumer until that person has actually completed a mutially agreeable transaction. Consider it a property rights issue. As long as one's use of their property doesn't cause harm to another, then their rights reign.
That's not to say that I wouldn't be pissed if I couldn't obtain something I desired due to unfavorable conditions. But, you're going to have a hard time making a case you were "harmed" because someone will sell you 98.5% of his inventory, but reserves the other 1.5% for his best customers.
As far as a business becoming self-serving. If the point comes where the customer's feel that way, then that situation will take care of itself.
All that being said, my shpo's protect me. I can usually get hard to find Fuente product at MSRP. If there is something you want, I'd be glad to pick it up and send it your way. IIRC one of the B&M's I frequent has Anejo's in stock, the other one has Anejo's and xXx Belicoso's in stock. One even has an unopened box of sungrown 8-9-8's. But, I think the manager is hoarding that for herself.