Forty years ago, a car needed an overhaul at 100K miles and there was a mechanic at just about every gas station. Why isn't there a mechanic at ever gas station today? Because the cars last longer, even if they are a lot more complicated. As far as the mom-and-pop dealers, corporate doesn't want that. Remember just a few years ago when GM and Chrysler closed down all those dealerships? John Q. Public didn't want them closed and even the owners filed lawsuits to keep them open. Usually, it didn't help and they were closed down anyway. True story: A couple of years ago, there was a Carquest parts dealer nearby. This place was what you call a genuine mom-and-pop parts store as the owner worked there and nobody else. In other words, the owner was the only person behind the counter. One day a couple of corporate suits came in and told him that he needed to update his computerized ordering system. He told that that it worked just fine and that he wouldn't and couldn't afford to do it. They next told him that he needed to sell CARQUEST starters instead of the independent brand that he was selling. He told them that he used to sell Carquest starters, had way too many returns and warranty work and that's why he didn't and wouldn't sell them. The corporate boys left. About a week later, he gets an official letter from Carquest telling him that in 30 days they were going to drop him from the parts chain supplier. (It's not that he's too far away from the Carquest warehouse, as the Carquest supply truck still drives by his store at 2:00AM, it just no longer stops there) He gets on the phone and is now an AC Delco auto parts supply store and he couldn't be happier. My point to all the rambling is that the customer is not always the final decision maker in the downsizing of rural America. Remember when Vise-Grips was made in Dewitt, Nebraska? The public didn't decide to move operations to China, the owners did.
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