All things being equal it's obviously better to line the pockets of a local as they are spending in your community, growing your own local economy, which will benefit you in the end. I've built plenty of houses and sold pool tables to people I've bought products from - I don't think I've ever had the Wal-Mart family members call me up to build them a house.
That being said I own a Rootdown, not a Surface. In my case the extra $$ would have meant not buying a new frame at all. I may not have sent any money to DeKerf but the boys in Whistler still got some coins to spend in my home province. If I bought a Cannondale or something the $$ would have just gone to some random shareholders who are just as likely to live in England as they are to live around the corner from me.
Oct. 10, 2017, 1:52 p.m. - tashi
All things being equal it's obviously better to line the pockets of a local as they are spending in your community, growing your own local economy, which will benefit you in the end. I've built plenty of houses and sold pool tables to people I've bought products from - I don't think I've ever had the Wal-Mart family members call me up to build them a house. That being said I own a Rootdown, not a Surface. In my case the extra $$ would have meant not buying a new frame at all. I may not have sent any money to DeKerf but the boys in Whistler still got some coins to spend in my home province. If I bought a Cannondale or something the $$ would have just gone to some random shareholders who are just as likely to live in England as they are to live around the corner from me.