Nonsense.
I am an Amazon Prime member; I can buy nearly anything I want online and have it at my house in twenty-four hours. I broke the handle on my dryer last year, researched the price, and the only place selling it was Amazon. Everything is cheap too.
I need new office chairs so I've been looking into that. I found chairs I like (P
orthos Home Rylan Office Chair), and the prices are all pretty much the same on the Internet.
The traditional retailer like Sears is dead. In case you haven't noticed, they are transforming our malls into "entertainment centers" with lots of restaurants.