"Dee Flint" wrote:

Well you should have been kicked out of the bookstore. Most stores that I'm
familiar with will let you thumb through material but will NOT let you stand
there (or sit there) and read something.

The Barnes and Noble in my town actually provides chairs for you to
sit and read magazines and books. Many of the chairs are overstuffed.
I would say they have a different philosophy than your bookstores.

And I think B&N know what they are doing since I seldom leave there
without buying at least $30 worth. More if the XYL is along.

My QST boycott is purely personal satisfaction, not financial.

My local ham store once complained that I was looking too long at the
magazine rack. (It might have been a QST.) Over the years I had bought
several $1000 in ham rigs. Being shortsighted has cost them thousands
more in business since I still go there to look at the rigs, but now
do my buying online .

Again I vote with my wallet, because it makes *me* feel better. I
don't have any delusions that it really bothers the businesses.