Wow. How rude is that. Sorry, but I bet your local stores love to see you come in. How do shops benefit you? They pay taxes, and help to keep your taxes down (get rid of all your businesses in town and see what happens to your tax rate), they employ people (if the local people will support them and they can grow bigger), they keep local real estate rented or bought, so you don't end up with a lot of ugly empty buildings around. When you buy off the internet, esp. people who don't really have stores but sell from their homes, you are doing nothing to help your local economy.