Question

You receive an e-mail from a consumer-advocacy group asking you to write to a large bookstore. In it, you are to complain about its habit of running local bookstores out of business by selling books for less. Would you send an e-mail like this? Why or why not?

Answer 1

I would suggest that it is not appropriate to send an email like this. The large bookstore has the right to sell books for less if it is part of their business strategy. Furthermore, it is not fair to blame a business for the failure of other local bookstores. Instead, consumers can choose to support local businesses and bookstores to keep them thriving.