[brandon272]

> I'm actually genuinely baffled to see geeks lining up for a Costco-like experience to get stuff that you can easily get online without needing to get into a car.

"Why go to a fine restaurant when you can just stick something in the microwave? Why go to the park and fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?" - Kramer, Seinfeld

[peteforde]

A big box electronics store is not a fine restaurant or a park. It's just a less-efficient way to purchase identical shrink-wrapped boxes that you should probably research extensively online before buying.

[brandon272]

Not everything needs to be completely efficient, experienced through a computer or mobile phone screen, nor does it need to be "researched extensively". Some people prefer the option of a tactile, in-person, sometimes social experience of browsing physical objects.