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The problem is, for every hour that a customer is being convinced, a staff member is being payed. This works for Apple, as they have ridiculous profit margins, and huge numbers of prospective customers.

This doesn't work for RPi if they want to sell at the online rate, unless they have huge positive conversion on add-ons and up-sells.

I presume the people running the store have calculated these prospective rates and have determined them to be likely enough to open the store, but time will tell.

I wish them all the luck in the world!