[tomjen3]

That is silly.

The store makes it free to see the items and so forth because they believe the customers are more likely to buy then.

Nobody is free-riding anything here. The offer is to view the merc for free. The offer is taken. That is the end of it.

If the stores don't make money this way they will have to change. Maybe they should charge for shoppers who don't buy anything, mayby they should charge for people coming in the door (like a museum or a zoo or a gallary of modern art).

There is no free-riding here.

And please in the future don't use such loaded terms. It does generally not lead to an improved debate and will make some here (me at least) suspect you of astro-turfing.