“Us small businesses in town are struggling because people aren’t supporting us as they should.” People needed to understand the money they spent at big box retailers in Southland was often not staying local, it was ending up overseas, he said. His Donald Buckley stores provided “top end” service and used “quality paper” to print photos on, but it was unable to compete on price with the big box retailers who bought printing paper in bulk, he said. “They [customers] probably think we are too dear but you are actually buying quality.” The work at the Donald Buckley stores included photographic retail, restoration, framing and the printing of images from devices such as Iphones and Ipads, while it was understood to be one of the last outfits in the south still developing camera film.