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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/15/2012 03:14 PM, Scott Plante
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">We
order enough computer and other stuff that I got the company to
pay for Amazon Prime, which gives me free 2-day shipping. I
found I'd usually procrastinate at least 2 days going to a
brick-and-mortar store unless it's an emergency anyway--even one
on the way to or from work :-) The nice thing is I still get the
free shipping on my personal Amazon orders too because it's tied
to the account, not the business.
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<div>We do sometimes buy from local stores like GIM Computers
even when it's not strictly necessary, though. It'd be a shame
for the handy, reasonably well stocked and reasonably priced
store to go out of business because sometimes you really need
to go and get that drive or memory right now! <br>
<br>
Scott<br>
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The real problem for brick & mortar is similar to what Wal-mart
did to many small town retailers. They must adapt or die, do they
provide me with a good reason to visit them and to buy from them? If
not then they will fade away. Also, fewer brick & mortars will
be needed to cover the same geographical area so it is very critical
to adapt. <br>
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</b>"Jay Lozier" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com"><jslozier@gmail.com></a><br>
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<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:09:02 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Google Nexus Table 16 GB<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/15/2012 12:44 PM, Brian
Stanaland wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAFc0yP1HRPQ3TwbZPtiJVtzHHYgNWfijXWsW0AN+44u5kymuNw@mail.gmail.com">Certain
kinds of retail will be fine. Specialty (aimed at
teenagers who can't stand having 20 bucks in their pocket)
clothing lines at the mall. Some Mom and Pop shops if
they're in the right place. Regardless, it doesn't pay to
be an electonics retailer right now. Amazon (anything
under the sun) and Walmart (sometimes questionable quality
but take it home now) take the bulk of those. If you can
make yourself stand out with service you'll be ok. Not
many stores care to even try though. I think Fry's does
well because you can't get capacitors and such from Radio
Shack anymore. <br>
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Retail is changing. Online retailers are very similar to
catalog sales of yesterday. You can see a picture, read a
description, etc. but can not handle/try on. This works
extremely well for a many types of products but not all or
if you need specific information. One major difference is
that store inventory is immediate pickup while online
requires at least 1 day delivery which can get pricey. The
other major difference is that online operations can have
more types of items in inventory than a store could ever
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:48 AM,
Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a
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retail is dying a slow death. With the advent of
Amazon same day<br>
delivery, more big-box retail will be pick up places
for online<br>
orders. Walmart.com has stuff at better discounts than
same item in<br>
store. But you can get it delivered to the store for
free. It's not<br>
assembled from store inventory and put aside for you
like Microcenter<br>
in-store pickup.<br>
<br>
Pity the kids in school who think they can work at the
mall and earn<br>
enough to move out of parents house.<br>
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> On 08/15/2012 10:11 AM, david w. millians
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>> On 8/14/2012 4:19 PM, Michael Campbell
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>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM,
Lightner, Jeff <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>>>> Why is it every time you go to a
store these days they tell you “we can<br>
>>>> order that for you” rather than
keeping things in stock?<br>
>>> Because inventory is a liability.<br>
>> Apparently, they haven't realized the
loss of customers is also a liability.<br>
> +1 - loss of customers liability >>
inventory liability<br>
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