Back in the 80's recession I was working in a Convenience Store/Gas Station (because the was the only type of job I could find at the time, in SE Michigan were really bad), the first snow of the year I moved the most expensive snow brushes up buy the register and asked everyone if they had a snow brush. When those were gone I moved the next cheaper ones up there, then the next, and then the cheapest. I sold every snow brush in the store in about 4 hours. Now those all had about a 500% markup on them so we made quite a bit of money off them. What did my boss, the store manager, say? "Those were supposed to last all winter. Now I have to order more." Sometimes it is not the the line employees who cause the problems in the stores.
BTW that was in '81, so this is not a new problem at all. --graywolf Malcolm Smith wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Kinda shoots down that whole "support small local shops >> instead of buying from the big Internet retailers" argument, >> doesn't it? >> :( > > I've more or less given up with small shops. Getting Pentax products locally > has been a pain for a number of years anyway, but the last couple of visits > to a shop were ruined by the staff trying to sell me what they want shot of. > Some are stunned you want to examine the goods before paying up. At this > point, the shop has outlived it's usefulness in the consumer buying chain. > > If you know what you want, you can compare prices and have the item > delivered to your door without leaving the house. Sometimes these small > shops are their own worst enemy. > > Malcolm > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
