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To: Morgana

Time to go back to Service Merchandise model of shopping. One item for review, you pay, then you get your purchase.


4 posted on 04/24/2023 7:19:13 AM PDT by ibheath
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To: ibheath

The old time general storevwheryou tell the clerk what you want and he fetches it. Nowadays, from behind a bulletproof barrier...


9 posted on 04/24/2023 7:23:38 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: ibheath

“Time to go back to Service Merchandise model of shopping. One item for review, you pay, then you get your purchase.”

the other option is membership card shopping, perhaps in some cases store entry is through a double-ended mantrap activated with membership card and associated retinal scans ...


54 posted on 04/24/2023 11:55:34 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: ibheath

I was reading some story on the first use of shopping carts. Seems back in the old days you would call ahead with your order and the store would fill it and have it ready for you when you came in.

The first store to use carts had to give the folks a big discount in order for the customers to want to put in the effort to walk the store and find the products.


57 posted on 04/24/2023 1:03:01 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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