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Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

I used to be a regular customer at Best Buy, but I stopped going when instead of having anything in stock, it became "You can go to our website." No, if I'm going to shop online, I'll find somewhere cheaper. I'm in your store because I want to take it home now, not go home and order it from you.

The BB I used to go to had been crammed with aisles and aisles of merchandise. Now, on the rare occasions when I do return, it's just vast opens areas.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2017 21:42

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 03:54

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Haifisch posted:

Don't forget the grocery store or chain pharmacy acting as the anchor.

And the mattress store that will open, have a going a business sale three months later, then replaced by another mattress store (probably run by the same owners).

# ¿ Jul 16, 2017 00:51

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

JnnyThndrs posted:

That's why McDonalds continues to fumble and bumble its way along, trying to go upscale and endlessly failing.

Heh. Just saw an ad where McDonald's is advertising that they'll now bring the food to your table when you dine in with them.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2017 14:11

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

I love Funko Pops because they piss people off so much.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2017 14:37

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Yeah that's more of a post-wrestling look for him. He has a salt & pepper goatee in the recent video where he invites a hero kid out to his movie set to eat candy with him.

I don't understand what's going on with Funko Rock's shoes, either. What's that extra strap supposed to be?

It's not an extra strap; Rock always wore these weird rear end boots that had the calves cut out.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2017 23:52

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

ReidRansom posted:

There almost certainly were.

I remember McDonald's licensed Legos when I was a wean back in the early 80s. Like it was a build your own McDonald's Lego kit or something, not from a happy meal, which was still a relatively new invention at the time and didn't come with anything as cool as Legos.

e: digging around, I see they used to do a lot of stuff with actual companies. Exxon gas stations, Shell Oil trucks, Viking and Maersk ships, various real airlines, etc. Though I can't find the McDonald's I remember so clearly.

McDonald's Legos are different than Star Wars Legos. As a kid, my cousin and I would have killed for Star Wars and Superhero Legos.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2017 04:53

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

When I was a kid Toys R Us was some sort of mythical place, the only stores at the time being on the other side of town, and my parents weren't going to spend a weekend trying an hour to a toy store. So my toy shops were the toy sections of Gold Circle, Woolworths, drug stores, and when we went to the mall, the toy sections at Lazarus, JC Penny, Sears, Service Merchandise, and the standard Kay Bee store.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2017 22:41

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Professor Shark posted:

I once saw a woman drinking coffee cream at a Walmart, she was everything you're imagining right now.

It's hard to have faith in humanity.

Jim Gaffigan has a bit where he saw a guy in Kmart drinking KFC gravy

# ¿ Dec 2, 2017 16:40

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

prom candy posted:

Went to EBGames in the mall today, grabbed BotW off the shelf, waited in line, handed it to the clerk and she told me "we don't have this in stock." I was only there because I happened to be at the mall but yeah, store was a mess and they sure had a ton of funcopops. I'm just going to get botw off Amazon.

Went to Gamestop to buy a game for my nephew for X-mas. I picked a new game, went to check out, and they pulled the disc out from the behind the counter and put it in the case. I told them I wanted a new game, and they said they had to take the disc out to display the empty case.

I didn't buy it. Call me crazy, but to me, "new" means "unopened". Especially for a gift.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2017 18:29

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Sir Lemming posted:

Walmart/Target killed Toys R Us more than anything else. How many parents (increasingly, both of whom have full-time jobs) would ever go to a toys-only store when they could just grab something while they're also shopping for clothes and shampoo and whatever? It's like the aforementioned toy aisle at Walgreens except not garbage.

I mean obviously this is no major revelation, it's the same reason everything else is dying. But compared to something like Best Buy, a toy store has it a hundred times worse because it exclusively sells stuff that working adults mostly don't enjoy buying. They tried to fight this with an increasing number of exclusives. But Netflix they ain't.

(imagine an infinite orouboros of asterisks after "mostly" to cover bronies and such)

When I grew up, stores like Lazarus, JC Penny, and Sears had dedicated toy sections, but over the years they phased those out.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2018 16:56

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Krispy Wafer posted:

Have toy sales declined at all due to phones and tablets? I see a lot more kids playing on their mom's phone or an Amazon Fire tablet than physical toys these days. That kind of decline might not impact Target, but it's definitely going to hurt the company whose only job is selling toys.

Just a real world example, we probably spent over $400 on Leapfrog books/readers and their fake GameBoys/cartridges over a 5 year span. That can all be accomplished with a $50 Amazon tablet and about $50 in apps now.

This is purely anecdotal, but I think so. I've a nephew, and I've friends who have children, and they don't want things like action figures or even LEGO, they just want video games.

Makes this guy sad. Growing up, I always had more fun playing with Star Wars toys or G.I. Joes than I ever had playing a video game.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2018 17:26

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

FlamingLiberal posted:

Japan is loving weird

Meanwhile, on Sister Wives ...

# ¿ Jun 2, 2018 16:32

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Krispy Wafer posted:

The difference is no one watches Sister Wives wishing they could be Cody�s 5th.

You hope no one does

# ¿ Jun 2, 2018 19:22

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

I usually shop at Giant Eagle, and prefer to use the self checkout, so I can bag my own groceries. Because if I let them do it:

a) They'll literally put 2 items per bag, regardless of what it is (I don't need 3 bags for 6 cans of cat food)
or
b) They don't bag half the stuff. (Why yes, I want to make 15 trips from the car to the house)

# ¿ Jun 16, 2018 10:06

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

I still don't know my sleep number

# ¿ Aug 12, 2018 19:26

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Similar experience here. I moved into my first rental house after crappy dorm/apartment life in November 2007, and was so excited to finally have in-house laundry hookups. I waited a couple weeks to take advantage of Black Friday sales before buying a washer/dryer, and Sears had the best deal. Got up bright and early, placed my order online, should have my shiny new Kenmores delivered and installed the following Tuesday. Yay, no more trudging through the snow with laundry bags!

I got them in JANUARY. Out of stock, finally the online invoice said shipped, shipment supposedly went to the wrong house, and then oops, sorry, we're still out of stock. Even when that truck finally rolled up to my house, the delivery/installer dude couldn't finish the job because one of my pipes had some slightly stripped threads.
Guy: "You can seal that off with plumbers tape."
Me: "Ok, cool." I stand there waiting for him to get some from his toolbox.
Guy: ".... Oh, I don't have any. You can get it at Home Depot or Lowes."

So after waiting over a month for my w/d, I had to finish the installation on my own time and dime. You best believe I called and escalated up the chain until they refunded my delivery/installation charge.

gently caress Sears.

Had a similar experience with Lowes. Had to buy a new washer/dryer for my Mother. They said it would be 10 days for delivery, buy every week they would call us and tell us that the washer wasn't in stock, and it would be the following week. Meanwhile they kept trying to deliver the dryer even after I told them that we wanted them delivered at the same time. Finally, after a month of this (washer will be delivered next week while showing up to the house with the dryer) cancelled the order, went elsewhere, and got a new washer/dryer delivered days later.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2018 15:36

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

UCS Hellmaker posted:

Lowe's is good for appliances since they are there in stock. Home Depot they only display and never have any in stock.

You must be lucky. Bought a washer & dryer from Lowes, told us it would be 10 days before they could deliver it. Then for three weeks they'd call us and tell us it wouldn't be in until the following week. Finally cancelled the order and went elsewhere.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2018 13:03

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

umalt posted:

That guy who sued Pepsi wasn't expecting to get a Fighter Jet; he noticed that the cost of the Pepsi that was required to get the code was much lower than the actual cost of the fighter jet. And also noticed that there wasn't any kind of fine print saying that the jet wasn't an actual prize.

So he concocted a scheme where he would convince investors to fund him to get the points; and then sue if Pepsi didn't deliver. Best case scenario, they got a jet to sell at a profit to a third world dictator; worst case, they sued Pepsi and got compensation for deceptive advertising.

As you can imagine that the investors didn't get a return on their investment.

There was an ep of 30 Rock that was a play on this. A guy saved up enough Surge points to win Jenna (since she was in the commercial as a "prize"). Jack instead gave him the cash equivalent of Jenna's worth: 2,000 dollars.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2018 18:42

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 03:54

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

bunnyofdoom posted:

My god, why wouldn't you want german midget porn?

Doesn't want to read subtitles?

# ¿ Dec 17, 2018 00:05

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