Comments on: Web to Drive Holiday Retail Sales

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:23:29 +0000

The picture of the shopping cart is what’s selling for Excessmas this year, so we can keep our meager possessions with us as we wait in the soup line.

By: Rick Cain

Rick Cain — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:20:12 +0000

Sorry but I’m not buying a thing this year. We’re having a meal and watching a video, thats the extent of christmas.

By: sargasso

sargasso — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:22:27 +0000

I used to buy a lot from Amazon, but lately they refuse to deliver out of the United States. Everything from car air filters, engine oils, blu-ray movies – straight out refusal to deliver to an overseas address.

By: Father

Father — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:12:22 +0000

Pardon my OT, but if sales are lower this Holiday wrt last year, the markets and government will panic.

My informal study of bar spending (at places where drinks are sold), indicates an increasing slowdown in the “post recovery” bar scene.

By: Improbus

Improbus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:11:52 +0000

Anyone know how much Walmart is going to be paying their “Geek Squad”? I’m just curious … I could use some spare cash. My relatives and friends aren’t the paying kind but I generally get fed.

By: jescott418

jescott418 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:41 +0000

Online and Walmart I guess that makes next year another year of retail closings. More job loses. Great

By: McCullough

McCullough — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:28:10 +0000

#9. Monster- You bring that fried HP, Mac, IBM laptop into me, as an Auth. servicer I will have your motherboard on my desk the next day, and in your computer by the end of it. I am not talking about the big box stores…but real computer shops with techs that can go onsite and help you put your network together, fix software issues, etc. Repair that laser printer, you know…experienced TECHNICIANS. We are still out there, and I get you clowns in my shop all the time. You bought your system online, there’s a problem and since your business or schoolwork depends on it, you need help right here, right now. Oh and the word backup is a term most of you have never heard of…I see it almost every day. I’ll even work on that Gateway, Acer or generic that your brother-in-law cobbled together 5 years ago. But it will cost you $70 / hr. The same rate we charged back in 1985. How many of you can say your rates have been the same for 24 years?

Or, maybe you’re tired of talking to India for crappy support, or shipping your computer off for weeks at a time. If you buy from me, you bring your old system in and all the file transfer and setup is done and you are good to go in a couple hours. See if an online store or big box will do that for you. And the funny thing is, we are no more expensive than the online store. It’s true…but you don’t have to believe me.

I wonder what will happen when we are all gone.

By: Jim w.

Jim w. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:18:24 +0000

the first of 1001 such stories that will appear this season.

AND ITS NOT EVEN THANKSGIVING!!!!
/cranky old man yelling

By: Zybch

Zybch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:08:32 +0000

#5 Not a problem. With the abysmal level of post-sale support at most retail stores who have had to ‘let go’ their support staff to remain profitable, its usually quicker and more convenient to handle any warranty/support issues direct with the manufacturer anyway.

By: The Monster's Lawyer

The Monster's Lawyer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:31:50 +0000

#5 – Yep, bring that fried hp laptop back to target. They’ll know what to do.

By: SparkyOne

SparkyOne — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:42 +0000

Personality,
Not in my town. They have gone out of business.

By: Personality

Personality — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:23:00 +0000

What? You mean to tell me that I could go into a store made of bricks or wood and buy things other than food??? What fantasy.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:55:09 +0000

Only way to shop!

By: McCullough

McCullough — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:52:24 +0000

#2. As long as you don’t bring your online purchase into my shop, and expect the same service I give to those who bought from us…then we are good. But there are some technical items, computers for example, that unless you can do your own repairs….well, you can figure out the rest.

It’s a two-way street people, and let’s face it out of box failures happen.

By: Faxon

Faxon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:10:44 +0000

And I am sure all of you California victims are sure to pay the “use tax” on your tax returns in lieu of a 9-10% state sales tax, right????
I certainly do.