Re: Target unit pricing - Here's the real point

In article <slrng6aqh5.rbp.don@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 don@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Don Klipstein) wrote:
>   Sadly, all too many businesses now have "no photography" rules.  
> Thankfully, I don't notice supermarkets stooping so low yet.  I just
wish
> that our politicians were not elected so much on basis campaign budgets 
> funded by them selling themselves to those buying them.
>   But now that many cellphones have cameras and photo transmission means
> and there are also many othervery miniature cameras available, I suspect

> that if Aericans cared enough to be *capable* freedom loving outlaws
that
> they were back in Phobition days, we *should be able to* fight against
> BS marketing practices even if our elected officials are not on our
side,
> and even where the news media is too badly fluff supposedly being on our
> side while actually avoiding doing so (in order to keep getting ad
revenue
> from those that deserve to be exposed).

I don't think a store would dare try to ban cellphones, so the hell with 
"no photography" rules.

Consider this situation.  You want to by an item.  You want to buy it 
locally, because you want it *now*.  But you have no particular 
preference going in as to brand, or where you want to buy it.  So, you 
want to do a little research, then go buy one.

Here's one approach.  Go the websites of your local retailers (Target, 
Sears, Walmart, Bestbuy, and so on), and find their offerings.  Google 
some of the more interesting ones, then see what store has the best 
price, and go buy it.  Oops...the store is out of stock of that 
model...now what has that second choice again...?

OK, approach #2.  While at the "retailer website" stage, check to see 
which models are in stock at your local store, so you can limit yourself 
to them.  Problem: some stores don't show local stock.  Problem: even if 
the website lets you look up stock information, they may have vastly 
more items available online than your local store stocks, so it can be 
very time consuming to find them.

Finally, the approach I'm using next time.  Go to each store.  Find the 
items they have in stock.  Take photos.  Go home, load photos onto 
computer, and view them, to find the makes, model numbers, and prices.  
Research those online specifically, not wasting my time with all the 
ones the store does NOT have in stock.  Pick one, and go buy it.

-- 
--Tim Smith