Shopping:
Wal-Mart:
Evil retail giant Wal-mart announced lower than expected earnings from Black Friday with pundits pointing out the nation's largest employer did not discount as heavily as competitors. We contend that as the nation's largest employer-- and one that does not pay very well-- Wal-Mart has been hurting itself by cutting employee wages.
Best Buy:
We hate best Buy. And they hate us. We've talked about how Best Buy has been looking into "firing" customers for a while. They mean us. But in either case, Best Buy thinks the best way to fight their arch nemisis Wal-Mart is not by cutting prices but through Customer Service. Just when we thought we were fired, Best Buy comes back to back to make us an offer we can't refuse... right?
eBay:
If buying new things as gifts isn't your thing [hint: we like new gifts], there is always eBay. The online yard sale now promises a catalogue. We're still confused since most auctions on the site end in 7 to 10 days, meaning by the time the catalogue was mailed out, everything listed would have been sold.
Home Depot:
The suburban do-it-yourself mega store came to Manhattan, the antithesis of Suburban do-it-yourself-ness. We know what this really means: now its cool to build your own birdhouse for your 87th floor penthouse garden. Right.
Barnes and Noble:
Just in case customers of the giant bookseller weren't already treating the store like a private library, sitting for hours in comfortable chairs and reading books they never buy, the retailer is setting up Wi-Fi in all its 600 stores. Now when you are pretending to be intellectual and haning out at B&N, you can still look at pornography.
Evil retail giant Wal-mart announced lower than expected earnings from Black Friday with pundits pointing out the nation's largest employer did not discount as heavily as competitors. We contend that as the nation's largest employer-- and one that does not pay very well-- Wal-Mart has been hurting itself by cutting employee wages.
Best Buy:
We hate best Buy. And they hate us. We've talked about how Best Buy has been looking into "firing" customers for a while. They mean us. But in either case, Best Buy thinks the best way to fight their arch nemisis Wal-Mart is not by cutting prices but through Customer Service. Just when we thought we were fired, Best Buy comes back to back to make us an offer we can't refuse... right?
eBay:
If buying new things as gifts isn't your thing [hint: we like new gifts], there is always eBay. The online yard sale now promises a catalogue. We're still confused since most auctions on the site end in 7 to 10 days, meaning by the time the catalogue was mailed out, everything listed would have been sold.
Home Depot:
The suburban do-it-yourself mega store came to Manhattan, the antithesis of Suburban do-it-yourself-ness. We know what this really means: now its cool to build your own birdhouse for your 87th floor penthouse garden. Right.
Barnes and Noble:
Just in case customers of the giant bookseller weren't already treating the store like a private library, sitting for hours in comfortable chairs and reading books they never buy, the retailer is setting up Wi-Fi in all its 600 stores. Now when you are pretending to be intellectual and haning out at B&N, you can still look at pornography.
1 Comments:
Obviously you've never worked in retail. Firing customers is a genius idea. And, you know, I always thought Best Buy had fair prices on CDs (and CD shopping at Wal-Mart is pointless if you don't like country, adult contemporary, or Christian "inspirational" music or some combination thereof).
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