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Just need to understand how Westeners buy things
halfelite:
Some people buy the hype cause you need it sometimes. Almost every car radio, home theater is ipod ready. controls the ipod through your radio controls displays the track name and lets you use playlists already there. Even hands free now with the sync and other options offer speak to ipod controls. I have not seen that for any other mp3 player.
Now the iphone I never understood the hype on it. the appstore was its only good thing. although os4.0 looks more promising now. I think os4.0 should have been what the iphone originally came with, multitask,tether,mms
kostya:
For Americans not living in a city, there is almost no chance to buy quality goods online. Large, quality malls are few and far between (and we have a different understanding of the word 'mall' than you do. For the most part, malls are specialty clothing stores and boutiques). I am lucky (or so I am told) to live near one of the biggest malls in the state. We have 2 'electronics' stores in town: Best Buy and Radio Shack. Neither one caries anything other than the most main stream electronics. For mp3 players, that means an iPod touch, an iPod nano, sometimes an iPod classic, a Zune HD, and various smaller, cheaper mp3 players (stuff with less than 8 GB).
I buy most of my electronics online because the selection in stores is minimal and the prices are better online. I only buy in stores if I want to take out an extended warranty on an item (I can sometimes haggle with sales people for a better item or more leniency with what is covered) or for items that I suspect will be prohibitively expensive to return via the mail (such as a monitor due to the weight and need for extra insurance).
Natheria:
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 12, 2010, 07:07:22 PM ---Some people buy the hype cause you need it sometimes. Almost every car radio, home theater is ipod ready. controls the ipod through your radio controls displays the track name and lets you use playlists already there. Even hands free now with the sync and other options offer speak to ipod controls. I have not seen that for any other mp3 player.
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Actually they do have that for other mp3 players. It's called an audio jack/USB port for your car. You don't need to have an ipod to listen to your own music in the car and programing playlists into the radio wouldn't be any harder to do for any other mp3 player. I don't want the rest of society shoving something i don't want down my throat when there are perfectly feasible alternatives that work just as well and might even be better (which often times they are).
@Kostya they actually have good electronics selections in cities? What city is that?
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: killazys on April 12, 2010, 10:17:34 AM ---No. Our malls are usually for clothes.
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This pretty much sums it up, at least in my experience.
If I'm buying books, I buy from Amazon or a used book store in my area. The nearest mall had a Borders in it that I shopped at occasionally, but it closed, and a lot of times it didn’t have what I was looking for, unless it was a new release.
For non-PC electronics or games, I usually buy either online or from a chain store (Best Buy, Walmart, or whatever). I actually prefer to go to a store and physically see & handle an item, but the in-store selection is usually disappointing, unless I’m going into the store already knowing what I’m going to buy.
For PC parts, I buy from newegg.com.
For music… well, when the RIAA started suing people, I stopped buying CDs, completely.
For anything to do with home repair, I stop at the Home Depot next to the Walmart I usually shop at on the weekends.
So, yeah, the only reason I hit the nearest mall, 12 miles from home, is if I’m bored or if I have a reason to go to Sears or JC Penny.
--- Quote from: Natheria on April 12, 2010, 09:27:54 PM ---Actually they do have that for other mp3 players. It's called an audio jack/USB port for your car. You don't need to have an ipod to listen to your own music in the car
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Ditto to this. I love my Zune, and my new car has an audio jack that I can plug it right into.
blubart:
i always have to laugh when i see an "asian" write about "westerners" implying us citizens while those would actually be "easterners" geographically wise. the those terms only really work for europeans ;)
to stay ontopic: you will notice that the answer to your topic is as diverse as the answer to a topic like "Just need to understand how Easteners buy things". They are all different people living in diverse circumstances which lead to varying shopping habits.
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