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Just need to understand how Westeners buy things
kostya:
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--- 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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@Kostya they actually have good electronics selections in cities? What city is that?
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Relatively speaking, of course. When I was looking for a new notebook, the nearest retailer that stocked Lenovo was in Boston. Also, I was not commenting on cities having good selection, I was commenting on the fact that there are not many large, suburban malls in the area so it is a half an hour to an hour drive to the nearest one for most people.
kurandoinu:
Do Americans not have things like Argos then? They stock a whole host of things, but its all kept in a warehouse above/below the shop and you pick out of catalogues. Places like Tesco and Wilkinsons offer extra choices that you can order in as well.
ant900:
--- Quote from: kurandoinu on April 12, 2010, 10:02:06 PM ---Do Americans not have things like Argos then? They stock a whole host of things, but its all kept in a warehouse above/below the shop and you pick out of catalogues. Places like Tesco and Wilkinsons offer extra choices that you can order in as well.
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I've never heard of a store like that state side. Closest thing would be ordering stuff via catalogs delivered to your homes (which has been pretty much erased by the internet) or "warehouse stores" such as Costco or Sam's Club (gigantic warehouses where people go to buy stuff (mostly food) in bulk.)
Proin Drakenzol:
@blubart: Actually, having been to a fair number of Asian countries I can honestly say that the OPs description of "malls" (except for a few high-end Western style ones) in Asia obtains for every country I've been to except Japan, which has a significantly more Western style.
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: kurandoinu on April 12, 2010, 10:02:06 PM ---Do Americans not have things like Argos then? They stock a whole host of things, but its all kept in a warehouse above/below the shop and you pick out of catalogues. Places like Tesco and Wilkinsons offer extra choices that you can order in as well.
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Heh, my only experience like this was with a local gaming store here. Most of the floor space is devoted to tables for people to play their favorite games (M:TG, DnD or whatever), and on the countertops are 3 or 4 PCs with IE up displaying the store's website. There's no flipping through the books or browsing the merch while you're in the store -- if you want something, you find it in the store catalog, order it via the website, pay for it at the register, and the clerk / owner goes and digs it out from the warehouse. So basically 100% of the sales go through the website. (The store also sells snacks and drinks, too -- I imagine they've got quite a racket going with the gamer crowd.)
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