Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

1.  

   What about bridal registries?

   

   dorpus, May 23rd, 2005 @ 6:07am

   
   

   Now you have an excuse not to attend stupid weddings.
   

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

2.  

   Advantage

   

   Beck, May 23rd, 2005 @ 6:56am

   
   

   Sounds like the advantage goes to the retailers, who can reduce their square footage because they only have to keep one of each item on hand.
   
   How long until Apple sues them for calling the device a "Buypod"?

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

3.  

   Confused Retailers?

   

   Joe Baderderm, May 23rd, 2005 @ 9:55am

   
   

   They forgot to add the first step of: shop online for buypod. Then your wait for it to show up, then you head out to the mall, order stuff, then wait for stuff to show up. Then you get the complete online-offline-online experience that they were hoping for. Maybe they could also make you drive to the wherehouse to pick up the item instead of shipping it. To further improve the shopping experience.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

4.  

   The otherside

   

   The Antijyn, May 23rd, 2005 @ 4:43pm

   
   

   If you use this system, you don't have to worry about carrying around all your purchases AND on the side of the retailer, you will catch those people that over spend.
   Since you have no bags to carry, you could quickly loose track to how much you've spent until you get that bill.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

5.  

   Trying living in a smaller town

   

   TJ, May 23rd, 2005 @ 5:39pm

   
   

   We already have a worse system than this where I live, population a bit less than 50,000. We have the same chain stores that larger cities will have, but they are 'lite' versions that lack inventory and sometimes even displays of several kinds of merchandise: for example a sporting goods store that doesn't stock shoes, a Target that doesn't sell several types of electronics at all.
   
   The response is always 'we can get that for u', 'we can ship it to you', or 'drive 35 miles to the next store where they stock that'. A local merchant group recently did a survey to see why local buying has fallen off so sharply. Shocker: People are going to the nearby town with the larger stores and buying online! A key reason: Local stores don't have what I'm looking for.
   
   So yes the inventory-free mall seems like a stupid idea for all but people who are too lazy to carry their bags but otherwise enjoy the browsing experience. It certainly isn't working well where area businesses sort of implemented the idea by accident.
   

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

6.  

   No Subject Given

   

   thecaptain, May 24th, 2005 @ 6:39am

   
   

   For me, I think this ONLY way this COULD work is if the following conditions apply:
   
   1) The price is very competitive with other stores.
   2) The S&H is either very very cheap or non-existant and
   3) The delivery is same day or at most within 48 hours
   
   I mean, why would I want to go to a Mall to get an item I am ready to purchase, pay the SAME price I would down the street (where I can take it and go home with it) AND pay S&H on top of that AND have to wait a week for this "privilege"?

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

7.  

   hmmm...

   

   mhh5, May 24th, 2005 @ 12:04pm

   
   

   I could see some value in having a "try it out" storefront, so that I could see how things worked or fit or whatnot.... For example, I don't like the idea of buying shoes online cuz I want to see stuff like that actually looks in "real life".

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

Add Your Comment