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Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: mcsmack ()
Date: December 16, 2010 05:24PM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: December 17, 2010 02:35PM

in technology vs. markup, technology wins.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: pas'ion ()
Date: December 17, 2010 02:44PM

Tri Tang, a 25-year-old marketer, walked into a Best Buy Co. store in Sunnyvale, Calif., this past weekend and spotted the perfect gift for his girlfriend.

Last year, he might have just dropped the $184.85 Garmin global positioning system into his cart. This time, he took out his Android phone and typed the model number into an app that instantly compared the Best Buy price to those of other retailers. He found that he could get the same item on Amazon.com Inc.'s website for only $106.75, no shipping, no tax.


Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html#ixzz18OrSIHOc

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: Bob in Southeast Loudoun ()
Date: December 17, 2010 02:46PM

It's not just price -- I used my bb to get reviews of books, dvds, etc. Retailers should appreciate that.

F these retailers. As Sy Syms said, "An educated consumer is our best customer."

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: GAB EHCUOD = noi'sap ()
Date: December 17, 2010 04:56PM

THANKS FOR THAT "PAS'ION", AND
SUBSEQUENT SOCK-PUPPET CO-SIGNING RESPONSE.

THEY MUST ALREADY PAY YOU WELL, BUT I'M GONNA PUT
IN A GOOD WORD WITH MANAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU DESERVE A RAISE !

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: tomahawk ()
Date: December 17, 2010 06:40PM

Ever since the appearance of websites like pricegrabber.com this has been going on, phones just make it even easier.

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Re: Phone-Wielding Shoppers Strike Fear Into Retailers
Posted by: WashingTone-Locian ()
Date: January 14, 2011 02:52PM

GAB EHCUOD = noi'sap Wrote:
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> THANKS FOR THAT "PAS'ION", AND
> SUBSEQUENT SOCK-PUPPET CO-SIGNING RESPONSE.
>
> THEY MUST ALREADY PAY YOU WELL, BUT I'M GONNA PUT
>
> IN A GOOD WORD WITH MANAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU DESERVE
> A RAISE !


Sock-Puppet-Make-TrollAOL-SMASH-THINGS.j

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http://bible.cc/1_corinthians/13-11.htm

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