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Re:The Apocalyptic Architecture of One 1970s Retail Chain by djsumdog on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:21AM (#17824558)
But at a Service Merchandise they had the showroom items in stock usually. You'd place an order and go to a line to pick it up, right?

(My memory is a little shady. They were around when I was a kid and had gone under by the time I was a teenage).

Re:The Apocalyptic Architecture of One 1970s Retail Chain by pwg on Thursday August 23, 2018 @10:01PM (#17832210)
At least for the Northern VA stores, they had the items in stock such that any 'wait' was only for the stock pickers on the warehouse floor (basement or 2nd, depending on the actual store) to find and deliver the items to the conveyor that took them up (down) to the "customer delivery counter" (my name, I don't remember anymore what Best called the counter where they handed your items over to you).