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Re:You might literally be buying trash on Amazon by jmspring on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:31PM (#21819087)
Back in the preinternet days, a catalog company called Service Merchandise had a business model similar to this. Catalog company with retail stores that had a subset of the popular items.
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Re:You might literally be buying trash on Amazon by mcgrath_sh on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:36PM (#21819148)
I used to love to go to Service Merchandise as a kid and watch the boxes/items come out on the belt/wheels. I was oddly fascinated by it and excitedly waited for whatever Mum/Nana bought.
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Re:You might literally be buying trash on Amazon by geerlingguy on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:13PM (#21821429)
I also remember they had a really fun audio room with boom boxes and very nice stereo systems, along with keyboards and the like. Lots of fun while others were out shopping!
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Re:You might literally be buying trash on Amazon by seltzered_ on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:19PM (#21819534)
If I remember correctly there was a "Scratch & Dent" section in those stores.
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Re:You might literally be buying trash on Amazon by DrScump on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:51PM (#21820357)
There were also Best Products and Consumers Distributing with similar business models ("catalog showrooms"). We had all three in SV.
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