Posted by Bill Vermillion on 01/15/01 11:59

In article <1158423289_12505@sp6iad.superfeed.net>,
RobMac <rpmccartney@gmail.com> wrote:
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>"Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message
>news:dm6og254fvibm051927slnsk4n7dnp7hdr@4ax.com...
>> It is frustrating going into a video rental store with a list of
>> movies to rent. I don't know what section to find a movie so I have
>> to search up to 4 areas in the store. If I want to find Hitchcock
>> movies they can be in various places. Why can't stores alphabetize
>> everything? Or provide me with a file inventory report I can load
>> into to find the movie? Each video store is a little different making
>> a search even more difficult. When I search in the website (Hollywood
>> Video, Blockbuster, etc) I can find movies I want but the local store
>> doesn't have it. I know Netflix is one solution but you have to wait
>> to see that movie you want to see tonight (I've waited as long as two
>> weeks to get a Netflix movie). I've emailed Hollywood Video with no
>> answer yet. </RANT OFF>

>Before you search the store, why not just stop by the front desk and ask a
>clerk?

>They should know, and if they don't or if they cop an attitude, rip up their
>rental card and walk out - if they won't help you find movies to rent, they
>don't need you as a renter.

For one I wanted that I could not find in it's expected place, I
found a salesperson and asked them. They went to their computer
and showed that they had over 15 in stock. They looked in the
places it should be with no luck. Then they went to the back-room
to find if there might be any there. No luck.

On my way out of the store I spotted them on an end-cap, a dozen or
so copies, and got waht I wanted, but no one in the store seemed to
know they had been moved to the end-cap for a display.

So I searched, the clerks searched, and in the end I found it by
accident.

Bill
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

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