Amazon vs. Local
So LittleMouse wanted a CD - Nelly Furtado. I'm not a fan but I owed her a CD and went out to get it.
Funny thing, no one seemed to have it. Went everywhere - A&B Sound, Future Shop, Best Buy, London Drugs, HMV Downtown... you get the point. I hit different ones of the same franchises. Nadda. The world was sold out apparently. So has to be some freaking great CD, I guess.
Checked a selection of these stores over the course of 3 - THREE - weeks. No Furtado.
So now, either she's sold enough of her music that she doesn't need to bother any more or someone is seriously dropping the ball. And I'm not even a fan so I can only imagine the frustration of the people who just-have-to-have-IT.
Anyway, on Friday I'm in A&B Sound yet again and they still don't have it. I talk to the clerk (same chick I've talked to the other weeks) and she again, looks it up in the computer and mentions that there's 1 in inventory. Before I can say anything, she goes to the section where it should be - why didn't I think of that??
Huh. No CD.
So I'm somewhat annoyed now. I've worked retail and although you'd think a music store would carry more than 1 copy of a newly released CD, I can honestly say why at least 1 CD isn't getting replenished. If the computer has 1 in stock - but someone has obviously chosen to steal it rather than pay the $12.99 - you ain't going to get another one until you drop the inventory to ZERO.
Now don't think me insane. It's just that this same chick has told me the computer is showing 1 in inventory, and has checked the section at least 3 times for me, personally. At no point has it occurred to her that they have been out of stock for some time on a new CD and it might have something to do with the inventory showing they have 1.
Brav-freaking-o.
Anyway, don't distress. Apparently the HMV at Metrotown has the entire BC Mainland inventory of Nelly Furtado. We were there on Saturday. If you've been looking like me - they have hundreds of copies. They're everywhere - #1 shelf, in the POP "F" section, on the rack at the front of the store... almost as if they couldn't get rid of the darn thing. So knock yourself out and get it there (I'm hoping that'll happen before I have to listen/download to LittleMouse's Nano).
So anyway ... the point. I came super close to just buying it on-line at Amazon.ca. In the end, it would have been faster. They had it and although I would have had a shipping cost, it would have been worth it. And again, faster. Local businesses are always whining that they are loosing so much business to the Internet. Well guess what - if you don't have this stuff in stock, I'm going to go somewhere else to get it. I love Amazon and if Amazon.ca gets up to Amazon.com levels (of inventory and selection), I'm going to be shopping there more often. I do shop at Amazon.com a lot during the holidays but lately, friends of mine have been getting duty charges on .com purchases - which will bite if Customs is going to do that.
Seriously though, compare the 2 sites, they aren't created equal which is a rip off. Hopefully that will change.
So LittleMouse wanted a CD - Nelly Furtado. I'm not a fan but I owed her a CD and went out to get it.
Funny thing, no one seemed to have it. Went everywhere - A&B Sound, Future Shop, Best Buy, London Drugs, HMV Downtown... you get the point. I hit different ones of the same franchises. Nadda. The world was sold out apparently. So has to be some freaking great CD, I guess.
Checked a selection of these stores over the course of 3 - THREE - weeks. No Furtado.
So now, either she's sold enough of her music that she doesn't need to bother any more or someone is seriously dropping the ball. And I'm not even a fan so I can only imagine the frustration of the people who just-have-to-have-IT.
Anyway, on Friday I'm in A&B Sound yet again and they still don't have it. I talk to the clerk (same chick I've talked to the other weeks) and she again, looks it up in the computer and mentions that there's 1 in inventory. Before I can say anything, she goes to the section where it should be - why didn't I think of that??
Huh. No CD.
So I'm somewhat annoyed now. I've worked retail and although you'd think a music store would carry more than 1 copy of a newly released CD, I can honestly say why at least 1 CD isn't getting replenished. If the computer has 1 in stock - but someone has obviously chosen to steal it rather than pay the $12.99 - you ain't going to get another one until you drop the inventory to ZERO.
Now don't think me insane. It's just that this same chick has told me the computer is showing 1 in inventory, and has checked the section at least 3 times for me, personally. At no point has it occurred to her that they have been out of stock for some time on a new CD and it might have something to do with the inventory showing they have 1.
Brav-freaking-o.
Anyway, don't distress. Apparently the HMV at Metrotown has the entire BC Mainland inventory of Nelly Furtado. We were there on Saturday. If you've been looking like me - they have hundreds of copies. They're everywhere - #1 shelf, in the POP "F" section, on the rack at the front of the store... almost as if they couldn't get rid of the darn thing. So knock yourself out and get it there (I'm hoping that'll happen before I have to listen/download to LittleMouse's Nano).
So anyway ... the point. I came super close to just buying it on-line at Amazon.ca. In the end, it would have been faster. They had it and although I would have had a shipping cost, it would have been worth it. And again, faster. Local businesses are always whining that they are loosing so much business to the Internet. Well guess what - if you don't have this stuff in stock, I'm going to go somewhere else to get it. I love Amazon and if Amazon.ca gets up to Amazon.com levels (of inventory and selection), I'm going to be shopping there more often. I do shop at Amazon.com a lot during the holidays but lately, friends of mine have been getting duty charges on .com purchases - which will bite if Customs is going to do that.
Seriously though, compare the 2 sites, they aren't created equal which is a rip off. Hopefully that will change.
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