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From: mather@uicsl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Cashier wants zipcode?
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Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 15:44:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 15:44:00 1985
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Nf-From: uicsl.UUCP!mather    Dec 20 14:44:00 1985


At our local Service Merchandise (discount warehouse merchandise  store)
the computer requires the zip code  to process your order.   Interesting
idea about not wanting zips  from too far away...   I thought the  whole
thing was VERY bizarre.

This new stoe  is pretty  neat, though.   They  have computer  terminals
around the store and you can just enter the item # and it will tell  you
if it is stock, the price,  if it is sale, if  it has a rebate, if  only
the display model is  available (last one), etc.   You answer some  more
questions and then walk  over to another  desk at the  other end of  the
store and THERE it is with a computerized sales printout and the  rebate
coupon attached.  Wow!  Most people  seemed to be a bit shy about  using
them though and preferred a  REAL person to help them  get the item.   I
personally don't like  salespeople.   They never seem  to know  anything
about any of the products.
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