Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The place that some/many appear to be failing to me is that you can only order in stock inventory at your pickup store in many cases ( Target! ) where if I need to split, I'd rather pick it up all there and I have to assume that in cases of things in teh actual target warehouse, shipping it to the store then tagging it for customer order is a savings.

I think that's how B&N does it. moving stuff between stores and warehouses as needed. I agree, it does seem like it'd have to be a cost/time savings to do it in bulk like that.

 

[TiQuinn]

No one likes a narc.

 

[RealAlHazred]

No one likes a narc.

Don't listen to him! We love narcoleptics around here! In fact, we

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The way that brick and mortar stores seem intent on self-immolating is bizarre. You can't keep making it harder to shop at your stores at the same time that Amazon is openly coming for your business.

I went into a guitar store that had a PHENOMENAL inventory, such that I was really struggling as to what I would buy. (Note- I had already decided to buy something from them.) So I went home to mull it over after dinner.

I made my decision, went online, and placed my order. Then I went to bed.

When I checked my email over breakfast, I got a notification from the store: my order had been cancelled- no explanation. So I called them to ask what happened.

Seems that the guy who opened the store had a customer waiting when he arrived. Before checking the online orders, he attended to the customer who was physically present, and sold him the guitar I had ordered.

The guitar in question was a limited edition made in 5-6 colors, with only 60 total made worldwide. I found one in a different color than I had chosen at a different store in another state.

I never did business with the first store, and they closed a year or so later.