There's a big controversy going around the Internet right now about a Silicone Valley startup selling Bodega machines, which is like a jumbo vending machine that replaces a corner store:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-...bodegas-so-we-decided-to-hunt-one-down-2017-9
tbh that sounds awesome to me...I don't have to talk to anybody and can just get what I need and move on lol. I use Amazon Prime a lot, and I also use the self-checkout at the grocery store most often just so I can breeze through. I've grown to detest going to places like Best Buy because of all of the minor hassles you go through, like in that Dilbert comic.
I think you mean Silicon Valley and not the, uhh, other type of augmented one, though maybe you had spatulas in mind since you are the Kitchen Overlord.
Also with Walmart testing those giant pickup machines and Amazon likely to do more locker/pickup stuff in the future (especially with the Whole Foods acquisition) you may get your wish.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...ptcy-filing-wall-street-journal-idUSKCN1BR00I
Toys ‘R’ Us Inc could file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks as pressure from skittish suppliers intensifies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The company and its restructuring advisers are considering filing for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, according to the WSJ report. (on.wsj.com/2h87WOt)
The privately-held toy retailer had previously said it was working with investment bank Lazard Ltd to help address its approximately $5 billion in debt, of which roughly $400 million comes due next year.
The potential Chapter 11 filing could be a result of the company’s suppliers tightening trade terms, including holding back on shipments unless the toy retailer is able to make cash payments on delivery, the newspaper reported.
I used to love walking down the video game aisle at TRU and flipping over the covers and looking at the backs of the boxes. Then the game you wanted wouldn't have a ticket below it, so you would go ask at the counter past the registers where you picked the games up, and they would have 1 last copy.
Going to the video game section at Toys 'R' Us was always the best part. My brother and I would practically bee line for that section every time, and play whatever game they had on display. I remember getting my first gaming "injury" there after I mashed buttons a little too hard on a Tekken demo and gave myself a blister on my thumb. I can also remember walking down the aisle with the big yellow (and blue?) tickets. The one thing that always stuck out to me was how much more expensive the RPGs were for the SNES and Genesis, and of course, I had no idea why back then.
Yeah, but you got the sexy Super Famicom look the Japanese got. We paid less for our electronics, but got the really shitty looking US Super Nintendo. Built from the ground up to protect us clumsy Americans from setting our drinks on top of the system and spilling it all over the circuitry.oh god! nes and snes game costs were insane here in britain. £60 at one point which i think would be around 90 or 100 in US$
Yeah, but you got the sexy Super Famicom look the Japanese got. We paid less for our electronics, but got the really shitty looking US Super Nintendo. Built from the ground up to protect us clumsy Americans from setting our drinks on top of the system and spilling it all over the circuitry.
"Toys-R-Us [Adult]"
They need to open this division.
They could sell power tools and stuff. "power tools".
They just need to combine Microcenter and Home Depot.
I haven't shopped at Best Buy in forever. I went there the other week cause I had time to kill while waiting for someone. I saw the UE Wonderboom for $79. $20 cheaper than my beloved Amazon! So I actually bought something at Best Buy and saved money. I had no idea!
BB price matching is management discretion and I've had them refuse in the past to match another retailer.
The Toys R Us in my fair city had the armed guard at the door. I thought that odd for a toy store.
This is one reason I don't price match. Irregular variables fuck up the system, and piss me off. I either accept your price and buy, or go somewhere else. If you want me to buy from you, be competitive. I'll sometimes haggle at the flea market, but I don't feel like dealing with it most times.BB price matching is management discretion and I've had them refuse in the past to match another retailer.
Linda Parry Murphy is already feeling the pain from the bankruptcy filing. Her company, Product Launchers, which is based in White Plains, N.Y., with a satellite office in Manhattan, is a sales representative and distributor for manufacturers and imports who sell to Toys R Us. Her clients are owed more than $1 million by Toys, and it looks like they will receive only a small fraction of that amount as a result of the bankruptcy.
“Our clients are the ones getting screwed,” she said. “They’re the ones owed millions and will be lucky to see 10 cents on the dollar. Not every supplier is as large as Mattel or Hasbro, who can more easily absorb this blow.”