technozero

Retail's Good News

You're missing the fact that yr over yr - which is how you should look at retail sales data (allowing for seasonality etc.), was still down significantly. All this cheerleading has led to a market run up which is sure to result in a marked pullback when everyone realizes the consumer is still inside the bunker

Footrace to Zero: Heelys vs. Crocs

that's what i say


On Mar 31 01:32 PM tgreen56 wrote:

> Crocs makes a opretty good shoe.

My Best Buy Concern

i'm no technogeek, but i can tell you that the lot of em at best buy know absolutely nothing. spend 30 minutes on the web researching the product or service you're interested in and you might qualify as a store manager. the geek squad is even more of a disappointment...tell me, do any of them really look like geeks to you? any hood can wear a pocket protector. i have bought tens of thousands of $$ of consumer electronics over the past 10 years from home theaters to pcs and peripherals, typically beginning my search at a best buy or circuit city (rip), now i only go there to see or touch the actual equipment before buying. not only can you explore, compare and contrast any item from an HDMI cable to a mainframe online, but you can order direct from a lot of these online retailers, save a lot of money and talk to someone who's incredibly knowledgable, patient, and actually speaks proper english - it's amazing.... unfortunately, the most knowledgable sales associates out there - if any - remain employed by radioshack, and they're only good for telephones and accessories, but still overpriced.... wal-mart and the web (amazon, et. al) will be best buy's undoing (at least in the US) over the long run if they don't get their act together. in the meantime, they can savor the death of circuit city, which despite all the industry pricing pressure from its liquidation and the attrition of the remaining mom & pops, will extend best buy's lifeline for the time being