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People will just move on to Best Buy, Sears,
Wal-Mart, ect.

It may hurt Apple a bit, too.
Posted by: GuidingLight   Posted on: 01/21/09  (Edited: 01/21/2009 @ 10:07) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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People will just move on to Best Buy, Sears,  GuidingLight | 01/21/09
Apple moved into best buy  Been_Done_Before | 01/21/09
Best Buy  bwchato | 01/22/09
This is where a companies REP starts to mean  James Quinn | 01/21/09
Dell has kiosks in malls or at best buy and walmart.  Been_Done_Before | 01/21/09
Pu-leeeze!  NotMSUser | 01/21/09
Gateway had the Country Stores ....  ShadeTree | 01/21/09
Gateway blew it  j.m.galvin | 01/21/09
Not true about Gateway not offering product in stores  Aragorn_z | 01/22/09
the Gateway experience sucked  Boxarox | 02/13/09
gateway in apple's home  midenginedrift | 02/13/09
Did not say GateWhy did not have stores...  James Quinn | 01/21/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  ickray | 01/21/09
Can't have it both ways  Kip Kniskern | 01/21/09
The problem we have all faced here in our country..  James Quinn | 01/21/09
Henry Ford knew it  Roger Ramjet | 01/21/09
So what your saying is ....  ShadeTree | 01/21/09
It's not ridiculous.  Hameiri | 01/21/09
All speculation.  ShadeTree | 01/21/09
Perhaps the mine his grandfather worked later had  James Quinn | 01/21/09
Answering a charge of speculation with ....  ShadeTree | 01/22/09
Sometimes speculation is all you get....  James Quinn | 01/22/09
Not that ridiculous  Roger Ramjet | 01/22/09
Tru dat!!!  James Quinn | 01/22/09
possible interpretation  merc2dogs` | 01/22/09
Precisely.  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
To paraphrase that Om' armchair dude, again.  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/21/09
Consumers CAUSED what you lament  j.m.galvin | 01/21/09
Consumers DID cause it. It's the American way!  Hameiri | 01/21/09
As long as  j.m.galvin | 01/21/09
Do not be so quick to celebrate my friend....  James Quinn | 01/21/09
And sometimes . . .  JLHenry | 01/22/09
Can you buy Levis for 15 bucks even at Wal Mart?  James Quinn | 01/22/09
Think more out of the box  An Old Man | 01/22/09
Some of us already do and are willing to reassess our opinions.  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
Agreed 100%  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
Yup "we the people" played a part....  James Quinn | 01/21/09
It was the people  j.m.galvin | 01/22/09
If you want American......  pizzaman7 | 02/13/09
Rage against the Marxism!!  stano360 | 01/22/09
They're more concerned about their company than any one country's economy  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
You nailed it  j.m.galvin | 01/21/09
Why would you need to 'kick the tires'?  Lerianis | 02/13/09
I agree  kcredden2 | 01/21/09
Retail  Asiafish | 01/21/09
All very well...  pico_D | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  dwight.silverman@... | 01/21/09
move! no way!  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
Go to a mall... dell has spots there and so does apple.  Been_Done_Before | 01/21/09
To M J Foley - What about J & R?  j.m.galvin | 01/21/09
Hold on now - is that there are no good places or just none near you?  TheWerewolf | 01/21/09
Office Depot?  m4surveys@... | 01/21/09
Best Buy "navigation"  dwight.silverman@... | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  bwchato | 01/22/09
ha, ha, ha!  Linux Geek | 01/21/09
At times you have very good points.  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
Online, you cant beat newegg.com, they have many many pictures and good ...  Been_Done_Before | 01/21/09
online vs. brick-and-mortar  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
As a netadmin, i can usually get my sales guy to send me a demo.  Been_Done_Before | 01/21/09
the trouble with demos  dave@... | 01/21/09
Sales people like Best Buy know little about what they sell  Randalllind | 01/22/09
Demo machines  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
cutting edge  diane wilson | 01/21/09
Well...  ickray | 01/21/09
Reviews  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
Folks like you created the problem  NotMSUser | 01/21/09
The one you responded to still has a very good point.  HypnoToad | 02/13/09
Retail wasn't doing the job anyway!  terry flores | 01/21/09
Mary-Jo!!?!?!???? Not to get personal.....  Hameiri | 01/21/09
The consumer is never the problem!  terry flores | 01/21/09
The other side of that  Michael Kelly | 01/21/09
Right on!  Hameiri | 01/21/09
But, the other side of the other side  Hameiri | 01/21/09
an apple store without the attitude  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 01/21/09
OK  Hameiri | 01/21/09
Try your local Best Buy.  ShadeTree | 01/21/09
Sounds expensive.....  James Quinn | 01/21/09
Mary, Mary, Mary.....  James Quinn | 01/21/09
Yep. Attitude...  Average-IT-Guy | 01/22/09
Well sounds like someone ran into a bad apple..:P  James Quinn | 01/22/09
The problem with that . . .  JLHenry | 01/22/09
The PC is a commodity  GoPower | 01/21/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  NStalnecker | 01/21/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  bwchato | 01/22/09
You're the reason they are liquidating.  ShadeTree | 01/21/09
Silly jargon  Fred Fredrickson | 01/21/09
Problem is people buy online  jscott418 | 01/21/09
Apple Stores ...  mwagner@... | 01/22/09
Mary, order the bits from Radioshack  Alan Smithie | 01/21/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  hornerea | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  Mabrick | 01/22/09
You said ...  mwagner@... | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  rhane@... | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  johnd126 | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  dinosaur_z | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  rmark@... | 01/22/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  Brass Decor | 01/22/09
Nothing wrong with Best Buy except,  El Condor | 01/22/09
buy direct, idiots  Narg | 01/22/09
A different attitude...  pico_D | 01/23/09
Circuit City... NO great loss...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/23/09
RE: Windows PC users face dwindling retail options  Aetos51 | 01/23/09
Fear not, Mary Jo... CompUSA may be on a comeback...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/23/09

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