Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But that's quite impractical when people are buying photo equipment that the merchant doesn't want stolen...so the basket system makes great sense....be shown what you're interested in; get a sales slip, and as you head for the register, the item begins its ride from the stockroom to the checkout counter.... On 6/19/05 9:23 PM, "Marc James Small" <msmall@aya.yale.edu> wrote: > At 09:25 AM 6/19/05 -0400, Victor Rubin wrote: > >> They are worth a visit just >> to look at their "system" of handling customers. A series of overhead >> baskets move items from one place to another- absolutely ingenious. > > I believe that this system was the norm in most large department stores > from the 1880's into the 1920's. It went out of fashon for these stores > for the same reason that the old grocery-store norm of going to the counter > and ordering died out: folks wished to go the stock and pick for > themselves the items they wished to order. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information