• @AA5B
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    61 month ago

    There used to be a store called Service Merchandise with a similar model. Their floor was just a showroom with one of each item, sort of like a physical catalog. You just grab a ticket to buy stuff and wait for it to come up a conveyor, sort of like airline baggage claim. I always wondered why that model never succeeded: it was so convenient and would be even better now with automation and online shopping, qr codes

    • partial_accumen
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      31 month ago

      I remember Service Merchandise! That conveyor belt delivered magic.

    • @slumberlust
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      31 month ago

      These still exist in Ireland. Argos is a big one.