[Am-info] Best Buy drops Mac titles?

[Mitch Stone]

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>>If he'd checked his computer, he'd have probably found the other colors 
>>available as special orders. Or maybe not; I'm really not sure what 
>>Apple's policy is now. But the fact is, the policy a year ago was that 
>>retailers would take all five colors, which they all did, except for Best 
>>Buy. Sears isn't the most wonderful venue for any manufacturer IMO, and 
>>I'm frankly amazed that the iMac has done as well as it has at there.
>
>    I think Sears mainly used the product to generate floor traffic (they 
>certainly took me in there to caress and sniff a 333) and then was 
>surprised how well it sold.. Anything to get away from their image of 
>being granny's underwear store and dad's tool dealer, I guess.

I rarely darken the door of a Sears store, but I guess I should venture 
in if only to see how they're doing with the iMac and iBook. Too well I 
remember their treatment of Apple products back in the Performa days -- 
you were lucky if you could find one plugged in and working. The same was 
true of Circuit City.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net