On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Howard Winter wrote:

> You also have to have an hour to spare, because the design of the place 
> is such that you have to walk past everything they sell to get from the 
> entrance to the checkout!  I once went to one over here, knowing 
> *exactly* what I wanted (a stool with a screw-adjustable seat) and I 
> almost ran through the place, but it still took me 40 minutes...

If you already know what you want why did you not order from the catalog 
and have it delivered ? It's a well known large-shop marketing tactic to 
make the visitor path go past as many things as possible. How is this 
different from a supermarket ?

Peter
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