Re: [microsound] Re: droplifting

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok. the thing that bothers me (probably ) the most about this 'droplifting
business' comes from my experience in retail:

 what generally happens to merchandise not in inventory is that it's
returned to inventory or placed in a lost&found box. either way it just sits
on a shelf unless claimed until the store changes location.

 in smaller businesses , or a used record store for example; a clerk might
give away something unidentifiable to a customer to investigate and return
with a report the following week.

 neither of these scenarios seems like undermining a capitalist system.

                                 Bill

   

on 7/28/03 1:25 PM, devslashnull at dev@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

 
> 
> I don't know where you all are shopping but even in the shops where
> they keep all the actual CD's elsewhere (behind counter etc).  one
> can still "flip-through" the covers/ sleeves in thhe bins.... then
> you ask to buy it and they  retrieve the actual disk.
> 
> in my fave shops i flip through and can listen to whatever i want
> before buying... is this a luxury then?
> 

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