Post #26,941
2/2/02 12:11:11 AM
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K-mart, oh oh!
K-Mart has turned into crap. Their Bluelight.com Free ISP went tits up when they reduced the free online time to 12 hours a month and then to no free ISP at all. But Netzero and Juno beat them in this market.
K-mart does have a spiffy web store, but apparently they must be having inventory and price problems with it? Some items are cheaper in the store.
K-Mart does have the self-checkout lanes, you scan it, you bag it, you pay for it. If not, smile for the security camera above you taking your picture. It is confusing and a lot of times it doesn't work right or scans in the wrong price.
K-Marts inventory database must not be entered right for prices. When they have a sale they should have the sales price in the computer, most of the time they don't. This happens a lot for items on clearance. K-Mart claims to have lowered the prices of thousands of items, yet they must all have multiple sku numbers or something because almost nothing on clearance that I have bought has been the right price on ring-up. Usually they have to send someone back to the isle to check on the price. "Yes Mr. King, apparently you are right, the price was as you thought it was, the computer is wrong. We'll fix that." The next day, I go back, and it still rings up with the old price. It is like they don't care.
Everytime I got to the K-Marts near me, I have to stand in a very long line. This is because they have over half the registers closed down and apparently don't have the staff, or they are back in the back storeroom goofing off or something. It isn't worth saving $5, when I can go to a Wallgreens around the corner and pay $5 more without a wait. Wal*Mart and Target also have this problem. It just ticks me off to have to stand in line for over an hour just to get 12 items or more, and half the registers or more are not being used. This, to me, is bad management not having enough staff members on duty. Don't they run statstics on the sales during the day so they know when the busy hours are?
K-Mart sells enough stuff, but still comes up short? This I am not understanding?
"Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
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Post #26,987
2/2/02 12:55:14 PM
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Standing in line for an hour?
The local K-Mart doesn't have enough customers to keep you waiting that long. :=)
I usually have longer lines at Kroger.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #27,115
2/3/02 9:13:02 PM
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Everybody messes up prices every now and then
My wife pretty much goes to Super Wal-Mart and H-E-B (a Texas grocery chain) for our food and about everything else. Sometimes the Walgreens. Each one has had numerous times where a posted price wasn't honored at the register, and promises to fix it go unfulfilled (like they have a couple of data entry clerks hidden in some back room perhaps?) The worst part is getting a manager or going to the Customer Service counter and having it take way too long to get the problem corrected for the moment.
This is not a K-Mart specific problem.
BConnors
"Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
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Post #27,282
2/4/02 6:39:20 PM
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Some more than others
we shop around, and KMart has had this problem more than the other retailers. I am not sure why?
"Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
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Post #27,606
2/6/02 11:15:13 PM
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Guess it's a good thing
that KMart never responded when a recruiter sent them my resume last February when I was looking for a job and they were looking for MIS help.
Ditto for my resumes sent to Enron.
BConnors
"Prepare for metamorphosis. Ready, Kafka?"
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Post #27,618
2/7/02 5:37:06 AM
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Argh big belly-laugh
Most of the work of government does not need to be done.
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Post #27,643
2/7/02 10:08:13 AM
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Who knows
maybe he could have written the program to save the company? ;)
"Will code Visual BASIC for cash."
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Post #27,668
2/7/02 1:25:26 PM
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Now that would have been a blue light special
Most of the work of government does not need to be done.
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Post #27,738
2/7/02 9:47:35 PM
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You mentioned Enron.
I caught a lengthy news report about it the other night on SBS. It is beginning to look like Arthur Anderson is at least as culpable. The report pointed out the Congressional Hearing mentioned they were instrumental in an insurance company collapse in Australia. Our largest, in fact.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #27,806
2/8/02 11:49:50 AM
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You mentioned Arthur Anderson.
A couple of days ago, I filled out some claim forms for a class action litigation settlement having to do with a company called Boston Chicken. It is not likely you would hear of it in Oz. Boston Chicken operated restaurants called the Boston Market. The stock was much hyped here in the US. They also had some questionable accounting practices. The company went bankrupt and the residue bought up by McDonalds, the hamburger giant, which continues to operate the restaurants. Of course, the shareholders got screwed.
Anyway, there two defending parties settling this lawsuit - the underwriters (i.e. brokerage houses that initially offered the Boston Chicken stock) and Arthur Anderson.
Do you notice a pattern there?
As a shareholder, one gets to approve the Board of Directors' choice of auditing accounting firms. Never again will I vote for Arthur Anderson.
Alex
"Of course, you realize this means war." -B. Bunny
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Post #27,990
2/10/02 8:52:48 PM
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Interesting.
It is looking like Arthur Anderson is about to get into so much trouble it won't be alive much longer.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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