cust. in store a long time

[MustangErin]

Had a customer last night that was shopping for movies. (I work at Blockbuster) She must have been in there for at least 4 hours. She would pick out moves and take out her video movie guide and decide if she wanted them. She wasn't annoying or anything, I just found it strange that she was in the store for 4 hours. I wish I had that kind of time.

She ended up spending just over 400 dollars on movies. We have a sale on previously viewed movies so she took advantage of that.

Erin

[tollbaby]

I used to HATE going to the video store with my ex-husband. I'd either make him tell me what he wanted and I'd go by myself, or I'd make him go on his own. I swear, no word of a lie, he once took THREE HOURS to pick ONE movie. Couldn't decide what he wanted to see. I finally walked out of the video store and left him there, did the groceries, came BACK an hour later, and he was STILL undecided. I said "fine, when you're done, I'll be at home"... he sauntered in about 45 minutes later with, no joke, ONE DVD. *GRRRR*

My friends wonder why I refuse to rent movies now LOL

[NightAngel]

Generally speaking when anyone is browsing around our movies for more than 15 minutes I have a red flag go up that they are a shoplifter.

Obviously, this wasn't the case here though.

[Luna]

I was thinking shoplifter too, but it sounds more like they are re-sellers for flea markets or eBay if they are buying up the used.

[ominousoat]

I was thinking shoplifter too, but it sounds more like they are re-sellers for flea markets or eBay if they are buying up the used.

I used to do that, it was good money before the VHS market crashed. *sigh*

[dougiezerts]

I can easily spend 3-4 hours in a used record store!

[UncleImpy]

Point them to Netflix or BlockbusterOnline! Let them browse the webpage ALL DAY if they want to. Save you some headaches and gas!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Gee, I thought they only did that in the bookstore. Oh, wait, they're sitting there drinking coffee and reading magazines, not actually browsing. Never mind, carry on.

(Not entirely true. And I could easily kill a few hours in a bookstore and not go near the cafe.)

[protege]

I can easily spend 3-4 hours in a used record store!

Hehe I can easily spend the same amount of time in a certain hobby shop. Too many new kits to look at, magazines to flip through, parts to look for, employees to BS with, etc. In fact, the last time I was over there, I scored a nice Tamiya Nissan 300ZX kit, a set of wheels...and was in there a good 2 hours

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Find me a bookstore with mangas and How to Draw books and you can lose me for a record 6 hours, no food nor pee. Bonus points if it sells DVDs!

[wagegoth]

My greatest joy is a few hours of time to just browse bookstores. I used to browse the library for hours, but since the kids were born, I have to buy books, as I never know when I'll actually get a chance to read a book, and I ended up paying for some books at the library when the youngest was small, as he believed every item in the house should be illustrated by him.

[Ringtail Z28]

Damn, 3 to 4 hours for one movie? I feel like smacking myself for browsing for one hour to rent three movies.

[Estil]

I can easily spend 3-4 hours in a used record store!

What's a record?

[greensinestro]

Point them to Netflix or BlockbusterOnline! Let them browse the webpage ALL DAY if they want to. Save you some headaches and gas!

That was my thought when I first read this thread. Not only that, but I would be a little suspicious and keep an eye on someone like this to be sure they weren't shoplifting.

But on the other hand, sometimes I could spend this much time at a flea market if they have rare items, like old records or hard to find items like 8 track tapes.

[tollbaby]

Well, in my ex-husband's case, the man simply can't make a decision because he's afraid of making the WRONG CHOICE. He doesn't understand that making mistakes is half the fun in life