Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good

[Sherman A1]

101. I still have a TV in one room from the early 1980's

and a lawn mower from 1979 so I understand that things can be made to last or it's just dumb luck.

That said, one suspects that "Granny" knows what she can afford, won't be interested in a multi thousand dollar home theater system, but rather a "tee vee" which will simply do the job for her within her circumstances. Those "tee vees" exist, can be comparison shopped using the methods she used to purchase her last one and are not astronomically priced as to bust even a limited budget. I am sure that with her experiences through life she learned that things simply don't last forever, she replaced appliances, auto and other durable and non durable goods.

My point is that while advantage should not be taken of "granny", nor should we be condescending to her. My guess is that "granny" is a lot sharper than we might be giving her credit. Every circumstance is different, but I wouldn't count out "granny's" decision making process or shopping skills and frankly "granny" probably knows what she wants (a decent TV that works).

by the way the current BB circular from the weekend paper has a 24 inch for $149 or a 32 inch for $229. I don't recall "Tee Vee's" from the 1970's being much larger than that and anything purchased over $429 can be paid interest free over 18 months (or somewhere in the $25.00/month range sorta like the 90 days same as cash of a previous era, just a whole lot longer).