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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think you mean "Wallet Mass Depleters" ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheldon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 4:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[This kind of thing has been around for years in the UK. In Boots stores you can swipe your advantage card and it'll give you details of special offers and let you print off coupons]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[abigsmurf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 10:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Okay, there's just one problem I see with this.<br><br>If I'm actually a regular enough customer to HAVE a shopping history, I don't freaking need to swipe my card and get a map to figure out where I want to go in the store.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grey Acumen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 9:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[well It could be a travelling business guy going to his nearest Best Buy when he needs to (this is a very very small part of the market) but I have a question. Who invented shampoo bottle wallpaper and who in a pharmacy needs to buy HP stuff?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MARSHAK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 9:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[[From the HP press release]...if a grocery store detected that a customer bought yogurt every time it went on sale, it might offer that individual the sale price every time he or she went to the store.<br><br>C'mon, how stupid do you think we are? Does anyone really believe that? If you buy an item almost every time you go into the store, they have no reason to give you a discount on it. That's the LAST thing they would discount. This is all about getting you to spend more than you normally would, not less.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dsunde]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 12:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[Albertons grocery stores have had the same concept for many months now--and they use Epson printers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jarrett Kaufman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[The wallpaper is awesome, I want it in my bathroom.  Ooo, can you get a shower curtain with the same pattern?<br><br>And how many of you would start wearing Tinfoil hats if the machine actually predicted exactly what you wanted?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 2:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's wrong with a good 'ol billboard, or signs, or booklets, or coupons in the mail?  DOing that would be FAR more fficient, cost-saving, and effective.  Just look at the "directory-thingies" atMIcrocenter or the couponsfrom BESTBUY!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryhan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 5:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on HP's Retail Store Assistant: a wallet's worst enemy]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/31/hps-retail-store-assistant-a-wallets-worst-enemy/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's wrong with a good 'ol billboard, or signs, or booklets, or coupons in the mail?  DOing that would be FAR more fficient, cost-saving, and effective.  Just look at the "directory-thingies" atMIcrocenter or the couponsfrom BESTBUY!!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryhan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2007 5:09PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
