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Originally Posted by commdiver
(Post 22618509)
I wonder if the amount of views and posts that will happen at 12:00 AM ET will crash FT. Hopefully not :D
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Originally Posted by TheBOSman
(Post 22618480)
I was the first (unfortunately) to report it here, after walking into OD for the first time with my shiny new Ink on a Saturday morning.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/19658661-post2039.html Some people managed to still buy at their stores Saturday and Sunday. By Monday morning, everything was dead and gone. Except for this youtube video by amolkold which lives on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6R5cEEqXpk. amolkold, the community demands a CVS sequel :D. |
Originally Posted by jewsus
(Post 22618563)
I connected with him on Linkedin and endorsed his skill of C-blocking.
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Originally Posted by Preacher7
(Post 22618413)
Word about OD leaked on a Saturday. By Sunday night, the party was over. But this time around, the reports seem to indicate that the East Coast is getting hit with the storm, but the rest of us may be spared.
EVERYTHING about this mirrors the OD shut down- lots of people called bs on that one. what we REALLY need is for the guy that made the youtube hitler OD VR video to make a new one. the only problem is that was such gold that it would be near impossible to match. |
Originally Posted by commdiver
(Post 22616982)
After Q2 ends, Incomm will probably look at their Q2 income statement and wonder "... happened to our revenue?!?! It dropped by X-hundred percent!"
That's "only" $200 million. The US economy will survive. Unless I'm off by a magnitude of 10. :) |
My guess is that this doesn't take effect everywhere all at once. It will slowly roll out to all locations, similar to what happened with Kroger fuel points for variable V/MCGCs.
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Originally Posted by uncommonsensical
(Post 22618592)
you reallly think a corp memo from HQ is going to be regional and cvs's in certain areas are going to have hard stops programmed to accept only cash :confused: really?
EVERYTHING about this mirrors the OD shut down- lots of people called bs on that one. what we REALLY need is for the guy that made the youtube hitler OD VR video to make a new one. the only problem is that was such gold that it would be near impossible to match. |
Ha ha, that video's good.
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Originally Posted by Red259
(Post 22618609)
The video pretty much matches up with what is happening now. Just sub in CVS for Office Depot, but all of the rest of it seems spot on. The picture of Emily holding the VRs on the blog are still there. rofl
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Originally Posted by Red259
(Post 22618609)
The video pretty much matches up with what is happening now. Just sub in CVS for Office Depot, but all of the rest of it seems spot on. The picture of Emily holding the VRs on the blog are still there. rofl
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Maybe the new video could star Putin saying that the memos massed on the CVS border are just an exercise?:D
Originally Posted by uncommonsensical
(Post 22618592)
you reallly think a corp memo from HQ is going to be regional and cvs's in certain areas are going to have hard stops programmed to accept only cash :confused: really?
EVERYTHING about this mirrors the OD shut down- lots of people called bs on that one. what we REALLY need is for the guy that made the youtube hitler OD VR video to make a new one. the only problem is that was such gold that it would be near impossible to match. |
Report from the greater Los Angeles area:
I rushed home tonight after seeing the news on FT so I can pick up all my cards. Skipped dinner with the family and bolted out the door. Now i usually take a long drive and hit up a cluster of stores in an impoverished area. These tend to be very busy but flush with VR's because of the clientele. Only ONCE in my entire MS career was a CVS out of stock. Today, all of them are gone except one store. And it so happens to be the only store that actually enforces the 5k daily limit. Anyways, I walked out with 5k worth at 7:54 pm in Los Angeles so that is somewhat good news Bad news is that my family now thinks I should be admitted to a mental asylum |
Originally Posted by iahphx
(Post 22618606)
Given the panic that has obviously gripped the Flyertalk community over the apparent demise of VR purchases at CVS, I started wondering just how big a business this might be. I've never seen any data, but my wild guess would be that there are 20,000 people spending $10,000/month on MS at CVS.
That's "only" $200 million. The US economy will survive. Unless I'm off by a magnitude of 10. :) |
We all knew this day was coming. I shall count Darius in my (blessings) for hastening this day much like he hastened the day of OD. I'm waiting at 12
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Alright, I am outside of one of the 24 hour CVS and reporting it live. I will go inside the store at exactly 12:01 am and will try to use my newly minted AA card to buy few beans. Stay tuned for the latest updates!
Note:I wish I have CNN's magic wall to make it more dramatic. Edit: All times are EST but seriously someone should tweet it live. |
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