Re: Computers, anyone?

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From: hanc...
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2018 17:56

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On Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 9:12:03 AM UTC-4, J. Clarke wrote:

> It's not all Amazon's doing though.  Fact is that I shopped those
> stores while they were there as much as I shopped Amazon, and until
> someone comes up with really standardized sizing, buying clothes on
> Amazon is a crapshoot.  And now I compare Best Buy and Micro Center
> with Amazon before I buy--often Best Buy beats Amazon, and sometimes
> Micro Center beats both by enough to pay for gas and Mass Pike tolls
> to run up to Boston.

buying clothing is frustrating.  Old Navy seems to run very large,
their stuff swims on me.  But other makers are too small.

I'm still pissed at Staples/IBM for their too-small S/360 t-shirt
which they wouldn't exchange, even though they admitted it was
sized wrong.

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