Re: incomplete catalogs

Excellent idea Kitty. I have to say I like print catalogs because I am not an impulse buyer. It's not that I am lured by glossy pictures (I know they can be manipulated by closeness, angle, and focus), but I like to spend time mulling over my potential choices, and consulting references, and somehow, staring at a computer monitor just doesn't do it for me!
Cathy
On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 04:41 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

searchable catalog on
CD a number of years ago; once it's installed,
one updates it on line.
That would be a wonderful way to go for many catalogues. I buy one thing
from AMLeonard, and not very often. But they send me about 10 catalogs a
year. What a waste.

But I know paper catalogs will never completely disappear. Even if you
have the online catalog and it's in your favorites, what makes you look
there? When you are prodded by the lush pictures in your mailbox, you
are stimulated to shop. My preference would be an oversized postcard
with a few gorgeous pictures that reads, "The ABC catalog is updated for
the sping 2005 season. check it out at www.abcnursery.com ! Use this
coupon code for $5 off your order of $35 when you order online."

Everybody saves on a deal like that.

Kitty
neIN, Zone5

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I think that's right, Ceres. That probably is the way it's going.
Logee's has web specials, for instance. And lots of other places
[including Best Buy and HD] have stuff on line that is in neither box
store nor catalog. HD, incidentally, published a searchable catalog on
CD a number of years ago; once it's installed, one updates it on line.


On Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:


In a message dated 2/8/05 9:57:16 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net writes:

<< Parks Countryside catalogue >>

Kitty, this is not new. I have not rcd the Countryside issue yet but
this
year I rcd 2 copies of the catalog.
I have received 4 copies of Van Bourg (none with the correct
spelling
of my name) for several yrs & have called them several times. This is
the
first year I have only rcd 1 copy only. The have a free gift if you
order on
line. No doubt this is the future!
Ceres

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