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I've always wanted a service like this. I needed a USB hub the other day, and I couldn't really wait days for it to show up from an internet store. I could se
by andyking 15y ago
I've always wanted a service like this.
I needed a USB hub the other day, and I couldn't really wait days for it to show up from an internet store.
I could search the website of a big (expensive) chain store, PC World, but we have lots and lots of tiny local computer stores, and supermarkets with small tech sections, whose inventory is an absolute mystery unless I was to go and expend gas driving around them all. I often just bite the bullet and pay over the odds at PC World because I know they have the item, and I won't have to spend money and time travelling round and round.
I've often thought "where's my nearest store that sells X, right now?" would be a neat idea for a startup. It sounds like an administration nightmare, though.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoWhat you describe sounds like Milo[1] before Ebay bought them last December. I'm not sure how they've kept up post-acquisition. [1]http://www.crunchbase.com/company/milo http://www.crunchbase.com/company/milo
- shalmanese 15y agoThis is what Milo tried to do. They found it difficult enough that they sold to Google instead.
- chrismiller 15y agoMilo was acquired by eBay [1], not Google. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/confirmed-ebay-acquires-milo-for-75-million-investors-make-a-killing/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/confirmed-ebay-acquires-mil...
- shalmanese 15y agomy mistake.
- pratster 15y agoYou mean like this search using Google shopping? http://goo.gl/UIapv http://goo.gl/UIapv