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As a kid in the UK, Argos catalogues were magical.
by petesergeant 1y ago
As a kid in the UK, Argos catalogues were magical.
- notahacker 1y agoI remember holiday catalogues the same. Then the internet came, and I assumed it would make the whole process of choosing a holiday that bit more magical Instead we got really efficient price comparison and sometimes very useful but often gamed customer reviews...
- throw0101d 1y ago> As a kid in the UK, Argos catalogues were magical. In Canada it was Consumers Distributing (also Eaton's, Sears): * 1992 catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTXbe9Mw17Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTXbe9Mw17Q * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers_Distributing * https://www.tvo.org/article/what-happened-to-consumers-distributing https://www.tvo.org/article/what-happened-to-consumers-distr... You could buy something via mail or phone, but there were also shops: you would go there, fill out a form with tiny pencils (like an old school bank form), give it to the clerk, and they'd bring it to the cashier 'from the back'. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalog_merchant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalog_merchant
- workmandan 1y ago"The laminated book of dreams!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOa9aSG-Ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOa9aSG-Ow