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I didn't know Google had a store

36 points by vaksel 17y ago

apgwoz 17y ago
And the pens (http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=4&code=GO42057 http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=4&code=GO42...), at least the previous incarnation of them, write amazingly well. Does anyone know where I can get them cheaper (i.e. not GOOG branded)?
- sokoloff 17y ago
  $5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money? Why not just buy the ones you like and stop spending time/energy on the "problem"?
  - apgwoz 17y ago
    > $5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money? It's not about the money by any means. 1) I use a pen pretty rarely. 2) I'm not spending time or energy on the "problem."
    - sokoloff 17y ago
      When you asked for a cheaper source, I assumed it was somehow about the money.
patio11 17y ago
It isn't technically Google-operated: they've outsourced it, which is fairly common for promotional goods. (McDonalds doesn't specialize in making T-shirts, after all.) What I find hilarious is that if you buy an $8 T-shirt from Google you can actually talk to a human being about it, which makes that approximately the only Google-brand product sold for under $100,000 where that is reliably true.
tzury 17y ago
now you know.
- beastman82 17y ago
  and knowing is half the battle
tzury 17y ago
The funniest thing about it that it runs ASP on IIS.
l0nwlf 17y ago
For more details check this earlier post on HN : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652807 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652807 Apparantly google is outsourcing it to some 3rd party (in this case it's Merchandise Mania Ltd, Borehamwood, UK)
- deleted 17y ago
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sh1mmer 17y ago
Quite a few companies have one. Yahoo! has one too (http://companystore.yahoo.com/ http://companystore.yahoo.com/). I'm always amazed at the amount of people that stop in front of the Yahoo! sign to take photos.
- dryicerx 17y ago
  Pretty much any large branded company has their own store. Cisco has a physical store on campus that sell branded stuff.
tesseract 17y ago
Google has had a store for a long time. As far as I can tell it was at one time the only way they were making money - before AdWords and the Google Appliance were invented.
sho 17y ago
I didn't know Google Checkout was available in Australia now. Pretty annoyed that they want CC details before telling me shipping, though. I wanted some Google grocery bags!
johnfn 17y ago
I don't know if this is exactly 'life changing'... although it is pretty cool.
onreact-com 17y ago
What? Google takes on Walmart?
Tichy 17y ago
Has anyone tried the bean bags - are they big enough for adults?
- timcederman 17y ago
  Yes. I have one and it's great.
omnipresent1 17y ago
I love the "SPF 30 Google Sun Stick" :)
timcederman 17y ago
They also have an on-site store for guests.
Mark_B 17y ago
Forget Google merch...I want some "Bing Bling"
dzlobin 17y ago
Oh god, you guys KNOW the hackers at google have so many cheap google soiveniers at home.

36 points by vaksel 17y ago

And the pens (http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=4&code=GO42057 http://www.googlestore.com/product.asp?catid=4&code=GO42...), at least the previous incarnation of them, write amazingly well. Does anyone know where I can get them cheaper (i.e. not GOOG branded)?

sokoloff 17y ago
$5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money? Why not just buy the ones you like and stop spending time/energy on the "problem"?
- apgwoz 17y ago
  > $5.20 (plus shipping) for 4 pens that "write amazingly well" is too much money? It's not about the money by any means. 1) I use a pen pretty rarely. 2) I'm not spending time or energy on the "problem."
  - sokoloff 17y ago
    When you asked for a cheaper source, I assumed it was somehow about the money.

patio11 17y ago

It isn't technically Google-operated: they've outsourced it, which is fairly common for promotional goods. (McDonalds doesn't specialize in making T-shirts, after all.) What I find hilarious is that if you buy an $8 T-shirt from Google you can actually talk to a human being about it, which makes that approximately the only Google-brand product sold for under $100,000 where that is reliably true.

tzury 17y ago

now you know.

beastman82 17y ago
and knowing is half the battle

tzury 17y ago

The funniest thing about it that it runs ASP on IIS.

l0nwlf 17y ago

For more details check this earlier post on HN : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652807 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652807 Apparantly google is outsourcing it to some 3rd party (in this case it's Merchandise Mania Ltd, Borehamwood, UK)

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sh1mmer 17y ago

Quite a few companies have one. Yahoo! has one too (http://companystore.yahoo.com/ http://companystore.yahoo.com/). I'm always amazed at the amount of people that stop in front of the Yahoo! sign to take photos.

dryicerx 17y ago
Pretty much any large branded company has their own store. Cisco has a physical store on campus that sell branded stuff.

tesseract 17y ago

Google has had a store for a long time. As far as I can tell it was at one time the only way they were making money - before AdWords and the Google Appliance were invented.

sho 17y ago

I didn't know Google Checkout was available in Australia now. Pretty annoyed that they want CC details before telling me shipping, though. I wanted some Google grocery bags!

johnfn 17y ago

I don't know if this is exactly 'life changing'... although it is pretty cool.

onreact-com 17y ago

What? Google takes on Walmart?

Tichy 17y ago

Has anyone tried the bean bags - are they big enough for adults?

timcederman 17y ago
Yes. I have one and it's great.

omnipresent1 17y ago

I love the "SPF 30 Google Sun Stick" :)

timcederman 17y ago

They also have an on-site store for guests.

Mark_B 17y ago

Forget Google merch...I want some "Bing Bling"

dzlobin 17y ago

Oh god, you guys KNOW the hackers at google have so many cheap google soiveniers at home.