Subj : Re: FWIW - Shingrex To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Mar 05 2020 16:52:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Feb-2020 08:58 <=- BM>>>> shot was free by most insurances. NB>>>> That's generally the case, wherever one gets the flu shot... at a NB>>>> pharmacy or at the doctor's office... :) BM>>> True, just sometimes 'advertising the obvious' gets more business. NB>>> Or gets the customer's attention better... ;) BM>> I'm thinking 'free' gets the customers' attention! Plus this sign BM>> says 'free' and the other doesn't, so maybe a cost? Little tricks of BM>> advertising. NB>> MIght be a trick... but not necessarily to get customers to choose NB>> away from competitors.... ;) OTOH, it might just be that all the NB>> pharmacies are just trying to make sure that as many people as NB>> possible do get their flu shots.... :) BM> Right: customer notes the 'free/covered by most insurances' at pharmacy BM> with the sign: "hmmm: wonder if mine does the same?" and checks out. And so, theoretically, more people get their shot, and there is more protection overall.... :) BM>>> I'm thinking it might be like my no coffee-flavoured M&Ms at Hy-Vee: BM>>> just don't carry. NB>>> And might be a regional thing.... or, if you have it for a while and NB>>> then it disappears, more proof that you may be a test market for new NB>>> food products.... ;) BM>> Quite possible. And I haven't checked at the gas stations to see if BM>> she was able to get any in from her second supplier. Last week was BM>> only one week and she indicated the earliest would be closer to two. NB>> Just have to be patient... ;) BM> And when coming home didn't even think to stop at the gas station; BM> didn't even think of it earlier that morning. You'll think of it next time you need gas, I suppose... ;) BM>>> Do know the websites might indicate the store doesn't have when really BM>>> do: when I was working my store's website would indicate we didn't BM>>> have certain stock when we did. On-hand count was correct. We found BM>>> out if below a certain number would not be listed. Also had something BM>>> to do with popularity: not a popular item with the in-person shoppers BM>>> then the website might list to get rid of it to the web shoppers. NB>>> Various factors playing in there... ;) BM>> Sort of learned that when working at the store and the company went BM>> on-line: how come dot-com says we have three of this which is right BM>> and none of these when I have one in my hands and the on-hand count is BM>> right? NB>> Definite inconsistencies... ;) BM> Though probably made more sense when one looked at buying trends. Possibly... and to the trained eye... ;) BM>> Yes, I've heard dry ice works quite well though no first-hand BM>> experience. NB>> In the past, I got some packages of Omaha Steak products... they NB>> were packed in styrofoam cases and had dry ice packs to keep them NB>> cold... things were always rock solid... ;) The cases have made NB>> quite nice coolers ever since... ;) BM> Nice little side-gift! Indeed. :) BM>> Tangent on the shipping of refrigerated items, I was living at the BM>> apartment and had ordered some parts from an electronics surplus BM>> dealer. The parts were shipping in a (possibly also surplus) box with BM>> "KEEP FROZEN" preprinted. The manager knew I would probably be working BM>> later so she made room in freezer for the box; fortunately wasn't too BM>> big but large enough to not be an easy fit. NB>> Probably was a reused box... :) BM> I'm thinking it was an overrun as the company bought surplus BM> electronics and so probably bought their supplies from extras in other BM> areas. Could be... :) BM>> I get home, knock on the office door. ...Confused by the package that BM>> has to be kept frozen: I didn't order anything, my parents have BM>> shipped foods that should be kept cool but only in winter and they BM>> hadn't said anything. Look at the return address and probably laugh BM>> when seeing its the electronics parts, ...Pretty sure I gave the BM>> managers a bottle of wine or something for their concern. NB>> At least the electronics shouldn't have been hurt by the NB>> freezing... :) BM> Not at normal home freezer temperatures. :) Exactly... :) ttyl neb .... A mind stretched by new ideas can never go back to its original size. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .