Randomly Noted

This blogger is visiting family in Virginia Beach this week and was doing some last-minute holiday shopping today. I walked into a very crowded Best Buy and spoke with a floor clerk about what people are buying – the answer: two items in particular. Then when at the checkout, I asked the cashier the same question. And I got the same two-item answer. Now granted, this is one store and it’s one town. But it was the reasoning for these purchases that each employee offered that makes sense it could be a wider trend. The items were the iPod and the iPod Touch. You are “cool” if you have either one and the iPod in particular starts at a relatively low price point. The iPod shuffle starts at $59. The iPod Touch starts around $199 and is all about not only a big audio and video library, but WiFi access that lets you take advantage of not only the Internet but the Apple apps that make the iPhone so popular. So, you get those bells and whistles with no monthly cell-phone fee (but you need to have WiFi access…) Will be interesting to see if the Virginia Beach trend is seen around the country.