Ken was getting low on Bryl Creem. He has used it on his hair since the ’50s when its tag line was, “A little dab’ll do ya.” The next time I went shopping, I looked in Walgreens and Target but neither had it. When I returned home, I checked the internet to see if it was still manufactured. It was available at the Walmart Supercenter on Riverside in Rockford. I’m not a regular Walmart shopped so I hadn’t stopped there.
Ken prefers to shop in Monroe, so he went to the Walmart there. They didn’t stock Bryl Creem and the young clerk he asked had never heard of it. He bought a substitute. After a few days, he told me he didn’t like what he’d purchased.
The next morning, I used the internet to contact the store on Riverside and learned the styling cream was available for pick-up. I ordered it on line, paid with a credit card and was given an order number for pick-up after 1:30 p.m. They advised me to email before I left home. After lunch, I checked with the store and was assured it was waiting for me. I printed out the order and headed for Rockford.
In less than a half-hour, I arrived at the the store closest to us, parked in their designated area and phoned the number posted. Soon a young man was at my car window. I showed him my name and order number. He went into the store and soon returned with my bag. I was ready to go home.
It was so easy. I didn’t have to hunt for a place to park in their busy lot, walk to the store from a distant spot or wander around inside looking for one item. I didn’t have to wait in a checkout line or check my self out.
Since COVID-19, a lot of stores offer the service–I recommend it.
Have you used a store’s pick-up?
No, we haven’t used the Pick-up service, but we have ordered quite a few things from Amazon or the store itself, & had it shipped. This is good, but more expensive, still to avoid running around in the bad weather, & to avoid Covid, I would recommend it.