AT&T's takes it's store on the road an RV
You know what an RV is, right?
For me, the term ‘RV’ (“Recreational Veeeee-hik-ul”) is inextricably linked with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation movie which features a solid line of RV-hilarity, including one chap ’emptying the shitter’ whilst smoking a cigar, if memory serves. It doesn’t take long for both the RV, the cigar and the contents of ‘the shitter’ to explode leading to continued hilarity.
It’s thus fair to say I don’t have positive associations with the term RV.
So when this piece of news came through from AT&T, I did my best to look past the RV and examine the reality. And it’s a good reality. AT&T has 10 retail stored dotted across the state of New England, which, at 186,458.8 km² is within spitting distance of the United Kingdom’s 244,820 km².
This means if you’re looking to change your phone in New England, you’ve most probably got quite a bit of driving to do. The chances are, you local store is at least an hour away. That really prohibits impulse buying.
And that’s why you’ve kept hold of that was-good but now-is-rubbish Motorola RAZR for five years.
Enter the 31-foot AT&T-branded RV mobile store, replete with massive satellite on-top. The AT&T team will be using the RV to traverse Vermont over the next few weeks ready to sell you an iPhone, although I doubt they’ll be stocking the Nokia E71.
In case you too are reading from New England and are rather keen to upgrade your aging mobile handset, here are the tour dates:
8/18 – Stowe Police Dept., Stowe – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/19 – Norwich University, Northfield – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
8/20 – Magnan Quick Stop and Deli, Enosburg Falls – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/21 – John Leo & Sons Inc., Essex Junction- 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/25 – Crossroads On The Run, Alburgh – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/26 – The Abbey Restaurant, Sheldon – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/27 – Westfield General Store, Westfield – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/28 -Thompson’s Redemption and Convenience, Newport – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
8/29 – TJ’s Country Store, Montgomery – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9/1 – Champlain Farms, Bristol – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/2 – Champlain Farms, Middlebury – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/3 – Jiffy Mart, East Dorset – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/4 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
9/5 & 9/6 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
9/7 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
9/8, 9/9 & 9/10 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
9/11 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.
9/12 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
9/13 – Vermont State Fair, Rutland – 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
9/16 – Eaton’s Sugar House, Royalton- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/17 – Dana’ By the Gorge, White River Junction – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/18 – GoGo Mart, Springfield – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9/19 – Onion Flats, Bethel – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9/22 – Aubuchon Hardware, Jeffersonville – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/23 – Town Clerk’s Office, Johnson – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/24 – Aubuchon Hardware, Morrisville – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/25 – Aubuchon Hardware, Hardwick – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/26 – Mill River Park (Harvest Festival), Underhill – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9/29 – Village Grocery & Deli, Waitsfield – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
9/30 – Goodro Lumber & True Value, Killington – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
10/1 – Zachery’s Pizza, Chester – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
10/2 – White Cottage, Woodstock – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10/3 – Park and Ride, Randolph – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10/6 – Merchant’s Bank, Bradford – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
10/7 – Warner’s Gallery, Wells River – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
10/8 – Valley View Family Restaurant & Tavern, Lyndonville – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
10/9 – Aubuchon Hardware, Morrisville – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
I am particularly pleased to see the mention of ‘Jiffy Mart’, ‘GoGo Mart’. They sound like brilliant places to stop off for a Gatorade.
I was going to say that it would be nice to see Vodafone do something like this in the UK, but really, you can’t move for mobile phone stores here. In some high streets across the UK, there are more mobile phone stores than realestate agents. And that’s saying something.
I wonder if Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint also have roving RVs? They must do.
Although I’m willing to bet that anyone turning up to the Town Clerk’s Office in Johnson between the hours of 10am to 6pm will only have eyes for AT&T. They’ll be the only show in town.
