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• [1] Eurydice from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 02:16PM

  I can't stand loud music in stores where you have to shout to be heard by the sales person. It actually distracts me and I can't focus on shopping. I usually end up walking out of the store w/o buying anything.

  
  
• [2] LADD from NYC May 22, 2009 - 02:16PM

  APART FROM THE MUSIC THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT LIGHTING IN THE AF STORE MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DIFFERENTIATE COLOR SHADES. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC I GUESS?

  
  
• [3] graham from Sayville, NY May 22, 2009 - 02:19PM

  Loud music in stores may be the same thing as loud music in bars. Barowners know that loud music makes people drink more and faster.

  The Gap plays loud music constantly. Personally, the atmosphere makes me want to leave without buying anything.

  
  
• [4] Mary Jane from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 02:21PM

  I would think the loud music does encourage people to by more. Have you ever been driving and heard a rock song you love and then found yourself driving faster. There is something about pounding music that makes us more reckless.

  
  
• [5] Allison from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 02:25PM

  Stupid Ikea plays ALWAYS music that my husband and I like...we feel so much like they are targeting us...it's almost creepy.

  
  
• [6] MaryLou Minard from Great Neck, NY May 22, 2009 - 02:26PM

  I was shopping in Macy's and they had one kind of music in the china/crystal department and right next door they had different music in the children's department. They were both too loud and conflicting for a few yards into each department. I complained. They still do it.

  
  
• [7] jessica from Colonia, NJ May 22, 2009 - 02:27PM

  I am 23 years old and I really hate Abercrombie & Fitch. However, my boyfriends shops there and drags me with him quite frequently. Surprisingly enough the music actually makes me enjoy the experience. It puts me in a better mood and even though its not my style it sometimes gets me browsing the merchandise!

  
  
• [8] Cory from Crown Point, NY May 22, 2009 - 02:27PM

  I always shop online and listen to music whenever I shop (or do anything else as well).

  
  
• [9] Lillian Fimbres from New York May 22, 2009 - 02:29PM

  Visit Abercrombie and Fitch and they have a playlist so you can maintain the complete store experience while shopping on line. Unlike visiting a store in person you do get to turn off the playlist online.

  
  
• [10] Vinny_G from The Upper West Side NYC May 22, 2009 - 02:30PM

  I really hate the pseudo-science of Psycho-Economics. I resent being targeted, tracked, profiled or otherwise attempted to be "sold" ANYTHING. George Orwell's caution about mind control concerning Political Thought is dwarfed by the efforts to sell product in last 30 years...

  
  
• [11] Kate Kohli from NJ May 22, 2009 - 02:31PM

  Yes I enjoy beboping around at the A and F establishment. I have even danced with the store clerks.

  I top it off with skanky clothes and enjoy my 12 year old's major discomfort.

  Mean Mommy Kate

  
  
• [12] angie from long island May 22, 2009 - 07:23PM

  On the shopping segment, you played a song that i would like to put on my ipod. Was it called "Live it Loud"? Who is the artist?

  
  
• [13] edwin e. montanez from jacob reis houses May 24, 2009 - 08:13AM

  dear mr. shafer, it is the waltz and that it is measured in 3/4. is there any guitarist that has played the waltz. i will be monitoring. thank you eddy