They must be having enough issues for them to try something. Not sure what else they could do to try and help prevent it other than fully locking them up behind an enclosure which I doubt they would want to do.
Just saw on twitter but it’s true. We are losing more and more important people from Disney. Ron Miller and now Dave Smith. If you have the chance go see or listen to these important Disney people before it’s too late.
Someone protect Bob Gurr please.
Strikes me as hugely inconvenient. We often grab a couple as impulse purchases on our way to pay. We’ll definitely buy less this way. Particularly when it’s crowded. Can you imagine how long it will take to get someone there to unlock all of these for everyone all day long??
That's not the case I'm even trying to make. Life has all sorts of inconveniences due to other people's poor decisions. Like I said it must be bad enough for them to do something like this. If they find it isn't working out they will switch to something else. I see this as no different than ink tags or sensor tags. It's inconvenient to make sure they get removed (and we all know sometimes they don't get removed and then we have to go back to the store, etc) but they were on there for a reason. It's a pretty overt loss-prevention technique I'm going to assume they've thought of other things first and determined for now to try this out. It's not the end of the world to say the least to ask a CM to get it out for you
and most people I'm sure have run up against something like this elsewhere.This seems like a hassle for the CMs more than anything.
Absolutely. I can imagine what this will look like in practice. I could be wrong, but I’m picturing a real mess at peak times. And at least some lost sales from people who won’t bother to wait.
No doubt. But again not the point I'm trying to make. Many things I did as a cashier back in the day were quite the hassle. That wasn't a reason for me to not do preventative and active loss-prevention. In this case Disney has decided, for now, to try this out; if it doesn't work out it doesn't work out and something else will be looked at. Honestly I think pricing of some of the pins is probably more of a deterrent in buying them (half-way joking).
Oh I know. Just pointing out that I think this will be an issue for them as more tedious than anything. They should just Station a CM at the pins at all times.
I'm thinking they probably don't want to pay a CM to do that lol but I totally get what you're saying. Putting a CM within reach to unlock it quickly or doing away with the lock entirely and just have a CM keep a closer eye on the pins is certaintly another way(s).
Yeah, this seems like it will be a pain. I wonder if it will be all merchandise locations throughout WDW or just like the Emporium, Mouse Gear, etc where there is really high traffic and lots of people cutting through with multiple entrances and exits. I wouldn’t think Boutiki for example would be as bad.
And what's preventing somebody from just removing the back...sliding the pin off and leaving the paper hanging? People that want to steal will steal, this will simply cause a nuisance to the honest and seems to serve as no deterrent whatsoever.Yeah, this seems like it will be a pain. I wonder if it will be all merchandise locations throughout WDW or just like the Emporium, Mouse Gear, etc where there is really high traffic and lots of people cutting through with multiple entrances and exits. I wouldn’t think Boutiki for example would be as bad.
Also, aren’t the cards behind the pins made of paper? Couldn’t someone just rip the card off the peg/hook?!?
At least now the pins will stay neatly organized on the proper rack and not be put back in random wrong places. I'm just a little OCD. Or maybe a lot. Either way, that always bothered me.
Mabe they'll hire more people.......
I wonder if they would ever create a pin vending machine? Integrate it with a MB/RFID/CC Chip reader and you could easily make pin buys without a CM involved.
