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Vol 03 No 18 | February 9, 2012
Ship’s Store Sees Sales Soar STORY BY
MC1 (SW/AW) Jeffrey J. Price | Carl Vinson Staff Writer
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inson Sailors are no longer waiting as long, paying as much, or worrying about shipping damages to new high-end electronics. Within a week of Vinson’s last replenishment-at-sea (RAS) on Jan. 29, the Ship’s Store sold more than $65,000 worth of newly-received electronics. Vinson’s Sales and Service clerks assigned to Supply Department’s S-3 Division, purchased $98,000 worth of iPads, MacBook Pros, Toshiba laptops, Kindles, ‘Beats by Dre’ headphones, and portable hard drives in response to needs and requests from the crew. “We purchase what the crew asks for,” said Ship’s Serviceman 2nd Class (SW/AW) Seng Chan, Sales and Service records keeper. “We expect all of the items to sell within the first week of their arrival.” Since the RAS, the ship’s store has sold out on all six available MacBook Pros, three Toshiba laptops, 100 ‘Beats by Dre’ headphones, and 30 portable hard drives. Chan said the hard drives sold in the first two days. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class (AW) Amber Lawson, assigned to Air Department’s V-1 Division, is one of the six Sailors who purchased a $1,539 MacBook Pro. “I was actually expecting to spend more,” Lawson said. “I was excited I found it cheaper!” CONTINUE ‘SHIP’S STORE’ ON PAGE 2
Photo by: MC2 (SW) James R. Evans | Carl Vinson Staff Photographer