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CONUS Archive
176674
Y2K - Collectors - Memorabilia
Wichita, KS
Pkg
12/28/1999
27:37
1:50
Wichita, KS Nancy Robinson, Best of Times Tom Jacob, Jacob Liquor Kelly Longnecker, Reporting
Y2K PRODUCTS IN STORE; STORE OWNER SOT--SOMETHING YOU CAN GET AS A MOMENTO OF SOMETHING THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO THEM AGAIN; MOST PEOPLE GOING TO STAY HOME; 2ND STORE OWNER SOT--HOW STOCKING DIFFERENT LIQUOR PRODUCTS; STAND-UP.
AS THE NEW MILLENNIUM DRAWS CLOSER, MEMORABILIA COLLECTORS IN WICHITA KANSAS ARE GRABBING AS MANY YEAR 2000 MEMENTOS AS THEY CAN.
LEAD: WE'VE BEEN READYING OUR COMPUTERS FOR Y2K FOR MONTHS. BUT THE PEOPLE OF WICHITA, KANSAS ARE FINALLY GETTING READY TO PARTY. KELLY LONGNECKER SHOWS US HOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING THEIR GET TOGETHER Y2K COMPLIANT. (TAKE PKG.) SCRIPT: FROM EYEGLASSES TO CANDLES, WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT ALL YEAR, ALMOST ANYTHING YOU CAN PUT THE YEAR 2000 ON HAS BEEN ON STORE SHELVES. Sot: "Just to have a moment of this thing that will never happen to them again." SO STORE OWNERS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO KEEP ENOUGH IN STOCK TO FILL THAT NEED, BUT THEY'RE SELLING OUT FAST. Sot: "It seems like a lot of people I know are staying home because nobody knows what's going to happen at midnight. So they've decided to stay safe in their homes so they're trying to decorate their homes." SO THEY'RE ALSO STOCKING UP ON PLENTY OF BUBBLY TO RING IN Y2K. Sot: "We've seen quite an increase right up to Christmas. We expect a very good week this week due to the 2000 celebration." JACOB SAYS THEY'VE BROUGHT IN SEVERAL TYPES OF SPECIAL Y2K CHAMPAGNE THIS YEAR AND THEY'VE SOLD MOST OF IT. BUT HE SAYS THE BIGGEST CHANGE THIS YEAR IS THAT PEOPLE ARE BUYING A LOT OF CHAMPAGNE FOR HOME PARTIES. MORE THAN HE REMEMBERS IN THE PREVIOUS TWO DECADES. STAND-UP: "INSTEAD OF BUYING BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE FOR YOUR Y2K BASH, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS OPTION. FOR ABOUT TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE PARTY WITH THIS FIFTEEN LITER BOTTLE." BUT EVEN THOSE WHO ARE JUST BUYING A FEW BOTTLES SEEM TO BE UPGRADING FOR 2000. Sot: "They're not looking at moderately priced, they're looking at real champagnes, a lot of people have never had those and they feel this is once in a lifetime." SO WHAT BETTER TIME THAN THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO TRY IT OUT? TAG: YOU CAN GET A GOOD BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE FOR AROUND FORTY DOLLARS. NOONFEED FEED-DATE: 99DEC29 NOONFEED
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