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December 1, 2004 12:01 AM

Broken: List of 7-11s in Hawaii

711mapA blogger in Hawaii, who claims to live down the block from a 7-11, goes on to the 7-11 corporate website to see all the 7-11s in his area.

Even though there are dozens of 7-11s in the state of Hawaii, the closest store listed in the website would be a very long and difficult drive.

Thanks to Brad Fitzpatrick for the entry.

Here's the original blog entry.

Posted in Web/Tech

Comments:

He could just take the tunnel, duh. That's why they built it, so if you start jonesin' for a Slurpee you can get one in just 36 hours.

Posted by: Manni at December 1, 2004 01:32 AM

And I thought the nearest ones to me were a long drive...

http://go.vicinity.com/7eleven/GeoFind.d?E=sPaMw&STATE=GA&ZIP=31201&AD4=USA

Posted by: codeman38 at December 1, 2004 07:58 PM

This is almost as useful as mapquest!

Posted by: Maurs at December 1, 2004 10:22 PM

on that original post someone typed this:

A classic example of a company that doesn't take a customer's perception into account.

7-eleven.com is run by 7-Eleven corporate (Dallas, TX). 7-11 in Hawaii is a 'licensee' and merely licenses the use of the name and logo.

The 7-eleven.com site only shows corporate/franchisees not licensees. It is a very clear distinction to the company, but imperceptible to the consumer.... a point that seems to be lost by the folks that chartered the web-site.

Posted by: bob at December 2, 2004 12:20 PM

I wonder what would happen if you asked for driving directions.......*shudder*

Posted by: me at December 3, 2004 02:35 PM

_@_v - it won't actually give you directions from hawaii - just locks into an enter data loop...

Posted by: shesnailie_@_v at December 3, 2004 08:24 PM

at the bottom it says "(NOTE: like any driving directions/map you should always do a reality check and make sure the roads still exist, watch out for construction, and follow all traffic safety precautions. This is only to be used as an aid in planning.) "

Posted by: me at December 4, 2004 05:40 PM

"...watch out for construction, major bodies of salt water, ...."

Posted by: Michael Spina at December 6, 2004 10:30 AM

Now you know the answer to the old question, why does Hawaii have Interstate highways?

Posted by: Carl Zetie at December 7, 2004 05:03 PM

The store locator page http://go.vicinity.com/7eleven/prxStart.dsp says "

Just type in the City, State/Province, and/or Postal Code, and select the Country".

The "Country" drop-down list shows USA and Canada. So I tried to enter my Canadian postal code, and discovered that the "Postal Code" field accepts only five characters; Canadian postal codes are six characters (seven if you include the space in the middle).

Posted by: rc at December 12, 2004 09:08 AM

I bet you, if you were the Thunderbirds living on Tracy Island, and needed a Slurpee or just a quick on-the-go food or non-food item, then getting to the Half Moon Bay 7-Eleven has never been easier! I'm saying this because in the 2004 movie Thunderbirds, look just after TB1 and TB2 pass the Golden Gate Bridge. There will be a map showing an arrow pointing from San Francisco to Hawaii, about the same route where you can get to the "nearest" 7-Eleven and back!

Posted by: sethn172 at February 5, 2005 12:17 AM

Howdy!

That's nothing. I just went to the Zenith Electronics website and this is the nearest dealer from zip code 77841 (College Station, TX): ON THE WAY TO AUSTIN!

http://www.zenithservice.com/gcsc/b2c/hpi/main

Posted by: Seth Nelson at August 7, 2005 05:15 PM

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