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Best Buy fail = I win!
RayB:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on January 11, 2011, 08:08:11 pm ---And I doubt anyone's losing their job. If a manager fired every employee who made a mistake there'd be no one left to work there. Paying out unemployment benefits and having to interview and train new people is a little bit of a hassle to punish someone for what could have been an innocent mistake.
But what say you if this wasn't the first (or second or third) time the employee made this error? Well then he's a poor employee and where I'm from you don't get to keep your job if you suck at it (or have no interest in doing it right).
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Why do I have to explain everything in minute detail? We're not a bunch of 6 year olds are we? I never said that his act directly would result in a firing. Life isn't always so direct and 1:1 like that. I'm talking about cumulative effects from so many people having the attitude that they deserve to "beat the system". If enough people screw a store out of their profit margins, eventually that store has to cut staff or shut down. We might as well be bragging about successful shoplifting.
Go for it guys. Post all your "wins" from sneaking stuff out of stores, or being handed back the wrong change and not having the moral balls to tell the clerk he/she made a mistake.
lilshawn:
i got a small (cheaply made no name) TV from the superstore grocery chain. the newspaper ad said 39.99 the tag on the display said 49.99 and rung up at 69.99... being WAAAY wrong, I got it at 29.99 (10 dollars off lowest price item scanning practice rules apply)
new kids room TV! Tada!
though i was kind of disturbed that when i opened the box.... the TV came with a complete set of schematics on a giant sheet of paper! :o .... i'm guessing the manufacturer isn't planning on fixing this one... :lol
HanoiBoi:
I've got no problem with a store making good on a mispriced item. It's that entitlement that gets me. The OP knew the item's worth and took the pricing card to the register with him.
The 'right' thing to do would be to bring the incorrect pricing to the attention of the store. Regardless of it being Best Buy.
So, you see someone unknowingly drop a $10 on the floor. Do you point it out to them or quickly cover it with your foot until they walk away?
Life shouldn't be 'Finders Keepers'. That's a kid thing.
Look for legitimate deals, not mistakes. Try sites like Woot.com, Hotdealsclub.com, monoprice.com, etc.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 11, 2011, 09:29:02 pm ---Why do I have to explain everything in minute detail? We're not a bunch of 6 year olds are we? I never said that his act directly would result in a firing. Life isn't always so direct and 1:1 like that. I'm talking about cumulative effects from so many people having the attitude that they deserve to "beat the system". If enough people screw a store out of their profit margins, eventually that store has to cut staff or shut down. We might as well be bragging about successful shoplifting.
Go for it guys. Post all your "wins" from sneaking stuff out of stores, or being handed back the wrong change and not having the moral balls to tell the clerk he/she made a mistake.
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I think you're making way more of this than it is. This is NOT a widespread problem with the economy going down the drain because there was suddenly some sudden outbreak of underpriced merchandise sneaking their way onto the sales floors of major retailers. The dude got a deal because someone fell asleep at the switch.
If you want to find "beating the system" mentality and the delusions of entitlement gamers are known for, go look at people who pirate video games. This is a story of a guy who got an unexpected discount due to a store's error and took advantage of a good deal. I can assure you, it doesn't happen 1/10th as much as you think. You can save the red flags. Trust me on that; I'm always bargain hunting.
And, for the umpteenth time: Best Buy is NOT losing out in the deal. He purchased an item he probably wouldn't have had it been priced accurately. Maybe it's a small loss on paper (and yes, I doubt the store spent more than five seconds fretting over that amount in the grand scheme of things) but advantageous in that it drives repeat business, encourage store loyalty and perhaps even lead to some word-of-mouth advertisement (e.g. the OP tells a friend about the deal, the friend goes in hoping to have the same luck).
I think what kind of gets me though is that I don't think anyone among us is qualified to be casting stones on this. If you find a $20 on the street, do you seriously spend the better part of the weekend tracking down its owner? If your bank didn't charge you a fee on an ATM transaction, do you call them up and make sure they correct that immediately? If you find the cashier didn't charge you for an item in your grocery bag, do you drive all the way back and pay them? When you use a MAME ROM, do you look up the copyright owner and mail out a check?
lilshawn:
--- Quote ---And, for the umpteenth time: Best Buy is NOT losing out in the deal.
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dude even at $10 they would be making money... where do you think the games/videos/software in the UNDER $5 bins come from?!?!
i bought a gamecube game from walmart one time... this one... http://www.amazon.com/Dragonball-Z-Sagas-GameCube/dp/B0006DNMYW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1294810433&sr=1-1 on final clearance...
i paid 20 CENTS for it... i'll bet walmart still made money on it.
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