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Vigo:
In cases where a store is obnoxious to me, I have no problem tossing an open item back at them. I don't need to give them my money that badly.

I remember a few years ago I bought a new water heater from the hardware store because my old one went out. With no time to deal hunt, I just picked one up and installed it. The next day I noticed in the sales flyer that the water heater I bought was $30 off, but they never lowered the price like they should have. Being the cheapskate I am, my wife and I went down there and asked for a price correction. The GM was rude and said that the prices only become valid after they enter it in their computer, which was complete BS. Funny thing is, my wife used to work for their corporate office and knew their price policies inside and out, so she started to cite the internal policy on promotions. Even though I got a chuckle out of it, it was pretty much just stirring the hornets nest that she knew company policies better than him and he got even more stubborn.

We finally decided to leave, but last minute I told the guy that the box would be missing when I return the water heater, but I would do my best to drain the water out beforehand. The guy's eyes got as big as saucers and all he could stammer out was "You would return an already installed water heater?" I said "Well, yeah. I can just price match this at Sears."

I promptly got the $30 difference back.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: Vigo on January 31, 2012, 11:14:20 am ---Yeah, the article never went into the deliberate price gouging. Last time I looked, the cheapest HDMI cable is a 3 footer in the $40-$50 range, and I remember the thread about their $1000-$2000 HDMI cables. Any company that does that should have no right to complain that Amazon is "stealing their business".  ::)


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But you know, really EVERY brick and mortar store over-prices their hdmi cables.  The average price for a "cheap one" and your local S-MART  is 30 to 40 bucks. 

The way I figure it if I'm getting that exact same cable shipped directly from China (free shipping I might add) for only 1-2 bucks then they should only charge a MAXIMUM of 5-7 bucks for one.  That's giving them a 100% markup and extra few bucks for "overhead" which I'm fairly convinced doesn't really exist.

Mikezilla:
Man, I hope they dont go under, I buy most of my music from Best Buy, and the occasional game. Ordering online sucks because you have to wait for things. What if its tuesday, and I didnt know the new Children of Bodom CD came out that day, and I wanted to run to Best buy to get it, and they were closed? I would have to wait a week. Yes, I sound like a child, or selfish, but I hate having to wait for things. I dont like not having an actual store to go to, yes, the BB employees are borderline brain dead, but I just ignore them. I mean cmon, if you know how to talk to people, you can work around them, get what you need, and bail. I like just casually walking around the store seeing if I want to buy something else.

But then, as with Vigos story, people suck and you dont want to have to deal with them. Its the corporations man...

I hope Target doesnt go the same route of being only online, that would suck. Where would I get my undershirts and boxers?!  :o

I dont buy stuff from Amazon unless its a book or something, and thats super rare.

Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on January 31, 2012, 10:00:42 am --- Radio Shack's former policy of getting your address EVERY TIME YOU PURCHASED SOMETHING was worse, IMHO.

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True! Just let me get out of the store!

mountain:
Back when I was in the market to buy my first digital camera, some pimple faced kid told me I HAD to buy a card reader instead of using the cable to transfer images to my computer. He tried to explain that it would prevent my camera from getting a virus.  :laugh2:

I bought my camera online and NEVER use Best Buy for anything other than a showroom.

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