Re: OT- Shopping in hard economic times just got harder

On Dec 23, 7:57 am, Smitty Two <prestwh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 in2dadark <in2dad...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I waited till later in the evening tonight to go purchase a dvd player
as mine went to lunch today. So, I picked out a 29 dollar magnavox and
when I got home it looked like it was repackaged. The cord was not
wound up and the foam in the box was broken up. And the case of it
even looked like it had been used.

It didn't work. So, I took it right back. As I was going back I just
figured walmart took it back from someone else and 'they' sealed it up
and put it back on the shelf.  When I got to walmart customer service
they said the serial number didn't match the box; And they asked me to
step aside and wait and let the next person go.

So, finally she comes back and says will give you an exchange for the
same one. I said, no I want a refund, I'm getting a different one. I
said 'if I had done something wrong I would take your offer'.. They
relented but not without treating me like I just scammed walmart.

I'm going to have the store (every store) open the box or I'm going to
open ANY sealed box of ANYTHING I purchase from now on before I leave
the store and make sure it is what should be inside. Someone probably
sealed it up real nice and took it back as unopened and they didn't
open it to see what was inside.

The one that was in my box was from 2008. They could have called the
police and accused me of something. That would have been good because
I could have then sued them when I proved I had no other unit in my
home..

Beware,

My friend in China says everyone there *always* opens anything they're
about to buy in a store, exams it carefully, plugs it in and makes sure
every single feature works. They don't trust anybody, and for good
reason, because any one of them will cheat you if they get the chance.
It's just a cultural difference.

Imagine going into an Apple store in Beijing and opening up a computer,
plugging it in, making sure the keyboard works, making sure the mouse
works, making sure the internet connection works, checking out all the
software, etc. Now, Apple would take a return if something was
defective, but they're the exception, and the people there don't
understand that. In China, there really is no such thing as a warranty.
You pay for it, it's yours, period.- Hide quoted text -

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I'm opening EVERYTHING from here on out.. The next one I purchased I
took it to the CS counter and made sure 'they' opend it and looked at
the serial # on the unit and compared it to the box. I said 'if this
one is bad I'm taking IT back as well and I don't want any more
problems'...They obviously refunded my money because they know there
could be another way that unit got in there, ie someone bought one
swapped their old, nonworking unit and left the new remote, sealed it
up and returned it.

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