Re: OT- Shopping in hard economic times just got harder
- From: Red Green <postmaster@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:25:41 -0600
in2dadark <in2dadark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On Dec 23, 7:57 am, Smitty Two <prestwh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article
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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..
Condoms? Depends?
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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