Re: Don't buy a camera at Circuit City

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 14:55:14 -0500, "Rita Ä Berkowitz" <ritaberk2O04
@aol.com> wrote:

>Tony Cooper wrote:
>
>> When I was wandering the aisles of CompUSA recently, I overheard a
>> person in the printers sections telling his companion that they'd buy
>> this printer and then go to Cheap Guy's (a local store) and see what
>> they had. If Cheap Guy's had a better buy, they'd return this one.
>
>This is highly illogical of them since everyone knows that *ALL* these
>stores offer a 30-day price matching guarantee. They will even call the
>other store for price verification before you buy the item.
>
>> If they did this, the extra cost incurred by CompUSA in handling the
>> return just adds to the costs that they must recoup to stay in
>> business.
>
>I doubt the customer followed through with this nonsense. So, using this
>excuse for returns for finding an item cheaper elsewhere is outdated and no
>longer used.
>
This is in a thread where people are objecting to stores that don't
post their returned goods policies on large signs by the entrance.
You expect these people to know how to go about negotiating a price
matching offsetting credit?

Really, Rita, if you keep on over-estimating the intelligence of the
average shopper you are doomed to disappointment. We live in a world
where 25 cent items can be offered at a price of three for a dollar
and people will snap up the bargains.




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Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL
.

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