Office Depot Employee — "We Changed Prices Too"

Avram Piltch writes "Last week, LAPTOP reported that Office Depot employees were routinely lying to customers about notebook inventory, telling them that systems were out of stock if they didn't want to buy extended warranties or tech services. Now LAPTOP has spoken to more Office Depot associates, one of whom goes by the name Alex and reports widespread altering of prices in his region. He says he even Photoshops higher price tags on clearance notebooks so that associates can tell customers that they're getting a free warranty or tech service, when the price has been raised to cover it. LAPTOP also talked to a representative from the FTC, who would not comment on Office Depot specifically, but said that the sales practices described by LAPTOP clearly violate federal law."

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Re:I had this happen to me at Microcenter

[commodore64_love]

P.S. I did get my revenge though.

Once I realized the Virginia government wasn't going to help me, I turned to my Discover Card. I explained the story to them, about how I had been overcharged and kicked out of my room, therefore I was charged $250 for a week's rent that I only used two nights. They reversed the charge and sucked that money right out of the manager's pocket.

I bet he was mad. I got two free nights stay, and he got nothing. :-)