I agree completely. I prefer to actually handle most things I buy, and get it right now. Also, I'd like to know how much of that beautiful land is taken up by new stores as opposed to houses.
I don't know how many of you have worked in retail, but it always made my co-workers and I laugh when people would get all pissed off and accuse US of trying to rip them off. I don't know about BB but at most chains, you don't make commission. So, I make minimum wage, no matter how much you pay. Why would I want to make you pay more than you're supposed to, or refuse to let you return something you have every right to return?
Agreed. If this was a one time thing, I might be inclined to let it slide, but BB has done so many immoral/deceitful/illegal things that I don't shop there anymore, even though I've never personally had a problem.
With me, I never planned to rip people off down the road. I just wanted them to come back and spend their money at our store (preferably in my dept.) so our numbers would be up and management would leave us alone. You see, laziness really can be a good motivator.;)
This is illegal, but not because its bait and switch. In fact, if you read the wikipedia article quoted, you'd see that bait and switch is not illegal as long as the advertisement says something like "while supplies last"
However, this is a case of FRAUD. they promise to match their online prices in stores, then the blatantly deceive you by showing you a fake website. If this isn't illegal then I'm going to start printing my own money.
This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Its also one of my favorites because its not really very dishonest (I've done sales, but I never liked being dishonest). Customer is entitled to something but doesn't know it. you give it to them anyway because "you seem like nice people" or "that's just not fair" or whatever. They leave feeling like they got a really good deal and you care about them and are way more likely to be repeat customers. Especially important if you work for a big chain, They are more likely to come back to YOUR Store-x, than the Store-x closer to their house/work, whatever.
Comes in real handy if you are usually drunk when you use your camera.
If only they made a camera that would refuse to take pictures that you will regret the next day.
Yeah, its called navigation by dead-reckoning, Navigators used it all the time before GPS, when they could only calculate their exact position every few minutes, hours, or days. They use all the info they do have like speed and direction to estimate where they are in relation to their last known location. This is why, ships in the old days would get lost if they had long periods of bad weather which prevented them from seeing the stars.
I love when someone claims that a policy doesn't work. I don't know where the synopsis gets this but from the sound of it it was never used, that's called untested, not "doesn't work." RTFSynopsis: "The anti-terror laws have never been used, and it was viewed that they are neither relevant, nor needed, in dealing with terrorist plots. Hopefully more countries will come to the same conclusion."
The government didn't renew the laws because they decided that they weren't needed. If you're cleaning your house and find something you bought five years ago and have never used, what do you do with it.
The craziest part about your whole electoral system is you don't realise how fucked up it is.
This is America buddy. We take pride in the fact that we don't realize how fucked up anything is. Except, of course, for other countries.
We have a couple of sayings: "If it's not broke, take it apart and screw around with it, then it will be." and "If something's broke, throw it in the shed out back and go have a beer."
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What the hell does bastages mean?
I agree completely. I prefer to actually handle most things I buy, and get it right now. Also, I'd like to know how much of that beautiful land is taken up by new stores as opposed to houses.
I don't know how many of you have worked in retail, but it always made my co-workers and I laugh when people would get all pissed off and accuse US of trying to rip them off. I don't know about BB but at most chains, you don't make commission. So, I make minimum wage, no matter how much you pay. Why would I want to make you pay more than you're supposed to, or refuse to let you return something you have every right to return?
Agreed. If this was a one time thing, I might be inclined to let it slide, but BB has done so many immoral/deceitful/illegal things that I don't shop there anymore, even though I've never personally had a problem.
Fry's doesn't promise to match their online prices
With me, I never planned to rip people off down the road. I just wanted them to come back and spend their money at our store (preferably in my dept.) so our numbers would be up and management would leave us alone. You see, laziness really can be a good motivator. ;)
This is illegal, but not because its bait and switch. In fact, if you read the wikipedia article quoted, you'd see that bait and switch is not illegal as long as the advertisement says something like "while supplies last" However, this is a case of FRAUD. they promise to match their online prices in stores, then the blatantly deceive you by showing you a fake website. If this isn't illegal then I'm going to start printing my own money.
This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Its also one of my favorites because its not really very dishonest (I've done sales, but I never liked being dishonest). Customer is entitled to something but doesn't know it. you give it to them anyway because "you seem like nice people" or "that's just not fair" or whatever. They leave feeling like they got a really good deal and you care about them and are way more likely to be repeat customers. Especially important if you work for a big chain, They are more likely to come back to YOUR Store-x, than the Store-x closer to their house/work, whatever.
Comes in real handy if you are usually drunk when you use your camera. If only they made a camera that would refuse to take pictures that you will regret the next day.
Yeah, its called navigation by dead-reckoning, Navigators used it all the time before GPS, when they could only calculate their exact position every few minutes, hours, or days. They use all the info they do have like speed and direction to estimate where they are in relation to their last known location. This is why, ships in the old days would get lost if they had long periods of bad weather which prevented them from seeing the stars.
Protect the innovations for whom, the people who thought of them or the ones who own the patents?
This is America buddy. We take pride in the fact that we don't realize how fucked up anything is. Except, of course, for other countries. We have a couple of sayings: "If it's not broke, take it apart and screw around with it, then it will be." and "If something's broke, throw it in the shed out back and go have a beer."