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- From: wc4209@writer.yorku.ca (Irene Berkovich)
- Subject: Re: TOPS expertise/Future Shop
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.184339.24283@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
- Keywords: how much off can you *really* get?
- Sender: wc4209@innis.yorku.ca
- Organization: Computer Assisted Writing Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada
- References: <1993Jan3.140218.6575@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- Distribution: north america
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:43:39 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1993Jan3.140218.6575@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> bgt@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (barbara.tongue) writes:
- >folks,
- >
- >pardon me if this has already been discussed - i just discovered
- >this newsgroup.
- >
- >recently i've had the joyous experience of purchasing a vacuum cleaner
- >and VCR from TOPS appliance center in East Hanover, NJ. now, ignoring
- >their absolutely obnoxious commericals which would border on tastelessness
- >if they were closer than the 13,000 miles in depth of nauseating-ness
- >they currently are, and the fact that *some* (not all) of the salefolks
- >are polyester-plaited shark wannabes, they did have some rather good
- >prices.
- >
- >i was able to knock off $50 on both items which i purchased. it makes
- >me wonder, though, how could i find the *real* price they cost? why
- >would they price something and then take off half a hundred dollars?
- >what is the best overall strategy for dealing with these peoples?
- >i'd be interested in hearing all war stories....
- >
- >btw, when buying the VCR my salesperson was quite polite. the vacuum
- >cleaner sale, though, was an amazing experience - the salesperson was
- >working part time in college, very informative, really pleasant personality;
- >apparently not too experienced because his "manager" (a subspecies of
- >paramecium which couldn't pass a bio slide test) decided to step in
- >and convince me to purchase much warranties. it was actually a lot of
- >fun to put him through all his sales paces....
- >--
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- >%% The Speaking Tongue, AT&T %% C Code. C Code Run. Run, Code, RUN! %%
- >%% bgt@hogpf.att.com %% PLEASE!!!! %%
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-
- In Canada we have an exact copy of what you're describing .. Future
- Shop. I remember buying a computer monitor and having to endure a
- twentyy minute argument about why I had to buy their extended
- warrantee. That was two years ago, without any such warantee and my
- monitor is just fine thank-you.
-
-