This is a subject that has been bothering me for sometime now. I work retail at Circuit City. Why do people think that they are buying a car when they come in? Too many people say "What can you do on the price?" To which I usually reply, "I can ring it up and charge you for the price that is on the price tag there." This is a retail electronics store! Since when do you wheel and deal for a freaking brand new computer?!! Then they say "Best Buy has a different model on sale for cheaper than this. What can you do for me?" Well, I can send you off to Best Buy to get the better deal. Threatening me isn't going to get us to lower the price. Why? Because it's not the same thing! You going to another store to get a better deal isn't going to hurt my feelings or ruin my day. I would do the same thing to save some money. In fact, if I know that you can get something cheaper somewhere else and you ask me, I will probably tell you. Can I lose my job for this? I don't know, but frankly I don't care. It's about morals I guess. I can't bring myself to rip somebody off just so the people above me can go buy ridiculously expensive things. I guess I could never be a lawyer! LOL
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I am so proud of you for doing the right thing babe! If everyone was ethical, they would know that if there is a better price or product out there, it is ethical to let the consumer know so! (haha! can you tell I just took my ethics test for work?!) So yeah... good work babe!
October 5, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Well... after working in a used retail computer store, then and now... I can totally agree and sympathize with you. When I say that, I support you when you wanna kick someone in the teeth for asking questions like that... Cheers... from an old friend. Jay.
October 6, 2008 at 1:43 AM
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