My girlfriend works in a camera / photo store, she told me a great story today that I had to post.
At the store they have a deal that if you buy a digital camera and $100 of pre-paid prints, they will take $100 off the price of the camera. Basically you can get $100 of vouchers for prints when you buy the camera. For warranty reasons though they can't just give the vouchers, they have to sell them and then reduce the camera price.
This seems like a pretty good deal to me, but...
SC: How much for the camera?
GF: $500 [She did tell me how much but I forgot so I am going with $500]
SC: Can I get a discount?
GF explains the deal above.
SC: So it's only $400?
GF: If you buy the prints.
SC: But I don't want the prints.
GF: Then it's $500
SC: You said $400!
GF: If you buy $100 of prints, I can sell the camera for $400
SC: But I don't want the prints.
To save space imagine this converstion repeating over and over and over (like the mummy hand in Buffy)
Eventually the SC decides to buy the camera sans prints.
GF: That will be $500 [no hidden sales tax here]
SC: No! $400, it's only $400. You said $400!
GF: [Getting really pissed off] Only if you buy the prints. Either way you pay $500 now.
SC: You're trying to cheat me! I want to speak to your manager!
GF: [Really, really pissed] I am the manager!
SC: But you're a girl...
GF: Buy the camera or get out, I have other customers to help.
SC: You can't speak to me like that.
GF: Next customer please.
SC: But... But...
Next Customer(C2): Get out of the way you silly little man, this lady has work to do.
SC looks like he is going to cry.
C2 to GF: I hope I haven't lost you any commission, but he was really irritating me.
C2 ended up with a great deal.
SC, well no-one really knows what happened to him, nobody cares either.
At the store they have a deal that if you buy a digital camera and $100 of pre-paid prints, they will take $100 off the price of the camera. Basically you can get $100 of vouchers for prints when you buy the camera. For warranty reasons though they can't just give the vouchers, they have to sell them and then reduce the camera price.
This seems like a pretty good deal to me, but...
SC: How much for the camera?
GF: $500 [She did tell me how much but I forgot so I am going with $500]
SC: Can I get a discount?
GF explains the deal above.
SC: So it's only $400?
GF: If you buy the prints.
SC: But I don't want the prints.
GF: Then it's $500
SC: You said $400!
GF: If you buy $100 of prints, I can sell the camera for $400
SC: But I don't want the prints.
To save space imagine this converstion repeating over and over and over (like the mummy hand in Buffy)
Eventually the SC decides to buy the camera sans prints.
GF: That will be $500 [no hidden sales tax here]
SC: No! $400, it's only $400. You said $400!
GF: [Getting really pissed off] Only if you buy the prints. Either way you pay $500 now.
SC: You're trying to cheat me! I want to speak to your manager!
GF: [Really, really pissed] I am the manager!
SC: But you're a girl...
GF: Buy the camera or get out, I have other customers to help.
SC: You can't speak to me like that.
GF: Next customer please.
SC: But... But...
Next Customer(C2): Get out of the way you silly little man, this lady has work to do.
SC looks like he is going to cry.
C2 to GF: I hope I haven't lost you any commission, but he was really irritating me.
C2 ended up with a great deal.
SC, well no-one really knows what happened to him, nobody cares either.
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