that's expensive!

[Delacroix]

People always do that to me.
Then they act like everything is horrible quality and always broken if I recommend they buy used, cause that's cheaper.
I never know what people want, these days. *sigh*
I reason with that it's expensive to buy the "latest and greatest" technology.
Especially if the only MP3 player we sell is cheaper than an iPod to begin with.

[BusBus]

I get folks who occasionally complain about the cost of (sometimes as an irrelevant part of some argument). I usually smile and say, "Yeah, that's why I commute." (i.e. you chose to drive here, you weren't forced to, so suck it up and shaddup) *insert dazzling smile*

[SongsOfDragons]

/sigh

yes, I am one of those damn people who is constantly saying, "Dang, that's expensive!" But it's mostly said as an explicative...I don't actually expect anything to be done about it.

LOL, guess I'll need to stop using that expression.


And to Jester...wow if she thinks $4.00 for a corona is expensive, she needs to see the $5.00 bottles of water...yep water...16 oz...for your convenience set out on the nightstands in Phoenix hotels.

It's 115 degrees out...you walk in the room...oooo cool refreshing water, how much can water be? *glug glug glug*...holy crap! I just drank $20 worth of water! Dang it, I could have raided the entire mini-bar and walked away with a smaller tab!

You should see what the prices are like in the Grand Casino in Monte Carlo. As well as the 10 Euro entry fee, something like a glass of water costs upwards of 16...

[Sofar]

I get that's expensive a lot, probably because we are. Eight dollars for a smoked beef sandwich and some fries? And the drink's extra? That's expensive. I'm going to McDonalds, where clearly they appreciate the customer more than you do here. The thing is, unlike McDonalds, we do everything here. I cut the potatoes for those fries myself, and I baked that bun, and we smoked that beef right here in our miniaturized automatic portable smokehouse. And I made that barbeque sauce. And that coleslaw. And I personally wove that basket you're eating out of.* If you want cheap then you can go to a place where the burgers come in a box.

*Lie.

[ArenaBoy]

I mean, has this girl ever been to a concert or a sporting event? Ihatethenba can back me up on this....drinks at those events are just sickly wrong in price.

You know, it's funny you should mention that Jester, not only are drinks overpriced but food is also overcharged at my arena. The arena has quite a few restaurants one of them being a mini Big Boy, a Buffalo Wild Wings, a Bacardi stand, and a Dominos Pizza stand. I cannot recall how much Big Boy charges or Buffalo Wild Wings but the prices for a Bacardi hot dog was $5.50 but you got some very delicious chips with it and the hot dogs are actually worth the price at Bacardi. Dominos charges highway robbery for its pizza, $4 for a single slice when other places I know of charge $1. A full pizza there is $16 and it isn't that big! I've stopped getting food from there because of those prices alone and the pizza isn't even that great.

Jester, you should be lucky that you get an employee price because I had to pay those prices because the only discount I get is at the arena's merchandise store and I don't EVEN like the team I work for.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I hate people who think Kinko's was interesting in haggling. It's not a garage sale. It's not a third-world bizzare. It's not a flea market. It's a flipping business.

I went so far as to suggest to a guy he might want want to try the homeless shelter/soup kitchen down on the next block if he wanted a handout. Kinko's, on the other hand, was a business.

[Food Lady]

I had a lady the other day complain about the price of a soda: $1.04. Something along the lines of, "Really?? That much for that?" And I was thinking, "Um, sodas have been at least a dollar in price at most places for the last 20 years. Where have you been?" What I actually said, however, was "Yes, I suppose the prices of most things have gone up considerably in the last 15 or 20 years." I don't even know if she caught that as I was walking away; she was probably still hemming and hawing about it.

[NightAngel]

I had a lady the other day complain about the price of a soda: $1.04.

That's cheap! 20oz. bottles here are $1.29 and 2 liters are $1.69 and that's before tax.

What I hear is that our sale DVD's are expensive. $2.00 more than what Wal-Mart sells them for. Of course, then you have to deal with the headache of actually going to Wal-Mart...
I was in a Border's books the other day browsing their DVD's and thought, "Wow... and they think WE'RE expensive?!"
Example- Little Man on DVD
Wal-Mart: $19.99
Us: $21.99
Border's: $29.99

Don't get me wrong- I :heart: Border's. I could practically live there if I had the time!

[MissVendetta]

I worked briefly in Timberland store and it was constant moanfest about the prices.
"I got those (150e shoes) for 30e in Turkey"
-And did you buy them from back of a van? Not that I'm suggesting that the shoes you bought from beach resort for just a fraction of the original price are, ahem, less than authentic... Then again, who buys fake Timberlands?Correction: who buys fake Timberlands, pays 30e for them AND comes to authorized Timberland dealer to tell us his fakes were so much cheaper.
"I bought those (90e shoes) 15 years ago and they cost 25e then. You're just ripping me off."
-Funny how all prices have gone up hundreds of percents, if customers are to be believed.
"I checked on the website and the price there was lot smaller"
-Do you think that has anything to do with the fact it may cost something to ship those shoes halfway round the world?
"In the States those shoes are practically free"
-Well, go buy a plane ticket and get your "practically free" shoes there. And what the hell does "practically free" mean anyway?They cost something but you're not willing to pay anything?

[Boozy]

We get that too. Yes, compared to Costco, we're expensive. But, you're failing to compute that
1) they're a wholesaler
2)you are paying for the convenience of a 24 hour store being here
3) We're open, they're not. Sucks to be you.

That's pretty much the way I feel. Yeah, our stuff is more expensive than the stuff at our competitor's big store downtown.
What's that you say? You don't WANT to go all the way downtown? There's nowhere to park? And even if you did drive all the way there, they are already closed?
Then pay up. Convenience is a valuable feature in its own right and we have the right to charge for it. And you as the customer have the right to shop elsewhere. That's your call. If you choose to shop here, and feel like whining about your bad decision making skills, might I suggest you call your mommy. She might care, I do not.

[Barefootgirl]

Four dollars for a beer isn't that expensive...

*points at exchange rates and London price lists, and runs away*

*comes back*

At the Grand Casino, a gin and tonic will run you €23 ! Thank God i wasn't buying.

[Jester]

Jester, you should be lucky that you get an employee price because I had to pay those prices because the only discount I get is at the arena's merchandise store and I don't EVEN like the team I work for.

Well, I get an employee price on drinks at the waterfront bar. At the hotel, we are not allowed to drink at all, even on our days off, period. The Christmas party doesn't even have booze! (Which is why I took a flyer on it last night. Went last year. Ho hum.)

I had a lady the other day complain about the price of a soda: $1.04. Something along the lines of, "Really?? That much for that?"

She would LOVE my hotel bar. Sodas? $2.50.

Convenience is a valuable feature in its own right and we have the right to charge for it.

Yes it is. That is why I pay more for someone to do my laundry than if I did it myself at the laundromat. It is worth the extra coin for me to just drop it off and pick it up, rather than spend hours at the laundromat myself. Yes, that's lazy. I did my laundry for 20 years. (My mom trained us early.) A few years ago, I decided, screw this, and retired from doing laundry. Now I pay more, and couldn't be happier to do so.

People who think that convenience is free are idiots.

[NightAngel]

She would LOVE my hotel bar. Sodas? $2.50.

Regular, non-alcoholic, drinks are ALWAYS expensive at bars. I've paid as much as $5.00 for a glass of Pepsi. Crazy? Yes. But when you're dying of thirst and you're not leaving for a few hours yet- whatever.

Me: "Wow!"
Bartender: "Yea kinda pricey... sure you don't want a beer? I've got long necks for $2.50."
Me: "Nope. Hate beer- I'd rather pay $5.00 for a soda."
Bartender: "Wow, you must really hate beer!"
Me: "If you only knew..."

[protege]

Hehe this thread reminds me of some of the hobby shop customers last weekend

Quite a few people were bitching about how "expensive" certain things are. Sure, prices have gone up, especially on locomotives. I look at it this way--many things available now are a million times better than those sold years ago. Locomotives now are (usually) running better, have more detail on them, than stuff sold even 10-15 years ago. To me, paying up a bit for a better item is usually worth it.

Of course that doesn't really affect me, since I don't buy locomotives often, and if I do, they're used...and heavily discounted

I do take exception to some of the junk that's being put out now though. Some of that crap is simply the same crudely-molded kit in a new box...that was last updated in 1952. Yet, that crap is *still* priced much higher than it should be. I don't complain to the shop owner though--I just don't buy it. Interesting concept, that is

[Dips]

I get "that's expensive" a lot, but our stuff IS expensive. The way to avoid getting into a discussion about the price is to "empower" the customer.

For example, if they balk at the price and haven't tried it yet, I empower them thusly: "I understand it's a big investment. We have a free demo version on our web site. I suggest that you give it a good try to make absolutely sure that it is worth the money to you. In the meantime I'm happy to hold the quote I gave you for 30 days to give you plenty of time to decide." [ ]