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JukeeJukee Posts: 4,500
edited January 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Yesterday I went shopping for a digital camera for my husband for Valentine's Day. A local electronics store was having their 33rd anniversary sale so I went to check it out. I found this camera:

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The owner of the store was helping me and he say's "Great camera and great deal, blah blah blah" He say's it's regularly $399 but today you save a hundred dollars so it's $299. I think to myself great. This camera seems like it does everything and I save a hundred bucks.

Well...I just finished researching it online and yes it gets awesome reviews but places like Best Buy and Future Shop sell it for $299 all the time. I'm so pissed off. Why do places do this? Especially a local business that is not a franchise. I will never step my foot in their again. I was going to bring it back but I just read on the receipt: NO CASH REFUNDS. Those fuckers.
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    MaazMaaz Nothern Germany Posts: 304
    that sucks!!


    but the camera is pretty awesome! I owm one myself...
    so your Husand will have fun with it!!
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    JukeeJukee Posts: 4,500
    Maaz wrote:
    that sucks!!


    but the camera is pretty awesome! I owm one myself...
    so your Husand will have fun with it!!

    Well i'm happy it's not a piece of junk too, pheuuuuuuf.
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    eddieceddiec Posts: 3,840
    Ok, but you didn't really get ripped off. Maybe the shopkeeper shouldn't have told it was a $100 off but you did get it for the same price as Best Buy which is usually the cheapest. And he probably does pay more for it than Best Buy who buys them by the millions. Good thing is you bought a great a camera. Lumix are as good as any point and shoot on the market right now. My only suggestion to you would be to check out Best Buy prices BEFORE you go to your local, that way when he tells you its such a deal you can call him out. He may knock an $20 off to keep you as a customer.
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    JukeeJukee Posts: 4,500
    eddiec wrote:
    Ok, but you didn't really get ripped off. Maybe the shopkeeper shouldn't have told it was a $100 off but you did get it for the same price as Best Buy which is usually the cheapest. And he probably does pay more for it than Best Buy who buys them by the millions. Good thing is you bought a great a camera. Lumix are as good as any point and shoot on the market right now. My only suggestion to you would be to check out Best Buy prices BEFORE you go to your local, that way when he tells you its such a deal you can call him out. He may knock an $20 off to keep you as a customer.

    Yeah I know I should have checked out prices before but I didn't. Now I know for next time.
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    stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    I can't bare feeling ripped of ... but I have this camera and it's a goody so I am sure it will fit needs
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    any big ticket item, i check out the prices and reviews online before doing anything else.

    EVO for the win
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    Red LukinRed Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    Take it as a learning experience. At least you paid the going price and not a price more than BB or FS.

    I never take a person's word for it especially when they have something to gain. If I ever walk into Future shop and hear a sales person talk it just goes in one ear and out the other.

    99% of sales ppl are scum - unfortunately. Not just the store you were to but everywhere. Just remember that :|
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I get ripped off every day....at my job.
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    voidofmanvoidofman Posts: 4,009
    Go to the store and tell the person that sold you the camera that they flat out lied to you to get a sale and that you will never but something from them again. It's one thing to boycott a store, it's another to let them know.
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    tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    How do you know that he lied to you? Maybe the regular price for that camera at his store is $399. Small stores usually have to sell stuff at a higher price to gain a profit.
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    PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    VoidOfMan wrote:
    Go to the store and tell the person that sold you the camera that they flat out lied to you to get a sale and that you will never but something from them again. It's one thing to boycott a store, it's another to let them know.

    yeah do this
    and maybe you might get some free stuff as compensation? :D

    but at least you haven't paid more than it's normally sold at
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I get ripped off every day....at my job.


    do you sell velcro?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,436
    Jukee wrote:
    Yesterday I went shopping for a digital camera for my husband for Valentine's Day. A local electronics store was having their 33rd anniversary sale so I went to check it out. I found this camera:

    Camera.jpg

    The owner of the store was helping me and he say's "Great camera and great deal, blah blah blah" He say's it's regularly $399 but today you save a hundred dollars so it's $299. I think to myself great. This camera seems like it does everything and I save a hundred bucks.

    Well...I just finished researching it online and yes it gets awesome reviews but places like Best Buy and Future Shop sell it for $299 all the time. I'm so pissed off. Why do places do this? Especially a local business that is not a franchise. I will never step my foot in their again. I was going to bring it back but I just read on the receipt: NO CASH REFUNDS. Those fuckers.

    I don't see how he ripped you off.

    Stores always comapre their prices to the "suggested retail price".

    Best Buy always shows how their current price compares to the regular price.
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,123
    It's a great camera.

    Also, always check Amazon for pricing and user reviews. You can avoid paying tax to the man.
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    blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I like the idea of supporting local stores, but for electronics, I just can't do it... I don't know how they stay in business.

    There is a cool little camera store close to me, and I've had them repair a camera once, and have gone in there a few times to check out gear. But their prices on cameras and lenses are usually much more. I was looking for this canon 50mm lens, and they had it in stock for $135 (plus tax)... I found it online for $92 with free shipping (and no tax). $50 is a good chunk of money to save.
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    8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    technically, you are still responsible for paying the tax.

    ;)

    not that anybody does. :lol:
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Jukee wrote:
    Yesterday I went shopping for a digital camera for my husband for Valentine's Day. A local electronics store was having their 33rd anniversary sale so I went to check it out. I found this camera:

    Camera.jpg

    The owner of the store was helping me and he say's "Great camera and great deal, blah blah blah" He say's it's regularly $399 but today you save a hundred dollars so it's $299. I think to myself great. This camera seems like it does everything and I save a hundred bucks.

    Well...I just finished researching it online and yes it gets awesome reviews but places like Best Buy and Future Shop sell it for $299 all the time. I'm so pissed off. Why do places do this? Especially a local business that is not a franchise. I will never step my foot in their again. I was going to bring it back but I just read on the receipt: NO CASH REFUNDS. Those fuckers.

    So the guy told you a bit of a fib but it would seem you still paid the fair price for it so you didn't really get ripped off. Guess you were more pissed off for being gullible? Remember as well, the big franchises/online shops should normally sell for cheaper than an unfranchised, local business.
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    ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    dunkman wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I get ripped off every day....at my job.


    do you sell velcro?

    :lol:
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    Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    dunkman wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I get ripped off every day....at my job.


    do you sell velcro?

    :lol:
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