My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
- StroppyChops
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My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
Do you ever get to a point where the needless money-grubbing and totally unnecessary lying by retailers just gets under your skin?
I'm trying to buy a specific modem to use as a repeater, and because reasons I just want a duplicate of the original. The original has been superceded, so, okay, the new model. Part of the charm is the ease of setup as a universal repeater with very high security (all of which not needing reconfiguring after each powerout) unlike some of the Huwaii crap on the market which is full of backdoors.
Digi, our provider, have the modem on their webpage, showing it in stock and at a realistic price. Team leader calls them. No hab. Attempts to upsell to much more expensive unit.
I recall seeing the same unit at PTC as I was price-checking earlier in the week, back when electricity. Team leader calls PTC to be told that the unit will be more expensive than on the website, and the free delivery mentioned on the product page will cost x amount.
Today is one of my "bollocks to that" days as I'm suffering from a mild bout of dengue, so it was time to argue.
Okay, they are only small issues - we reached agreement on the price being as advertised, and the free delivery is clearly just false advertising for bait sales. Most other days I wouldn't blink at this low-level dissembling, but with the afore-mentioned dengue, it just gets to me.
There's no hook-line or happy ending. Thanks for reading.
I'm trying to buy a specific modem to use as a repeater, and because reasons I just want a duplicate of the original. The original has been superceded, so, okay, the new model. Part of the charm is the ease of setup as a universal repeater with very high security (all of which not needing reconfiguring after each powerout) unlike some of the Huwaii crap on the market which is full of backdoors.
Digi, our provider, have the modem on their webpage, showing it in stock and at a realistic price. Team leader calls them. No hab. Attempts to upsell to much more expensive unit.
I recall seeing the same unit at PTC as I was price-checking earlier in the week, back when electricity. Team leader calls PTC to be told that the unit will be more expensive than on the website, and the free delivery mentioned on the product page will cost x amount.
Today is one of my "bollocks to that" days as I'm suffering from a mild bout of dengue, so it was time to argue.
Okay, they are only small issues - we reached agreement on the price being as advertised, and the free delivery is clearly just false advertising for bait sales. Most other days I wouldn't blink at this low-level dissembling, but with the afore-mentioned dengue, it just gets to me.
There's no hook-line or happy ending. Thanks for reading.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
Take care dear.
Don't forget the water buffalo
- StroppyChops
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
seems like a bargain, dear
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- StroppyChops
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
It would be even better with the advertised free shipping, dear.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
Stroppy, you've been living here how many years and just now you've discovered your shit threshold with Khmer business practices? Dengue blessed you with insight.
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
Had a similar experience with a well-known pizza delivery order recently. Website price is 'old price', and the 'No Delivery Charge' costs $1 extra. (They lost a long term customer, but not to worry they can afford to lose the odd customer with the prices they're now charging).StroppyChops wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:19 pm
Team leader calls PTC to be told that the unit will be more expensive than on the website, and the free delivery mentioned on the product page will cost x amount.
- StroppyChops
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
It's a miracle, dear.
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
When they start out with a high price, and you have to negotiate, it is such a waste of time. On most occasions I dont negotiate, I just walk away.
There are obviously people paying stupid prices. That is why they do it.
You get to know places where they give you a good price first up. I go back to those places for repeat business.
There are obviously people paying stupid prices. That is why they do it.
You get to know places where they give you a good price first up. I go back to those places for repeat business.
## I thought I knew all the answers, but they changed all the questions. ##
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Re: My rant for today - needless money grubbing and lying
I suspect dengue, like other elements of man flu, have temporarily reset his tolerance threshold lower. I imagine normal service will be resumed in the near future.
I on the other hand manage to set my tolerances lower with each negative event, but rarely do they get raised again. It’s gubbinsment and establishment that raise my hackles.
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