Re: Re: PDXLUG Digest, Vol 3, Issue 15

Charlie Schluting wrote:

> Russell Evans wrote:
>
>
> Exactly. And this is yet another case of the amzing sheeple of america.
> People that understand their rights, normally walk past the door 
> checkers.
> I'm always polite when they ask to see my reciept, and reply with "no 
> thank you."


I'm usually smug.

>
> Sorry if I offended the fry's employee on this list.. Yes, its 
> over-gerneralized. It just seems that every time I'm in there I hear 
> sales people giving horribly wrong information to customers.
>

I don't mind that the employees there (typically) don't necessarily 
display copious amounts of technical knowledge.   It is a sales job, 
after all.  A minimal amount of knowledge is all that is needed.   
However, I do get irritated when they try to mislead me into the up-sell 
(via the bait-and-switch, or occassionally the outright lie).  I no 
longer ask Fry's employees anything for this reason.   Case in point:  I 
asked a Fry's employee what the cheapest CD-RW they had available was.  
He consulted his list and told me $99.  I doubted this and checked for 
myself.  Mine came in at $60.   Also, when they've got 512MB DDR in the 
paper for $50, I don't see why I need to spend 10 minutes convincing the 
salesperson there that that is what I want, not registered memory that 
costs 50% more.  Just give me the goddamn DIMM already.

However, I do love the store (nice selection, decent return policy).  I 
just ignore the salespeople.

Cliff