Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Did the tag actually say Masterpiece BB?
claborn wrote:The tag was for a different product but an employee lined them up on the shelf like that. The manager ripped the tag off and wouldn't let the other guy buy it haha
Cobotron wrote:WHOA! That had to be a mistake right? Did the manager realize it, but honored it anyway?
SCORE!!!!
william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:WHOA! That had to be a mistake right? Did the manager realize it, but honored it anyway?
SCORE!!!!
Its not a mistake. look at the photos, the price is for the alt modes, its even written. The store didnt look into it well enough because there is technically nothing to honour. We couldnt get away with it here in quebec. This was just an item placed over a wrong price tag. It really surprised me that the manger didnt look into that and check that the price tag was for the right product.
william-james88 wrote:Its not a mistake. look at the photos, the price is for the alt modes, its even written. The store didnt look into it well enough because there is technically nothing to honour. We couldnt get away with it here in quebec. This was just an item placed over a wrong price tag. It really surprised me that the manger didnt look into that and check that the price tag was for the right product.
claborn wrote:william-james88 wrote:Its not a mistake. look at the photos, the price is for the alt modes, its even written. The store didnt look into it well enough because there is technically nothing to honour. We couldnt get away with it here in quebec. This was just an item placed over a wrong price tag. It really surprised me that the manger didnt look into that and check that the price tag was for the right product.
OK here's the science of how this worked... a retailer has to honor displayed price. But there are certain times when they can honor or deny.
If i had grabbed one and asked the nearest person the price, they could then say "oops no not $6.99"... But i took it to the register and waited until she read the total to bring up the price. Once it hits that scanner, the manager is backed into a corner, i gave him no other option. He knew he was giving me a crazy discount and he wasn't happy lol
To be honest, i do this all the time because people just don't care about their jobs in retail. I've bought most of my current TFs this way (not this big of a discount tho :lol), a lazy employee will fill a scout class peg with $20 titans returns figures. put over stock fort maxes above a voyager class sticker... employees just aren't paying attention.
Bumblebee21 wrote:Did you get a fort max for 24.99
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
steals_your_goats wrote:The manager isn't an idiot for giving him the price, he was just trying to avoid a customer confrontation from someone who was clearly giving him problems from the beginning. The item being at the register makes zero difference, they easily could've said that it was a mistake and that a customer could've moved them and not honoured the price. I used to be a manager in a retail store and I would use this all the time. But when you explain that to someone and they still put up an argument about it then it just becomes easier to do whatever they're b|tching about than to risk getting a complaint from corporate. That's obviously what happened here and what makes it worse is you said you have retail experience so you know how sh|tty it is to deal with those customers yet you claim to do it all the time. You should be more ashamed of yourself than proud.
claborn wrote:
I never i said i didn't like it when i was in retail (if you dont use what you learned from previous jobs, then whats the point?). and i didnt give them a hard time, the manager knew his store got caught red handed and honored it as soon as he saw the shelf. the store had just opened and a whole shipment of mp bb was perfectly aligned(by some employee) above "$6.99"... there was nothing he could say in his defense, his store opened like that. He even cursed and knew "which idiot" probably did it lol
If it makes you feel better, i thanked him and we laughed about it when I left. If you think this retail story is bad, i should tell you my other ones!
claborn wrote:To be honest, i do this all the time because people just don't care about their jobs in retail. I've bought most of my current TFs this way (not this big of a discount tho :lol), a lazy employee will fill a scout class peg with $20 titans returns figures. put over stock fort maxes above a voyager class sticker... employees just aren't paying attention.
fenrir72 wrote:Root of the issue is, was MP BB "tagged" right on the box? If that is the case, claborn is as innocent as a baby. The mistake is with the store. If the tag was corrected, well, claborn was just lucky.
SpacerAM2 wrote:the price is always honored on the shelf of that item. regardless of the price on the register. got to claim your right as a customer there or at any store. got to make your case on the register though. not before. which you did. nice find! you deserve it!
SpacerAM2 wrote:the price is always honored on the shelf of that item. regardless of the price on the register. got to claim your right as a customer there or at any store. got to make your case on the register though. not before. which you did. nice find! you deserve it!
Burn wrote:What's the problem exactly? He purchased it legally.
It's not like he took it out of the package and then placed it into another of lesser value. He saw the potential for a bargain, utilised his rights as a consumer, and walked out of the shop with a nice new MP Bumblebee at a bargain price.
Dunno why people are getting upset over it. Envious perhaps?
-Kanrabat- wrote:This laber clearly blurrily state that it's for "Transformers Battle Modes". Whatever that is. It is NOT written "MP-Bee".
ONLY if the LABEL ITSELF would have stated "MP-BEE" would the claim be legit.
THIS. WAS. FRAUD. Pure and simple.
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