jj@rabbit.UUCP (10/12/84)
>From alice!allegra!ulysses!burl!clyde!watmath!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!scott Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 >... >Why is it that I can never buy the items that are on sale? I >make sure I get to the store early in the sale week, but I hear >things like: >... > "We only had one to start with" > "I don't think we're going to get any more of those" > "Sorry, we don't give rainchecks" > etc, etc, etc. > >Now, I'm not going for closeout items, these are regular sale >items that aren't in stock. Seems like a resonable policy >... > >Anybody else run into this kind of thing? It's almost a "bait >and switch" tactic. They bring you in with nice low prices on >things they don't have so you'll buy the regularly priced >... >-- > >Scott Wiesner >{allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott Scott, I don't think that the word "almost" is correct usage. I think that what you are experiencing IS "bait and switch" tactics. Such tactics are sooooo classic that it's almost trying to bring down an institution. I don't know about the raincheck laws in your state (in fact, I don't know where nbires IS!) but I think you are entitled to ask for a raincheck and a restocking date. Don't give up, they're counting on it! -- BE KIND TO SOFT FURRY CREATURES, THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN! "Brezhnev took Afghanistan, Began took Beruit, Galtieri took the Union Jack..." (allegra,ihnp4,ulysses)!rabbit!jj
lf@cornell.UUCP (10/14/84)
I've run into that bait and switch situation several times particularly with Kmart. They had a hedge trimmer on sale this summer and I went down the day BEFORE the sale only to find the demonstration model the only one in the store. The manager says I can buy it if I like. I took a range check and checked in with the store every couple of weeks. They NEVER got another trimmer in. I recevied a slip saying I can get 20% of any other item I like though. It's happening enough in this area that a letter to the editor appeared in the Ithaca Journal yesterday in the form of a poem that basicly said that if store owners don't watch out they'll advertise a sale and NO ONE will show.
essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs) (10/15/84)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The ones I hate are when they send you the postcard to say that the item you hold a raincheck for has come in, and you get to the store only to find that they are once again sold out. -- Ed Sachs AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxl!essachs