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09-10-2014, 06:24 PM
Astray

A friend of the family passed away. She had a severe seizure that put her on life support (essentially turned her into a vegetable) and her family pulled the plug.
09-10-2014, 07:28 PM
Gelston

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

She thought wrong :(

I think their stance was perfectly valid.
09-10-2014, 08:18 PM
leifastagsweed

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

So I'm at Sam's Club today doing some shopping when I check out the clearance section and notice a 200 dollar pressure washer with a 100 dollar price on it. I actually need a new pressure washer since my old one is on its last leg and this one at Sam's Club looks almost identical to the one I have now, just made by a different company.

I check the reason they have marked why it's on sale and it says because it was the floor model also the item is sold "as is" and that I can't return it for any reason.

I'm thinking, yeah, I don't mind taking a gamble on a floor model for 50% off but then I notice the hose that connects the gun to the actual pressure washer is missing as are the 3 nozzle tips that it's supposed to come with.

So I go to customer service to see if they would be willing to knock a few dollars more off the price seeing how I would have to buy these parts to get it working and that isn't the reason listed on the price tag for why it's cheaper.

The lady says "Oh no, I can't mark it any cheaper. See? They just marked it cheaper today." What the fuck does it matter when they marked it cheaper? So I explain to her, again, how I would have to spend probably 30-50 dollars to get the missing pieces just to make this a complete unit and she says "Yeah but it's already marked down with the missing pieces taken into account. See? It's mark down 100 dollars. Normally demo models are only marked down 50 dollars so the other 50 dollars is to cover the missing pieces."

Bullfuckingshit. I see a lot of demo items in the clearance area that are marked down anywhere from 20-70 dollars so this idea that there is a set price markdown they apply to floor models is bullshit. Secondly I love how the "50 dollars marked down for missing parts" just happens to match what I told her it would probably cost me to buy the missing parts. Like some low level employee at Sam's Club making minimum wage just happened to know exactly what it would cost to get the missing parts and took that into consideration. Even if all of that was true then mark it on the fucking price tag. There is a place to mark it on the price tag "Missing parts." Circle it!

So she thinks I'm going to spend 100 dollars on a 200 dollar pressure washer, spend 30-50 dollars to get the missing parts needed to get it to even work properly, meaning I only saved maybe 50 bucks, and I can't take it back for any reason whatsoever once I purchase it?

Bitches be crazy.

I thought Sam's Club was like Costco and always honored their stuff, even floor models? I bought something similarly marked down but when I got it home, it didn't work. Costco took it right back, no problem.
09-10-2014, 08:25 PM
Gnome Rage

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

So I'm at Sam's Club today doing some shopping when I check out the clearance section and notice a 200 dollar pressure washer with a 100 dollar price on it. I actually need a new pressure washer since my old one is on its last leg and this one at Sam's Club looks almost identical to the one I have now, just made by a different company.

I check the reason they have marked why it's on sale and it says because it was the floor model also the item is sold "as is" and that I can't return it for any reason.

I'm thinking, yeah, I don't mind taking a gamble on a floor model for 50% off but then I notice the hose that connects the gun to the actual pressure washer is missing as are the 3 nozzle tips that it's supposed to come with.

So I go to customer service to see if they would be willing to knock a few dollars more off the price seeing how I would have to buy these parts to get it working and that isn't the reason listed on the price tag for why it's cheaper.

The lady says "Oh no, I can't mark it any cheaper. See? They just marked it cheaper today." What the fuck does it matter when they marked it cheaper? So I explain to her, again, how I would have to spend probably 30-50 dollars to get the missing pieces just to make this a complete unit and she says "Yeah but it's already marked down with the missing pieces taken into account. See? It's mark down 100 dollars. Normally demo models are only marked down 50 dollars so the other 50 dollars is to cover the missing pieces."

Bullfuckingshit. I see a lot of demo items in the clearance area that are marked down anywhere from 20-70 dollars so this idea that there is a set price markdown they apply to floor models is bullshit. Secondly I love how the "50 dollars marked down for missing parts" just happens to match what I told her it would probably cost me to buy the missing parts. Like some low level employee at Sam's Club making minimum wage just happened to know exactly what it would cost to get the missing parts and took that into consideration. Even if all of that was true then mark it on the fucking price tag. There is a place to mark it on the price tag "Missing parts." Circle it!

So she thinks I'm going to spend 100 dollars on a 200 dollar pressure washer, spend 30-50 dollars to get the missing parts needed to get it to even work properly, meaning I only saved maybe 50 bucks, and I can't take it back for any reason whatsoever once I purchase it?

Bitches be crazy.

If you don't agree with their pricing, don't buy it. It was marked down by 100 dollars twice as much as the missing parts would have cost, if that isn't enough, don't buy it.
09-10-2014, 08:47 PM
Tgo01

I didn't buy it, I'm just bitching about it. That's what this thread is for, right?

I just think it's shitty to sell a floor model that is missing half the parts and not disclose this fact and only mark it down 50% and to top it all off they won't let you return it no matter what.

This is something I would expect from a used car salesman.
09-10-2014, 08:49 PM
Tgo01

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Originally Posted by Astray

A friend of the family passed away. She had a severe seizure that put her on life support (essentially turned her into a vegetable) and her family pulled the plug.

Sorry to hear, that's a rough thing to go through :(
09-10-2014, 08:51 PM
Androidpk

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I didn't buy it, I'm just bitching about it. That's what this thread is for, right?

I just think it's shitty to sell a floor model that is missing half the parts and not disclose this fact and only mark it down 50% and to top it all off they won't let you return it no matter what.

This is something I would expect from a used car salesman.

Why do you hate capitalism?
09-10-2014, 09:39 PM
Gnome Rage

I mean... it had a list of parts on the box, no? Isn't that how you figured out it was missing parts? Perhaps they assumed customers would compare.
09-10-2014, 09:42 PM
Latrinsorm

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

So I'm at Sam's Club today doing some shopping when I check out the clearance section and notice a 200 dollar pressure washer with a 100 dollar price on it. I actually need a new pressure washer since my old one is on its last leg and this one at Sam's Club looks almost identical to the one I have now, just made by a different company.

I check the reason they have marked why it's on sale and it says because it was the floor model also the item is sold "as is" and that I can't return it for any reason.

I'm thinking, yeah, I don't mind taking a gamble on a floor model for 50% off but then I notice the hose that connects the gun to the actual pressure washer is missing as are the 3 nozzle tips that it's supposed to come with.

So I go to customer service to see if they would be willing to knock a few dollars more off the price seeing how I would have to buy these parts to get it working and that isn't the reason listed on the price tag for why it's cheaper.

The lady says "Oh no, I can't mark it any cheaper. See? They just marked it cheaper today." What the fuck does it matter when they marked it cheaper? So I explain to her, again, how I would have to spend probably 30-50 dollars to get the missing pieces just to make this a complete unit and she says "Yeah but it's already marked down with the missing pieces taken into account. See? It's mark down 100 dollars. Normally demo models are only marked down 50 dollars so the other 50 dollars is to cover the missing pieces."

Bullfuckingshit. I see a lot of demo items in the clearance area that are marked down anywhere from 20-70 dollars so this idea that there is a set price markdown they apply to floor models is bullshit. Secondly I love how the "50 dollars marked down for missing parts" just happens to match what I told her it would probably cost me to buy the missing parts. Like some low level employee at Sam's Club making minimum wage just happened to know exactly what it would cost to get the missing parts and took that into consideration. Even if all of that was true then mark it on the fucking price tag. There is a place to mark it on the price tag "Missing parts." Circle it!

So she thinks I'm going to spend 100 dollars on a 200 dollar pressure washer, spend 30-50 dollars to get the missing parts needed to get it to even work properly, meaning I only saved maybe 50 bucks, and I can't take it back for any reason whatsoever once I purchase it?

Bitches be crazy.

First world problems.
09-10-2014, 09:45 PM
Tgo01

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Originally Posted by Gnome Rage

I mean... it had a list of parts on the box, no? Isn't that how you figured out it was missing parts? Perhaps they assumed customers would compare.

No, this was the floor model so it had no box. I'll admit the hose was very obviously missing but then again someone who doesn't know much about pressure washers might not even realize this until they got the thing home. The nozzles missing wasn't as obvious, again if someone doesn't know much about pressure washers they might not even know it's supposed to come with nozzles. I also looked this pressure washer up online and it's supposed to come with oil as well and this one did not come with oil and it's not listed anywhere what it's supposed to come with.

I have no problem with them trying to rip people off by selling this thing for 100 dollars, just would have been nice if they said it was the demo model and that it was missing parts. I had assumed that since they didn't say it was missing parts on the price sticker that maybe the person who marked it didn't even realize it was missing parts but thankfully the lady at customer service was omnipotent and knew the person who marked it knew it was missing parts and factored that into the price.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

First world problems.

Hey! You try being a middle class white male living in the US and then come back and tell me it's easy!