12-12-2006, 07:44 AM
That reminds me with my experience at Staples once where I was trying to buy a router with their 110% price match guarantee. Long story short, the best they could figure was that they would sell me the router at the other store's advertised price, or a 100% price match.
I spoke with the manager with a sign explaining their own policy from their checkout lane and he just didn't understand what was meant by 110%. I tell him the difference in the price is $40, your policy says you will give me 110% of the difference. So 10% of 40 is 4, 40+4=44. You need to reduce your price by $44. No go.
After a several minutes I decided all I really wanted was to take the router and go home, and that the $4 was not worth my time. As it was I could have billed him for a quick 3rd grade math lesson.
I spoke with the manager with a sign explaining their own policy from their checkout lane and he just didn't understand what was meant by 110%. I tell him the difference in the price is $40, your policy says you will give me 110% of the difference. So 10% of 40 is 4, 40+4=44. You need to reduce your price by $44. No go.
After a several minutes I decided all I really wanted was to take the router and go home, and that the $4 was not worth my time. As it was I could have billed him for a quick 3rd grade math lesson.