The other day, a couple of mates were out whitegoods shopping, and they invited me along.
So off we go to a nearby homemaker centre, and enter large retailer, and they hunt down a salesperson to get some prices for what they wanted. It was supposed to be just a washing machine, and then they decided to look at fridges and chest freezers. So they ask what price they can do for all three. The salesperson was quite professional, and had a fair bit of knowledge of the various goods they wanted.
So the salesperson goes off and does the sums, and comes back with the price, which was a little more than what my friends had hoped for. Rather than be polite about it, they said the following to the poor sales guy:
'Well, your price for x product is shit. (Competitor next door) is $50 cheaper, so I think you're just trying to rip us off, so we'll just go to (competitor next door)'.
They then proceeded to spend the whole time going from this store to (competitor next door) bitching about how dodgy the sales guy was trying to rip them off, and comments like, 'well, he's just a television salesman so he probably wouldn't have got any commission for that sale, which is why he was trying to rip us off'.
Meanwhile, I think my jaw is still on the ground as I couldn't believe how arrogant and rude they acted.
So off we go to a nearby homemaker centre, and enter large retailer, and they hunt down a salesperson to get some prices for what they wanted. It was supposed to be just a washing machine, and then they decided to look at fridges and chest freezers. So they ask what price they can do for all three. The salesperson was quite professional, and had a fair bit of knowledge of the various goods they wanted.
So the salesperson goes off and does the sums, and comes back with the price, which was a little more than what my friends had hoped for. Rather than be polite about it, they said the following to the poor sales guy:
'Well, your price for x product is shit. (Competitor next door) is $50 cheaper, so I think you're just trying to rip us off, so we'll just go to (competitor next door)'.
They then proceeded to spend the whole time going from this store to (competitor next door) bitching about how dodgy the sales guy was trying to rip them off, and comments like, 'well, he's just a television salesman so he probably wouldn't have got any commission for that sale, which is why he was trying to rip us off'.
Meanwhile, I think my jaw is still on the ground as I couldn't believe how arrogant and rude they acted.
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