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Quoth Slave to the Phone View PostThe day before the owner closed the shop, he offered to sell me an amazing carved dragon chair that I had complimented on several occasions for $20. I countered with $30 (clawed feet holding balls, leather cushions, amazing detail). He looked shocked and countered with $25 and a free cup of coffee. I ended up paying $50 for it and got a pound of coffee and a nice large cup of coffee.
I still have the chair, it will probably outlive me, its so solidly made. I think I got a smoking deal on it and I didn't feel like a cheap jerk.
They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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Quoth Sapphire Silk View PostYou did get a smokin' deal on it, you are not a cheap jerk, in fact you are a class act!
I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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Quoth jedimaster91 View PostIf I see a going out of business sale, I usually try to at least stop in and look. If the price is still higher than I'm willing to pay, I just *gasp* don't buy it. I like a good deal as much as the next person, but there is nothing I need or want badly enough to argue liquidation prices with a cashier whose job is ending.
I got lucky at one of those types of sales. Small clothing store was going out and I was on the lookout for some stuff for a costume. There was a very specific kind of boot I was looking for and they had one last pair in my size. One of the boots was missing a button, but as cheap as they were I didn't care. If I really wanted to, I could buy a new button and repair it myself, but I'm lazy. I also found a shirt in just the right color for the costume so that saved me from having to spend more for fabric to make one. I was happy.
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Quoth taxguykarl View PostAt least these SC's will keep their promises when the offer to never shop there again.
a) that the prices aren't low enough.
b) that the things they are looking for (on the cheap) were *gasp* Sold! and no longer available.
Right up until there is nothing left but the barewalls and the now out of work folks are trying to get the doors locked. *sigh*
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Catwoman - Yup. Especially if it's a major company shutting stores down, they will turn everything over to a Liquidation firm, who tend to restore everything to their "default" pricing before applying any discounts. Can't be fun to work at those times >_< As for shopping, you either go early and pay prices that are likely to be higher than the shop's average pricing has been for years, or you wait for the deadline to get closer, pay much MUCH less, and have next to no selection to choose from."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Quoth Sapphire Silk View PostYou did get a smokin' deal on it, you are not a cheap jerk, in fact you are a class act!
Quoth XCashier View PostYeah, that was really nice of you, giving him more than he asked for. You knew he needed the money and were generous, and got an excellent quality chair for a great price. Nicely done.
Some people are jerks and some people just don't think about what going out of business means to the people who work there.
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A mate of mine had to get a new job in a hurry when the store she was working at, a certain place where you could go and rent DVDs, liquidated and her store closed. She got the job, and was due to start two days after the last ever day. She told me that she had a ball telling off SCs for the closing down sale; her manager just let her get on with it cuz he was just as fed up with whinging SCs bitching about prices. Her crowning point was telling a guy who was demanding that since he'd bought two DVDs, the third and fourth ought to be free, to shove them up his arse.He replied, "I'm going to get you fired!" My friend replied, "Go right ahead; this store is closing forever after today."
So I'm with everyone else; grab the opportunity to be rude to SCs and tell them off.
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I hate sucky customers but I hate sucky customers who abuse the staff in a shop that is going out of business even more, especially when they've being rude about some petty insignificant thing. Sorry you've going through this. Good luck in your future.
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Quoth Catwoman2965 View PostI'm the same way, and have found that most of the time, a going out of business sale doesn't mean rock bottom prices. Sadly, but that's life. If I see something and the price is right, I may get it. if not, i leave.
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Quoth Slave to the Phone View Post
The day before the owner closed the shop, he offered to sell me an amazing carved dragon chair that I had complimented on several occasions for $20. I countered with $30"Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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You are embarrassing me. I didn't post this for praise, I did it to share that not everyone going to a going out of business sale is a jerk. Many people are, but some of us understand what is happening to people who are losing their jobs and future.
Besides, it is a wonderful, awesome chair. My nieces and nephews fight over who gets to sit in it, that's how great it is. I have to use a timer so when it goes off I'll say, OK, Sam your time is over, give the chair to Candy.
If I could get my phone to talk to my comp so I could post pics of it, I would and then everyone would tell me that I had ripped the coffee shop guy off by just giving him $50.Last edited by Slave to the Phone; 06-20-2015, 03:57 AM. Reason: because there is never a teenager around when I need one
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Ha--love your edit reason. I remember a few years ago at the local World Market they had a table with a glass top so that you could see the colorful, carved base on it. It was made in Mexico and had all kinds of animals on it. It was the coolest table I have ever seen."Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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I wish you the best finding another job. And when you do find another job, start immediately. Don't stay at your closing store out of loyalty, or because you like your coworkers. That is the one thing I regretted when Media Play closed. It was such an awful experience, and now whenever I see a store is closing, I refuse to shop there. The workers don't deserve to be treated like garbage, and I don't enjoy shopping in such an environment.
We had the discount vultures too. And when I said I couldn't discount it further, or that I'd immediately be fired, the response was, "So what? You're losing your job anyway." Aaaaaand now I definitely won't give you an extra discount.A lion however, will only devour your corpse, whereas an SC is not sated until they have destroyed your soul. (Quote per infinitemonkies)
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Quoth Slave to the Phone View Postthen everyone would tell me that I had ripped the coffee shop guy off by just giving him $50.
As for getting the images onto your comp -- does your phone use a removable SD/mini-SD card? And do you have access to a computer with a card reader? If your charger cable doesn't also transmit data, that could be an option. If you use a smartphone, you could also just email it to yourself, or post it on Facebook/a similar site, download the pic to your Desktop, and upload it here (without actually providing a FB link)."For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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