Can you get this for me?

[Mr. Rude]

So today I had a local wannabe geek regular pain in the ass type at one of my demo systems looking for prices on **** piece of hardware online.

Numb nuts of course finds an obscure shop online that sells it for wayyyyy below my cost....

Cue the fun.

NN: Hey! I found what I want!!

Me: Good for you. Here's a cookie.

NN: This online site has it for $XX.XX amount with shipping included.

Me: Mhmmmm............

*crickets*

NN: Can you get that for me here at that price?

Me: Nope *More crickets*

NN: WELL CAN YOU HELP ME GET IT?

ME: Surely...

I walk over to the computer, look at the web site, reach for the mouse past him & click the "buy me now" icon.

Me: There you go. My that was easy....Anything else today?

NN: *Sputters & gets his panties in a knot* THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!!

Me: Ohhhh? Then what would you like?

NN: I WHHHANT IT AT THAT PRICE!!

Me: Well then. Just fill in the part there that says "Payment method" and you shall get what you ask for.

NN: But I want you to get it for me for that price.

Me: And I have already stated that we cannot get it for you at that price. Do not pass go. No $200.... Sorry

NN: But....But...But

Me: Sorry, It's much cheaper than the I price I can get for you. I have completed your request today. Have a nice day.

Of course our loser for the day knuckled down & bought it from us....Sometimes it just sooo easy. But even more fun to do it in front of other customers.

It kind of "keeps them in line". I think of it as grooming.

[Becks]

You're delightly evil AND helpful.

May I keep you?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

But of course he wanted you to give it to him for the online price so he wouldn't have to 1) pay the additional shipping/handling charge and 2) he could have it TODAY.

Embarrassing when grown people act like s

[evilhomer]

Ahh, the price matching philosophy instilled by the big box stores. Where it's better to take a loss than let someone else have some business. So nice shoving that where the sun don't shine. If there's something you don't like about the other place, pay my price; you don't like my price, buy it there.

to you for your exceptional performance.

[Kara]

I never understood this when I worked at Kroger and Circuit Shitty. "Wal-Mart/Best Buy has this for $XX.XX!" And rather than buying it there, you came over here to tell me that and want me to do something about it?

Especially when it was a like item that was made by a brand I didn't carry. "They have (BRAND) that's less than yours!" *shrug* I don't carry that.

Or when they drove in from out of town just to announce to me that some website out of Korea has it for $XX.XX. Thanks for the info, I'll keep it in mind if I want to buy one.

[Sliceanddice]

i have price matched but it was this- i had a large numbers of things to buy for two house hold. everything i need was at store A at a price I can handle and one item (soda) was on sale at store B for 30cents less. So i asked real quick if they would match the price ( i was willing to go to the other store, for everything actually i could do it, i just rather had shopped one place [i needed one thing i could only get there-my script] ) and they did it.