The booksellers suck-o-meter!

[Casino Jockey]

Whenever a customer says anything about price matching, I have to wonder...

If they sell it cheaper at a shop you were just at, why the hell did you bother coming here to buy it? Just bloody well buy it there and save everyone hassle!

I buy my video games at a certain shop. they have a policy i love (but definitly don't abuse) which is a 7 day uncondional return. basicly if the game sucks you can bring it back. finish it in 7 days? bring it back.

i also know the staff there, and they price match. 9 times out of 10 i won't bother, unless it's more than $10 differance.

[batmoody]

Hehe. We get people in too that bark about our competitor being cheaper on this and that. I just chuckle and make the comment, "Yeah well they don't get paid as much as we do."

[Spiffy McMoron]

SC: "Four bucks? They're only THREE down at Rapscallion's Tavern!"
JESTER: "Ma'am, this is not Rapscallion's Tavern. This is Resort Town Luxury Hotel Bar."

Which begs a question:

Why the hell would somebody leave Rapscallion's Tavern?

[AFpheonix]

Which begs a question:

Why the hell would somebody leave Rapscallion's Tavern?

No one said that they left by choice
Perhaps they commented that the beer was not simply maaaarrrrrvvveeelllllllous?

[kurisu7885]

This reminds me of last Friday. My brother an I were in Borders express, and I got on his case about putting a book back i nthe wrong section, and my mom wanted to hurry, so I got yelled at. Even in places I don't work at I try to make sure things wind up back i nthe right places.

[Rapscallion]

Which begs a question:

Why the hell would somebody leave Rapscallion's Tavern?

Because I'm cheap?

Rapscallion

[Auto]

Listen, lady (and all those like you), I’d like to bartend and do magic in a world where I didn’t have to deal with asshats like you and your husband.
I’d like Arizona State Univeristy to win a national championship in football.
I’d like to be handed the keys to a brand spanking new Porsche.
I’d like Kirsten Dunst to call me and beg me for a date.

But what we’d like and what we get are quite often two different things.

Kirsten Dunst's not available 'cause she's with me. Sorry. But you can have two Porsches as a consolation prize.

[Jester]

This reminds me of last Friday. My brother an I were in Borders express, and I got on his case about putting a book back i nthe wrong section, and my mom wanted to hurry, so I got yelled at. Even in places I don't work at I try to make sure things wind up back i nthe right places.

Funny, I did the same thing tonight. I was in Sears with a coworker (she lives in my complex so I was giving her a ride home) and she was shopping for the shorts for the new uniform (we are opening up a new restaurant in the hotel). She found something that will do for now, and brought it up to the register.

JESTER: "Where are the rest of the shorts?"
COWORKER: "In the fitting room."
JESTER: "Go get them and bring them up here so the employees can put them away. Do not leave them there."

She listened. I respect my brethren working retail, and have heard enough fitting room horror stories here to not ask, but TELL others how to clean up after themselves.

Kirsten Dunst's not available 'cause she's with me. Sorry. But you can have two Porsches as a consolation prize.

Okay, you officially suck. But two Porsches? I can settle for that. Just make sure
1. You deliver them.
2. They are not some hideous color, like orange, pea green, or Rosie O'Donnell.
3. They are not 914's. They don't count as Porsches, and you know it.

[zzapp the witch]

Rosie O'Donnel is a color? Is it like puce? Cause she makes me think of puce. (For those that don't know, puce is what you get when you mix purple and orange). (Pronounced pyoose, not puke).

[Luna]

I had a customer complain to me once because Borders had a book for 30% off. She wound up leaving in a tremendous huffy fit, because I didn't understand what she wanted from me - my store also carried the same book - ALSO at 30% off. It was the same damn price. I told her this, and asked what it was she wanted b/c I didn't understand why she was mad. They were both NYT hardcover bestsellers. To this day, that arguement makes my head hurt.

I also hated the people that complained about the prices in general in both B&N and Borders. Hey, see those cute little number printed directly on the book itself? That's what the price is. I didn't put it there - the publisher did. If you don't like it, don't buy it!

And I feel your pain about the OOP books. They are Out Of Print, which means they are not being printed anymore. Which means, no, you can't order them b/c they aren't being made. After a while - I simply stopped argueing with people and I'd tell them I saw it on eBay. They'd have this greedy glow in their eyes now that I've finally given up on my evil plan of ruining their lives and disclosed the location to their precious book, and they'd LEAVE. Whether or not they'd get whay they wanted - I don't care. I got what I wanted, another idiot out of my store.