Price-Matches

[guitardude1987]

A few quick ones. All of these took place within 40 minutes of each other.

Do you price match?

I'm still a little confused about this one. Lady walks in, comes up to the counter, and I greet her.

Me: Hi, what can I get for you?
SC: Quick question about your burgers first; do you price match?
Me: Sorry?
SC: Well, your quarter-pounders are about eighty cents higher than McDonalds. They're the same thing, so I'd like you to explain why I should be willing to spend more here than at McDonald's when I'm getting the same thing at both places.
Me: Well, the reason we price our burgers higher than places like McDonald's is because of the quality of meat that we use here is a lot higher than McDonald's. And, no, we don't price match. Sorry.
SC: I still don't understand. It's the same product, why should the prices be different?
Me: ...I just explained it to you.
SC: Well, back to my original question: will you price match?
Me: I just answered that question.
SC: *sigh* I guess I'll just have to go to McDonald's. They're a lot more customer friendly anyway.

[Camry178]

I hate that question! If I see it cheaper elsewhere then that's where I'm gonna buy it.

[SG15Z]

SC: *sigh* I guess I'll just have to go to McDonald's. They're a lot more customer friendly anyway.

Really, not the ones out here....and why didn't you go to McDs in the first place? Oh why do I even bother!?

[tropicsgoddess]

What part of "we do not price-match" did she not understand?!

[Imogene]

A few quick ones. All of these took place within 40 minutes of each other.

Do you price match?

*blinks, then waits for more*

[BethB]

I hate doing price-matching. If I see an item for sale at Best Buy, I'm going to best buy to get it. not annoy the folks at Wal-Mart. My favorite is when customers want us to price match our website. they want us to price match ourselves?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

*blinks, then waits for more*

*sits down on floor next to Juwl, waiting for the story to continue*

[bainsidhe]

Our store won't price match our website. Because the website doesn't pay lovely things like thousands of florescent lights, cashiers, greeters, cart wranglers, etc etc etc. The warehouse (website) doesn't have the same overhead we do, and can therefore offer some items for a much lower price than in-store. Which is why you buy it online and not in-store.

And yes, our store price matches. You must have a current add that shows the competing price. No, we won't give you 50% off of a new release DVD. FYE sells it for $30.00 and we sell it for $13.00. How about we raise it to $15.00 so it's still 50% off their price. And yes, it has to be for the EXACT same item. No you cannot have the 24-pack of Mt. Dew when the sale is for a 12-pack. And yes people expect this.

[Hyena Dandy]

*sits down on floor next to Juwl, waiting for the story to continue*

*does voiceover*

Next time, on GuitarDude1987... Great questions are revealed. What else happened in the 40 minutes of hell? Who else plagued our valiant hero. /DO/ they price match?

Find out next week. Same guitar-time, same guitar-channel.

[smileyeagle1021]

Try being in a hotel... I have had people ask us if we will price match Motel 6... I have point blank told one person "yes, but only if you agree not to use any channel above 21, don't eat the breakfast in the morning, don't use the hot tub, pool, or highspeed internet, and you don't ask the desk staff for ANY assistance as it is that the Motel 6 down the street wouldn't give you any anyway".
They paid the higher price

[Bright_Star]

Wouldn't it make sense that if you're trying to price match an item & said item is cheaper at the other place that you should go to the other place & buy it there instead? Does that make sense? I think it does.

[OfficeSlug]

I hate that question! If I see it cheaper elsewhere then that's where I'm gonna buy it.

Exactly!!!!!!!!!


I never understood price-matching.

[Sheldonrs]

"Do you price-match?"

"Yes, we do. The restaurant down the street sells Kobe Beef bugers so your "Royale With Cheese" will be $170.00, plus tax."

[EricKei]

Try being in a hotel... I have had people ask us if we will price match Motel 6...

Suuuuure...For the price of a Motel 6 room, we can give you the closest thing we have to an equivalent to their fine accomodations. You can check in as soon as the janitor is done getting today's supplies out of that closet...

SC: I still don't understand. It's the same product, why should the prices be different?

They're not the same product...

Besides, I have NEVER heard of a restaurant doing price-matching, EVER.

Appliance stores, software, etc, yeah, but not fresh food. We'll even pricematch on our [accountingsoftware] stuff if the client can get a WRITTEN quote from the people who make the software that we resell (because we can use that as ammo to get the price reduced) -- we'll sell something at cost to get a customer, but we're not gonna take a 50% loss on it.

[guitardude1987]

Sorry about the opening to my original post. I was going to do more, but the second one got really confusing...so I deleted it, then forgot to edit the opening...