No.

[Gravekeeper]

This is an actual question I was asked this morning.

SC: "Hi, yes, I'm getting <supply of product> from <competitor> at no charge, can you price match that?"

Yes, that's right. Someone asked if we could price match "Free".

I don't even have a punchline here. Do I even need one?

[Seraph]

....Nope. Not really a response for that. At all.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

A... buh... w..what?

I can understand asking about a price match for whatever reason... but.. but you're not going to get lower than FREE. What? Did he expect you to pay HIM to get the product?

[Food Lady]

Gravekeeper!!!!! *ahem* My question is "How is he getting stuff for free from them?" I would like to shop at that company.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I think we've reached a whole new level of SCness with this one folks...be afraid...be very afraid...

Wait a minute...I just pondered the OP for a moment. If this person is getting it free from Company A why would they need to find an alternate source in the first place?

[Teefies2]

Umm yeah. "You want me to price match 'free'? What would be my incentive to want {someone as cheap and annoying as} you for a customer in the first place??"

Here's your sign ...


And Gravekeeper you thought you wouldn't have any new suckiness to post with the new position!!!!!!

[Der Cute]

Yes, we do! We can give you an item of equal value, at less than half their price. But this item will be a 1/2sized demo that's over a year old. With dirt. Still want it?

[mhkohne]

Wait a minute...I just pondered the OP for a moment. If this person is getting it free from Company A why would they need to find an alternate source in the first place?

Probably because the free product is worth every cent they pay for it, and they want something better. But they havn't put 1 and 1 together to get 2 and realize that it sucks because it's free!

[Jammer]

Or it's an introductory of 'get x months of product free then pay out the nose to keep getting it' sort of thing & this SC is trying to game the system by having a replacement.

[dougall]

They could be someone from Nunavut who has no idea how their new credit card works so they have ordered a load of pink camo hats and don't realize there is a big bill coming.

[PepperElf]

i can only imagine they wanted you to pay them to relieve you of the product.

although i suspect they'd get more money... by asking people to pay them to go away.

[dalesys]

...i suspect they'd get more money... by asking people to pay them to go away.

Like Freewheeling Franklin as a busker...

"I'll follow you home and sing on your porch!"

[Zapper]

The next question would have been, "Can you beat that?"

[MoonCat]

Well, we've had people want "credit" for something we goofed up that they got at no charge in the first place. Try explaining to people that you can't get credit for something you didn't pay for.

[ShinyGreenApple]

We've been asked that before.

"Hey you guys price match, right? Publix does free antibiotics, can you match that?"

Yeah, we'll get right on that.