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Old 15th August 2002, 03:06 PM
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major high street retailer skanks

the company i work for no names im affraid
love to put prices b4 a sale up so they can drop em in the sale
eg 49.99 for a portable stereo (not in sale)
gos up to 69.99 a month or so b4 the sale
then in the sale its down to 49.99 again


how rotten is this
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lol proper cheeky c@nts!

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its not jus the compant i work for lots of major retailers follow the same formula
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jus to clarify this a bit its coz
A - they wanna skank ya
B so they can show a high previous price so the punter thinks hes gettin a deal which they aint
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Old 15th August 2002, 03:56 PM
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Although you're not naming names, I'm willing to bet it's part of the group that also likes to agressively sell 'Extended Warranties' to unsuspecting punters ....
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Re: major high street retailer skanks

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the company i work for no names
LOL.. except you've already told everyone where you work in a previous post Your a warehouse manager right?

I use to work in a record shop that was told by the warner distributor to sell the CD singles for 99p and my boss put them on the shelf for £3.99...

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Old 15th August 2002, 11:42 PM
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not actually sayin nething i shouldnt coz its totally legal otherwise trading standards would put a stop to it


if a punter watched the prices he would see it neway
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That's the shoddyest thing I've heard m8, u go in2 a shop lookin 4 a gud bargin & u still get shanked even when u think u've got a gud deal That's it I ain't buyin owt ever
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