Location: God's own country
Posted on: 14-09-12 05:19:19
Good rate guys!
BTW, I bought a BlackBerry here (Bold 8230 or something, which is really an outdated model here/ Canada) for Rs. 9000. So it works out to CAD 163. A Play book at these prices seems a steal.
Peace
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Future Shop refuses to pay the price difference because Walmart does not have stock. Walmart refuses to show the stock for 118 $s but will be selling the BB 32 GB wifi for 148$s
I saw few other tablets in walmart with price hovering around 100-140$. Quality wise, Since I am avid user of various high end tablets, I could see the difference primarily in screen smoothness, pixels, response to touch, features ( i hate samsung like soft home button on tabs and phone) , browser speeds etc. BB still is a top notch tab for such a low price. Nothing like ipad though. Samsung though android gets beaten on battery life.
For sure tablet war is just about to begin - eBay shows the Google 57$ tablet ( ofcourse do not expect capacitative screens like that of ipads, BBs or galaxy) but for sure for people not so finicky and more into utilities, these new low price tabs are great. Specially with intention of tossing one over to your trigger happy kid !
Watch this e bay price
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-4GB-7-MID-Google-Android-2-2-Touchscreen-Tablet-PC-WiFi-3G-High-Sens-/320919873232?forcev4exp=true " target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-4GB-7-MID-Google-Android-2-2-Touchscreen-Tablet-PC-WiFi-3G-High-Sens-/320919873232?forcev4exp=true
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Originally posted by san-hugo
Future Shop refuses to pay the price difference because Walmart does not have stock. Walmart refuses to show the stock for 118 $s but will be selling the BB 32 GB wifi for 148$s
So they didn't refund your money? That sounds like a scam. How the hell would they be able to say for sure if ALL Walmarts across the GTA are out of stock?
Did they actually show you fine print in their poilcy that has this stupid "out of stock" clause? If not, I'd write an email to their complaints dept. Or write a letter to some vp's in their corporate office, usually the most effective way of doing it. I would. Not for the measly 40 bucks, but just on principle.
Hope the trip to LCBO happened anyways, that would've been a really serious consequence of the Future Shop scam if not
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Originally posted by BlueLobster
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Originally posted by san-hugo
Future Shop refuses to pay the price difference because Walmart does not have stock. Walmart refuses to show the stock for 118 $s but will be selling the BB 32 GB wifi for 148$s
So they didn't refund your money? That sounds like a scam. How the hell would they be able to say for sure if ALL Walmarts across the GTA are out of stock?
Did they actually show you fine print in their poilcy that has this stupid "out of stock" clause? If not, I'd write an email to their complaints dept. Or write a letter to some vp's in their corporate office, usually the most effective way of doing it. I would. Not for the measly 40 bucks, but just on principle.
Hope the trip to LCBO happened anyways, that would've been a really serious consequence of the Future Shop scam if not
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/help/our-price-beat-promise/hc80.aspx
If you’re about to make a purchase at Future Shop.
Tell us which competitor is offering the lower price.
Our associates will verify the price and that the item is in stock and available for immediate sale and delivery.
We will beat the competitor’s price by 10% of the difference.
There is a small window of opportunity for FS to decline price beat request - check available stock with competition. They will usually call the few nearest stores of the competitor and verify availability. If the competitor has stock, FS with price beat. If not, you can provide them Phone # of the location you know has stock and they will verify that as well.
The alternate is to request the lower price competitor to give you "rain check" in case of out of stock : this will enable you to pick up the item at sale price whenever it is in stock. The rain check is not provided for limited time offers (like 1 day or few hours sale) or those items which are advertised with limited quantity or for manager's special sale item.
Finally, if you know how to make a lot of noise and create a scene, you can always get it anytime and any place.
There is always another day with another (maybe better) opportunity - stay happy.
Hiren
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Originally posted by hchheda
Finally, if you know how to make a lot of noise and create a scene, you can always get it anytime and any place.
There is always another day with another (maybe better) opportunity - stay happy.
Hiren
Thanks for the clarification, Hiren. And this might work for stores that don't have a lot of branches. However I'm not clear how they can say for certain that all Walmarts don't have this item in stock - they're certainly not going to check every Walmart for every customer and since the stock situation can change from time to time, this seems more like an "escape" clause than legit policy for a big box like FS (who knows if a Walmart in Sarnia or another province still have some stock - in this case, they would have to honor the policy since)
I would follow up on this with the corporate office. I advocate a "diplomatic but firm" approach vs. making a lot of noise or creating a scene. All you stand to lose is some time.
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Not to disagree with you - but having worked in retail sales initially, I have some experience how it works. To find out which store has stocks - go to the nearest store (eg. walmart) and ask the associate for the store number which has the exact item in stock. They can look up in their system using the SKU #. Get the phone number and give it to FS (or wherever you intend to price beat/match) and ask them to beat it. If they still refuse, get the CS name, Store manager's name and then approach the District Sales office with copy to HO with 15 days time to respond or initiate legal proceedings.
Different approaches work for different folks. Diplomatic but firm will work if you are not in hurry to get the item - the noisy approach helps to get it immediately. But creating a scene is an art - not everyone can do it.
As I said before - move on - there are better things in life to enjoy.
Peace!
Hiren
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Originally posted by BlueLobster
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Originally posted by hchheda
Finally, if you know how to make a lot of noise and create a scene, you can always get it anytime and any place.
There is always another day with another (maybe better) opportunity - stay happy.
Hiren
Thanks for the clarification, Hiren. And this might work for stores that don't have a lot of branches. However I'm not clear how they can say for certain that all Walmarts don't have this item in stock - they're certainly not going to check every Walmart for every customer and since the stock situation can change from time to time, this seems more like an "escape" clause than legit policy for a big box like FS (who knows if a Walmart in Sarnia or another province still have some stock - in this case, they would have to honor the policy since)
I would follow up on this with the corporate office. I advocate a "diplomatic but firm" approach vs. making a lot of noise or creating a scene. All you stand to lose is some time.
Yes it is an escape clause. In Futureshop's defense, since customer is requesting price match, onus is on the customer is to find out and show which store has stock. If a store in Sarnia has stock, customer has full right to ask Futureshop to call Sarnia and they should honor their policy.
Some stores would advertise low prices (even at a loss) to drive the traffic in but it is very hard to get the item because they have very limited quantities. The guess is that once you are in the store, you will buy something else too and that should cover the loss on one item. That is why most retailers do not price match items that say limited quantities or out of stock items.
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