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brelova@opus.freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Benedict Relova) wrote:
>I then 
>told him to call london drugs and confirm the price.  He hesitated and 
>told me to go buy it at london drugs.  So what can I do?  I just left.. 

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>So, my advice to everyone who wants some service in future 
>shop is NOT to wear a t-shirt and shorts... wear a tux or your ballroom gown.

Also to post this story every couple of months.  If a store is
lying every day in their four page ads, then those lies MUST be
exposed to the public.  If they cannot compete, then they must
drop the ads.  If they can compete, then compete.  What the
customer is wearing has nothing to do with whether or not Future
Shop is bound by their advertising.  Guys in ragged shorts have
just as much right to the truth as us consultants in wool suits.

>Also, those price protection on VCR's, TV's, Dishwashers, Fax, etc are 
>just another way of saying "Gimme your money so I can rip you off".  
>If those electronics (Vcr's, dishwashers, fax, etc) items doesn't break 
>down in the first month, then chances of them breaking down in the future 
>is close to zero.

Another tactic that chains like Future Shop use to fake-out price
protection is private model numbers.  A friend of mine bought an
IBM laptop at FS last Christmas.  The computer was a good price
and works, but IBM's technical support line insists that this
model doesn't exist.  After a week or so of hassle, he discovered
that the model he had *IS REALLY* a model something else.  Now he
uses the real model number to ask questions of IBM.  But just try
to find a comparison price on an IBM 516CS anywhere else on the
planet.  If no-one else carries the model, then price protection
is meaningless.