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Article #114Re: BEWARE of COMPUSA - Before shopping there, read this!!
From: John Smith
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:14
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:14
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> Ching Tai wrote: > > > > I don't like CompUSA's return fee too, but it's their > > policy so you can't really complain. > > > > Personally, due to CompUSA's return fee, I hardly buy > > anything from them (and there's a store about 300 yards > > from where I live). It's a sad store, hardly shoppers > > in it (must be their return policy :) > > > > Here's my set of rules: > > 1. Buy things from cheapest store that does not > > charge for returns. > > 2. If a return-fee store (e.g. CompUSA) sells the > > same item at >=20% cheaper than the no-return-fee > > stores, I'd return the item to the no-return-fee > > store and buy it from the return-fee store. > > 3. If the return-fee store sells the same item at > > less than 20% of my purchase price, I go back to > > the no-return-fee store and ask for a price match. > > > > This way, I reward the no-return-fee AND cheapest > > stores. I hate to have all those return-fee stores > > go out-of-business :) But I also hate to have to pay > > a return fee. > > > > However, I live in silicon valley where there are > > many no-return-fee stores that is also cheap. Are you Robinhood ?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6c48,a0292b3d6f4b050d X-Google-Attributes: gidf6c48,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,a0292b3d6f4b050d X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 107cd9,a0292b3d6f4b050d X-Google-Attributes: gid107cd9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-30 10:45:44 PST From: "John Smith" <john@smith.com> Newsgroups: co.consumers,misc.consumers,misc.consumers.frugal-living References: <3ccce709.59073152@news.easynews.com> <3CCD324D.CD050CAE@Early.com> <3CCDED7A.753D9B80@cisco.com> <3CCE4FD7.978A4845@prodigy.net> Subject: Re: BEWARE of COMPUSA - Before shopping there, read this!! Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:14:33 -0700 Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.3621.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3621.0 Message-ID: <3cced54b$1_1@news.nntpserver.com> Organization: http://www.TeraNews.com - FREE NNTP Access Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!hub1.nntpserver.com!news.teranews.com