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Article #6227Re: Sealy mattress at Mattress Discounters
From: Phil Ngai
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00
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Fred Steinberg (ovrtxd@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : I had the same experience with Mattress Discounters but the outcome was : different. I shopped for the top of the line Simmons and the salesman : just about blocked our exit from the store. Talk about high pressure! : Finally, after coming down over $500 from the original price, he said : that this was his lowest price. I whipped out a cellular phone from my : pocket and called Dial-A-Mattress in front of him. Even though he : really did have the best price of the two, I lied and got him down : another $150. I think that was a first time experience for him as his : jaw was on the floor. I think I won that round. Just shows you what : they will do for a sale. Interesting. But do you think that the sellers in general aren't aware of what their competition is selling at? If you were a seller, would you consider that kind of information useful?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109d6f,f081b19dc677a79f X-Google-Attributes: gid109d6f,public X-Google-Thread: 10db0a,f081b19dc677a79f X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0a,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,f081b19dc677a79f X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) Subject: Re: Sealy mattress at Mattress Discounters Date: 1995/10/16 Message-ID: <45up7j$bji@enquirer.mv.us.adobe.com> X-Deja-AN: 117685510 references: <45bm3c$jv1@moe.tas.drs.com> <45lsln$ip8@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <45nfej$mn6@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> <45oml4$shb@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> followup-to: misc.consumers.house,dc.housing,dc.general organization: Adobe Systems, Inc. newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,dc.housing,dc.general