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Article #9341Re: Best Buy Treated Me Like a Thief
From: Brent P
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:17
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:17
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In article <ienrr1pm052v5onlabgs5h0irrlhf3u7o1@4ax.com>, Scott en Aztl�n wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:48:37 -0600, tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com > (Brent P) wrote: > >>In article <Xns9740686ACACF8miketoni@66.133.129.71>, Mike H wrote: >> >>> A recent attempt to purchase a playstation portable (PSP) at a best buy >>> mirrors your issue. Looking to purchase one in the section where they >>> were sold couldn't find any for sale, nor any space on the shelf showing >>> they existed. Trying to find a person in blue to ask proved so fruitless >> >>I would have just walked out not finding the item on the shelves and >>assumed they didn't have any or ever had any. Much like my last trip to >>circuit city. On their website they advertised this great in-store-only sale >>price for a memory card but I get there and there is not even a hook for >>it. droid comes over and asks what I am looking for. I am told they are out >>of them. I just left. Obviously it was just a ploy to get people into >>the store. > > "Bait-and-Switch" is illegal, but maybe if they do the "Bait" without > the "Switch" it doesn't violate any laws? Considering it was the day after thanksgiving, I considered it to be just 'bait'. There was no attempt to 'switch'.
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