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Article #684Re: Future Shop Customers
From: Jacques E. Bouchard
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:00
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Mark wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:15:20 -0700, "Kobay" <Kobay@netcom.caNOSPAM>
> wrote:
>
> >Last year I bought my Computer from the Future Shop on Dec 12 and I paid
> >$ 2200.00. Was I pissed off because 1 month later I could have bought twice
> >the Computer for the same amount of money.
> > The lesson that I learned is do not buy anything from them until mid
> >January.
>
> No the lesson should be never buy anything from them.
You know, I very much meant to stick to that rule of thumb. Except that when
I wanted to buy a Samsung laser printer, only three places carried it: Aventure,
who went bankrupt, Crazy Irving, who won't give prices over the phone and don't
keep it in stock anyway, and Futureshop.
Places like Crazy Irving can't play hard to get in this market.
jaybee
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