P.J., you needn't act like H.P., now, come on.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:40 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "...bag of hair" seems to be inaccurate, "...box of rocks" seems more
> appropriate.
>
> On 2/1/2010 12:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>
>> Matthew Hunt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Mark Roberts<m...@robertstech.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> But refusing to do business there based on a
>>>> sample-size of one other customer, about whom I know nothing, is
>>>> irrational.
>>>>
>>>
>>> One guy complaining on the Internet is one thing.
>>>
>>> A high-level representative of the company insulting my intelligence
>>> by claiming that 50%-off sales do not exist is another.
>>>
>>
>> I believe he was asserting that 50% off sales for that product don't
>> exist. I haven't researched the matter for the product in question but
>> I can think of other products for which 50% off sales are unheard of.
>>
>> I've made (or attempted to make) online purchases for which the price
>> looked too good to be true. Haven't sneaked one by yet ;-) but as long
>> as I'm paying by credit card I'm not worried about being ripped off.
>>
>> Once, when I was young and foolish, I made a purchase from Cambridge
>> Camera (OK, since we're talking about Cambridge Camera, perhaps "young
>> and foolish" should be replaced with "young and dumb as a bag of
>> hair"...) and they really tried to rip me off. But, mainly because I
>> documented the transaction well and paid by credit card, they failed
>> to do so. In fact, I quite got the better of them. For details, meet
>> me around the campfire at GFM some time :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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