Comments on: Mean Things Retailers Do That Piss Me Off

By: The Sunday Review #42

The Sunday Review #42 — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:47:58 +0000

[...] Mean Things Retailers Do That Piss Me Off by Nick @ Punny Money. [...]

By: debtdieter

debtdieter — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:24:29 +0000

Ever since the first Egyptian peasant was forced at gunpoint to sell Microsoft Windows by rich Norwegian farmers on the streets of Havana, retailers have been an indispensable part of our daily lives.

That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in ages!

On a more serious note, not honouring an advertised price is a big no-no here is Australia, it’s called bait advertising and the consumer commission would be all over you. It’s flat out illegal.

By: Sunday Money Roundup - Why, Eric Gagne, Why Edition. | My Two Dollars

Sunday Money Roundup - Why, Eric Gagne, Why Edition. | My Two Dollars — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:01:31 +0000

[...] Money lets us in on the Mean Things Retailers Do That Piss Me Off. Number One on the list? Refusing to honor price [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:14:56 +0000

Mrs. Micah, I feel your pain. Don’t worry, one day you’ll be that clumsy executive who’s always breaking her expensive gadgets, forcing someone else to make hours of phone calls to get it fixed.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:24:18 +0000

My biscuits are burned by the whole merchandise thing. At work, we had something break within its manufacturers warranty period. But because we didn’t have a service contract, the retail place wouldn’t do the warranty. And the manufacturers don’t work with “end users”. Finally, I went through the sales agreement and found a tiny clause about warranty within first year and the sales people replacing the unit “at no cost” to the user. I’d spent hours on the phone with lots of people and nobody told me this. If I hadn’t pulled out the agreement….

Particularly burns my biscuits because I’m the lowest-level peon and thus had to do all the calling, etc.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:40:17 +0000

I know what you mean, Patrick. I just hate it when a show stops in its tracks to whip out a Pepsi, that cool and refreshing soda like no other. Really gets my goat. Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:25:40 +0000

What burns my biscuits? Commercials disguised as television shows. You know all that crappy product placement and referencing by the actors (or reality contestants) in the show. I refuse to watch it.