RE: Escorted from PCWorld...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Actually, looking at one of the two pics that I was able to take I can see
why they don't want you taking pics of the point of sale cards ...

The picture is of a Sony VAIO 809. The P.O.S. card lists it as being made
by
"ADVENT" (not Sony) and has the processor speed as 850 Gigahertz
(not
Megahertz) ... given that these are done and printed up by the company and
not by the store then this attention to detail is naff.

My last laptop was bought from PCWorld ... a Sony PCG-C1F wrongly priced up
at £700 instead of the £1,500 that they usually sold for at the time.

I also bought a 27Gb hard disc from them for £149 when DABS were selling
them for £279 (that was well over a year ago and possibly two).

On both occasions I had paid my money and had the receipt from the shop
when
one of their people came up to me as I was leaving and tried to tell me
that
as it had been incorrectly priced I couldn't buy it at that price ... on
both occasions I have made them aware that once they have handed me a
recipt
then they have sold me the product and any mistake is their problem. I had
a
bit of an "issue" with the laptop as I had also been really
cheeky and
bought it on an I/F credit agreement as I didn't have a ready £700 in my
account at the time and they tried to make my finance agreement null and
void but as I already had my copy of the signed paperwork then I hinted at
a
visit to the family solicitor which soon got things sorted.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 May 2001 01:18
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Escorted from PCWorld...
>
>
>    I too have tended  to use PC World as a convenience store or just
for
> looking. They occasionally misprice things (product identification)-
which
> can lead to a bargain. Win 2K cost me £14.95 I think.
>    However last time I was in I was looking at an iPaq and was
> accosted by a
> very helpful salesperson who actually knew what he was talking about.
Must
> be the only one that PCW employ I hear you say. I was quite
> honest with him
> and said that I would be buying one but not from them due to pricing.
>    He mentioned their price match but I dismissed this on the usual
getout
> they use of locally available & in stock. He then said that they
now had a
> (not widely advertised) policy of price matching nationwide and with
mail
> order too. True to his word I told him what I had seen it at through
> buy.com, he checked it on the web and price matched - saving £90. So I
now
> use PC World as my local branch of Scan or whoever...Not sure how
> they deal
> with daily special pages yet.
>    One thing they are keen on though is identical product. eg I wanted
a
> flash memory card for my ePod. PCW's brands were twice the price
> of the mail
> order companies & I could not find a like for like offer so I
bought from
> Scan in the end. I do have to say , as I might expect, that I don't
think
> PCW really 'treasure' me as a customer with my current shopping mode.
>
>    Kevin
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