RE: VGA TV tuner module?

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

No - if you hunt the archives you'll find I bit a Tempo salesman back in January...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 October 2002 11:27
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] VGA TV tuner module?
>
>
> It could have been the first "who can thump a Comet salesman"= ;
> day... the guy
> *really* did not want me to leave the store without stumping
> up for the
> extended "5 year" warranty (in quotes, because that's a
> complete lie anyway,
> as it counts the already included manufacturers 12 months, so
> what you pay
> is actually only for an additional 4 years...)
>
> they wanted an unbelievable =A3350 for an extended warranty on
> a =A3600 item!! -
> taking the piss or what! - I only paid =A3200 for the warranty
> on my =A32000
> rear-projection set a couple of years ago...
>
> "Because LCD is a new technology sir" was his pitch... New <= BR> > technology? - MY
> ARSE!
>
> I was about ready to thump him one when I was finally able to
> extricate
> myself from his unrelenting barrage of hard sell...
>
> *I HATE BEING SOLD TO, AND I HATE HARD SELL SALESPEOPLE*
>
> If it wasn't for the fact that I knew the Curry's store next
> door didn't
> have any stock (I'd been there first), I would have told him
> to stuff it and
> bought it somewhere else. (I *really* wanted to take it away
> rather than
> wait for delivery).
>
> By the time I'd managed to get him to hand over the box, so I
> could run (not
> walk) out of the shop, he'd dropped the warranty price to
> =A3200. (so why was
> he prepared to rip me off in the first place for the extra =A3150?) >
> All in all, *not* a pleasurable shopping experience, and I'll
> be reluctant
> to go to that store again (Sorry Mark).
>
> Still, at least I've got my nice shiny new toy to play with now.. :-)<= BR> >
> Paul G.
>
>
> >From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx&= gt;
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] VGA TV tuner module?
> >Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 23:42:47 +0100
> >
> >Paul,
> >
> >Is this official "who can spend most at a Kingfisher store&qu= ot; day?
> >
> >Mark
> >
>
>
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