ba229
24-11-2004, 09:59 AM
Went to all the local tackle and @mart stores yesterday to look at reels.
At my local tackle store they had an Abu Garcia 7500c3 for $199. The price on the box said $199 and the guy looked it up in the computer and said " yep they were $249 but they are now $199"
Ok so the price is $199 but over at @mart they had it priced at $229.
I asked the fellow there how much of a hassle it was to get a price beaten by 10% and he said hang on i will ring the tackle store.
Now there are 2 tackle stores here with the same name (ie part of a small chain) and i told him to ring the other one cause they knew i had been looking at that very reel only 2 hours before.
He comes back and says he rang the other store and was told $249 so he rang the store i went to and they also told him $249.
LOL the tackle stores are fighting back. :)
He came back after speaking to the manager and said he couldn't reduce the price and we agreed that i should go back to the tackle store and get it for $199. ::)
I have no moral or reason for this story other than to tell a interesting little part of the fun part of being a consumer.
I know some of you are all for supporting the local tackle store and paying a little more for the advice you get and generally i am too.
My first time at getting a 10% bargain? down the drain ;D
At my local tackle store they had an Abu Garcia 7500c3 for $199. The price on the box said $199 and the guy looked it up in the computer and said " yep they were $249 but they are now $199"
Ok so the price is $199 but over at @mart they had it priced at $229.
I asked the fellow there how much of a hassle it was to get a price beaten by 10% and he said hang on i will ring the tackle store.
Now there are 2 tackle stores here with the same name (ie part of a small chain) and i told him to ring the other one cause they knew i had been looking at that very reel only 2 hours before.
He comes back and says he rang the other store and was told $249 so he rang the store i went to and they also told him $249.
LOL the tackle stores are fighting back. :)
He came back after speaking to the manager and said he couldn't reduce the price and we agreed that i should go back to the tackle store and get it for $199. ::)
I have no moral or reason for this story other than to tell a interesting little part of the fun part of being a consumer.
I know some of you are all for supporting the local tackle store and paying a little more for the advice you get and generally i am too.
My first time at getting a 10% bargain? down the drain ;D