Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!scott From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: "Sorry, we're out of that" Message-ID: <874@opus.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 16:32:12 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.874 Posted: Wed Oct 10 16:32:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 05:36:49 EDT Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 26 I'm in the process of getting settled in my first "real" home since leaving school, and have been carefully watching the newspaper for sales on things I need. Why is it that I can never buy the items that are on sale? I make sure I get to the store early in the sale week, but I hear things like: "We only had one to start with" "I don't think we're going to get any more of those" "Sorry, we don't give rainchecks" etc, etc, etc. Now, I'm not going for closeout items, these are regular sale items that aren't in stock. Seems like a resonable policy would be to give an extra 10% off the sale price if the item isn't in stock. Anybody else run into this kind of thing? It's almost a "bait and switch" tactic. They bring you in with nice low prices on things they don't have so you'll buy the regularly priced (and more expensive to start with) product. -- Scott Wiesner {allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott