[NTLUG:Discuss] OT - Frys Open

[rmoncello@attbi.com]

Two comments. . .

1)  I work part-time for Best Buy as PC service tech.  They aren't sooo bad.  
They just don't carry some of the component level stuff we all like to buy. :)

2)  As PC Tech, it is partly my responsibility to check returns as described in 
the previous post.  He's right!  Customers can be quite creative in their 
dishonesty.  I took an open box 256MB RAM off the shelf, and found a 128MB 
stick in it.  I've also checked a couple of video card returns and found an 8MB 
OEM board in their instead of the 128MB card labeled on the box.  They didn't 
get returned. One of the customers actually argued with me when I told them it 
was the wrong board in there! :O

I'll be dropping by that Fry's to "Check out the competition". :)
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:16:03 -0500 (CDT)
> "Michael P" <michael at techiesplace.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Heh.. be careful shopping there, I used to work there awhile back
> > > and unless you are 100% sure of what you're getting they WILL sell
> > > you used parts saying they're new...
> > >
> > 
> > A company in the computer business being dishonest???  You're
> > joking....  :)
> > 
> > Michael
> > -- yeah yeah.. feeling sarcastic this morning
> 
> Sometimes its the customers who are the dishonest ones. I once bought a
> PCI network card from Fry's. It had that little sticker which indicated
> that this particular box was once bought and returned but the contents
> had been all verified by Fry's. Well I got it home, opened it up and it
> was the same brand nic but, it was an ISA and not PCI. Obviously,
> someone had gotten themselves a 'free' upgrade. So, back down to Fry's
> for an exchange. When the Fry's returns guy went through the box, he
> could not understand what the problem was. "It says 3com on the card and
> on the box, it's the right one", he said. Well, now I could see how
> Fry's had been so easily duped. I had to do all the usual arm waving,
> raise my voice, etc to get them to exchange it. I'll be they just
> wrapped it back up and put it right back out on the shelf. 
> 
> -Rob
> 
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