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Posted by Warren on March 10, 2006, 5:09 pm
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> Yep, it's just what you have to do sometimes. They aren't going to cheat
> me out of it though.
>
>
>> I suspect those "calls" went as far as the back room at
>> the Circuit City store. Your going in to your local store so
>> that they could "rescue" you from the nasty rebate
>> company was just a hoop you had to jump through. You
>> went away thinking highly of your local store, didn't you?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>> "Dave" wrote:
>>> Once I bought a Western Digital hard drive from Circuit City
>>> with a $50 rebate from WD. I had a hell of a time getting it.
>>> I ended up going to Circuit City and telling them about the
>>> trouble getting the promised rebate from one of their vendors. They
>>> made some calls and I had it within a week.
>>
>>
It is highly likely that the money came out of that particular Circuit City
store's P&L, which is what the manager is being judged on, and earns a bonus
on. In a sense, the store manager was taking money out of their pocket to
make things better, and they hope that their actions will impress you enough
that you continue to shop at their particular store.
--
Warren H.
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Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.
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