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That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 10:42 am
Have you ever gone to purchase something in a retail store - and had a clerk ring up your purchase - and they inform you it' s triple or quadruple of what the price should be?? Do you pay that price without qualm? Do you balk - only to be told " That's what they cost!!"?? Does that work? Do you then pay it??
Example - I went into the new "boutique gun shop" to buy a set of scope rings. They should cost between $20 and $30 dollars. They had the Leupold brand. A good brand. The guy goes to ring them up - $91. Sayyyy whaaaat???
I don't think so - and tell the boy so. "That's what they cost!!". Hmmmmphh .... Maybe on YOUR planet, Sonny.. I walk out, without buying.
I go across the street. To Walmart. They have Weaver brand. ( a good choice - considering they invented the Weaver base mounting system that I have)
$9.
THAT'S " what they cost "....
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 10:54 am
Well, the "boutique gun shop" can't compete with Wal-Mart on price so they make up for it by ripping you off, of course.
It's just another value-added service.
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 11:26 am
(February 10, 2019 at 10:42 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Have you ever gone to purchase something in a retail store - and had a clerk ring up your purchase - and they inform you it' s triple or quadruple of what the price should be?? Do you pay that price without qualm? Do you balk - only to be told " That's what they cost!!"?? Does that work? Do you then pay it??
Example - I went into the new "boutique gun shop" to buy a set of scope rings. They should cost between $20 and $30 dollars. They had the Leupold brand. A good brand. The guy goes to ring them up - $91. Sayyyy whaaaat???
I don't think so - and tell the boy so. "That's what they cost!!". Hmmmmphh .... Maybe on YOUR planet, Sonny.. I walk out, without buying.
I go across the street. To Walmart. They have Weaver brand. ( a good choice - considering they invented the Weaver base mounting system that I have)
$9.
THAT'S " what they cost "....
Well now you aren't going to be able to act smug and superior when you talk about your purchases at the boutique shop. And your friends are going to pity you because you buy things at Walmart.
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 11:44 am
I went to the boutique gun shop and bought my scope rings for $19.99.
That $90 has to be some kind of mistake in their system.
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 1:44 pm
Are you sure you didn't confuse scope rings with cock rings?
Maybe "gun" was a euphemism.
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 2:38 pm
(February 10, 2019 at 10:42 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Have you ever gone to purchase something in a retail store - and had a clerk ring up your purchase - and they inform you it' s triple or quadruple of what the price should be?? Do you pay that price without qualm? Do you balk - only to be told " That's what they cost!!"?? Does that work? Do you then pay it??
Example - I went into the new "boutique gun shop" to buy a set of scope rings. They should cost between $20 and $30 dollars. They had the Leupold brand. A good brand. The guy goes to ring them up - $91. Sayyyy whaaaat???
I don't think so - and tell the boy so. "That's what they cost!!". Hmmmmphh .... Maybe on YOUR planet, Sonny.. I walk out, without buying.
I go across the street. To Walmart. They have Weaver brand. ( a good choice - considering they invented the Weaver base mounting system that I have)
$9.
THAT'S " what they cost "....
Wasn't the price marked before the clerk rang up your purchase?
Boru
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RE: That' s What They Cost!!
February 10, 2019 at 6:37 pm
(February 10, 2019 at 5:19 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (February 10, 2019 at 2:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Wasn't the price marked before the clerk rang up your purchase?
Boru
How 1960' s....
That USED to be the norm - but now - sometimes the retailer marks stuff - sometimes they don' t.
Annoying?
Yes.
Not much help for it though..
Well, I don't spend a lot of time in gun shops, but everywhere I go has prices clearly marked. Maybe you should be a more careful shopper.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
