Best Buy; price gouging during emergency!

[Thomas Doubting]

That is not the point, the point is i have a price for the whole box, not for the single bottle, if they put a price for one bottle and ask me to pay the full price for the whole box, that is different than a company (brand name or whatever you call it) selling in bulk cheaper normally, probably even in that one store, calling itself "Best Buy", suddenly selling whole boxes at a higher price and putting a hand written price there.. in the middle of a crisis. We can find excuses if we want but evidence speaks for itself, that is the impression i and many others got and some weird examples about internet prices and corporation economics won't change it.

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

That is not the point, the point is i have a price for the whole box, not for the single bottle, if they put a price for one bottle and ask me to pay the full price for the whole box, that is different than a company (brand name or whatever you call it) selling in bulk cheaper normally, probably even in that one store, calling itself "Best Buy", suddenly selling whole boxes at a higher price and putting a hand written price there.. in the middle of a crisis. We can find excuses if we want but evidence speaks for itself, that is the impression i and many others got and some weird examples about internet prices and corporation economics won't change it.

Thomas,

The point is that he couldn't do it without violating corporate contracts and risking his own job. >.>

When Best Buy sends them the bottles of water, it's actual system has it marked per-bottle price. Why? Because Best Buy is not WalMart, and everything bought there is simply a convenience for you.
The Corporation itself sets the prices for things - because that's how the contract works. The Manager can't magically change the system by slapping a hooker in the face with his dick; Corporate has to actually change the prices so that their accounting/inventory system doesn't fuck up.

At the Corporate level, they aren't seeing how many cases they are shipping. They are seeing how many bottles/case and the price/bottle so that they can make their profit. It's not marked for bulk - it is marked for individual sale.
This is how Corporations work.

The people are lucky that he even had the audacity to think outside the box and sell them in their bulk packaging. :|

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Thomas,

The point is that he couldn't do it without violating corporate contracts and risking his own job. >.>

When Best Buy sends them the bottles of water, it's actual system has it marked per-bottle price. Why? Because Best Buy is not WalMart, and everything bought there is simply a convenience for you.
The Corporation itself sets the prices for things - because that's how the contract works. The Manager can't magically change the system by slapping a hooker in the face with his dick; Corporate has to actually change the prices so that their accounting/inventory system doesn't fuck up.

At the Corporate level, they aren't seeing how many cases they are shipping. They are seeing how many bottles/case and the price/bottle so that they can make their profit. It's not marked for bulk - it is marked for individual sale.
This is how Corporations work.

The people are lucky that he even had the audacity to think outside the box and sell them in their bulk packaging. :|

110% right.

People like Thomas Doubting have clearly never seen an actual invoice, or worked with a computer-based pricing/inventory system that locks out certain purchases. If the computers aren't set up to sell bulk cases of water at a lower price, NO ONE IN THE STORE HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE IT. You get it, and Thomas does not. The manager can't screw with the pricing, because if he could he would hook up his friends and family with crazy discounts. Local managers have NO POWER OVER PRICES. If he doesn't have corporate approval to sell cases of water at a discounted price, he can't sell them at a discounted price. If he tries to cheat the system anyway, his boss will see it and will fire him over it.

Fuck you, thirsty people! Why should some low-level nobody lose his job because you're thirsty?

 

[Thomas Doubting]

Actually i work and live in a country where everything is possible when it comes to ripping off the little man, which is why i see the smelly fish where you see tons of parfume bottles.. but i could be wrong and i sure admit it.. can you?
I can even give you an example where people sell beer from the local supermarket at restaurant prices.
Hand written prices in a corporation ruled store..

 

[kenandkids]

So, you're just going to ignore everything people have posted, and go back to your original nonsense. If that store doesn't sell in bulk, the manager CANNOT magically create a bar-code scan that gives the bulk discount you want to pretend exists. :facepalm:

Did you ever see a bulk package of food where the individual packages were marked "not for resale"? That means that the bulk package can't be broken up and sold individually at a higher price, By the same token, if individual servings are shipped in a bulk case, that doesn't mean the case itself is marked for sale. I don't know how else to explain it, and you're coming off as intentionally obtuse at this point.

So you are just goping to ignore the fact that other people have seen these cases sold, exactly as they appear here, for a bulk rate at Best Buy ? They don't need fucking magic, they have a code for bulk as well as a code for individual. The case has a upc just as the bottles do. No magic needed. I'm sorry you live in Florida, I really am. But the rest of the nation actually sells things in bulk at a different price than singly. EVEN AT BEST BUY!

If the simple answer were that "this is the price singly, we just didn't break up the case for the convenience of panicked buyers," then they could have said so and no one would have faulted the logic. Of course, those of us with experience shopping at Best Buy would look askance, because we know that they don't ONLY sell singles...

 

[Thomas Doubting]

Joe just one thing before i drop the topic.. how can one be 110% right? Must have something to do with higher business mathematics :lol:

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Joe just one thing before i drop the topic.. how can one be 110% right? Must have something to do with higher business mathematics :lol:

Well, you get an extra 10% from agreeing with me, since I'm never wrong. :lol:

 

[Thomas Doubting]

Interesting.. you are never wrong... i am always right... if we happen to agree, we have... 220%? :mrgreen:

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Interesting.. you are never wrong... i am always right... if we happen to agree, we have... 220%? :mrgreen:

+/- 20%

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

*Idiocy from not actually reading any of the posts, and stinging bias.*

:facepalm:

I see that I am forced to speak as if I was talking to a grade-school student:
You work for me selling Televisions by-proxy.
I write up a contract saying "Okay - Here's how it works: I give you this many televisions and I will pay you this much/hour to sell them."
You sign it.
I set up this elaborate system where I can keep tracks of the different types of televisions - Sony, Toshiba, Coby, and so on in producer and size - to keep track of what you're selling.

I see to it that you can also sell candy, because of a convenience prospect. I set the price at $1 per candy bar and add it to the inventory.

Suddenly, an international cocoa shortage hits the world, causing people to rush into the stores to buy Candy Bars. You see that people need them, and you set them out in bulk - but your contract says that your stock is per candy bar.
You think about lowering the price, but there isn't even a listing on the inventory to buy them per box.

Now what do you do? You could help everyone else out buy selling these candy bars at $5 for a box of 10 - but then you'd be in breach of contract. You would not only be at risk to losing your only job in a brutal economy, you'd be liable for a lawsuit for breach of contract, and even the replacement for the stolen (yes - when you take something that's not yours, it's stealing) goods.

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Of course you can see Local Supermarkets doing something because they are just that: Local.
They don't get their inventory from a Corporate Supply that is issued and priced at the corporate level. They go to fucking Sam Goody (BTW also a corporation - a subset of WalMart), or to other companies and work in their deals to get what they need.
If you don't agree with me - try bartering one day at WalMart with the manager. I bet you my next paycheck that I can guess her response almost verbatim.

 

[kenandkids]

some crap that has nothing to do with my arguments

Best Buy has the water on sale for BOTH prices in most stores. It IS NOT taking one price to it's logical conclusion or they would have said so. Since neither of us live there, but stores I've been to sell both bulk and single, I must go by my own experience. You are speaking as if you know exactly that this store does not sell in bulk, are you familiar with this store?


And btw, as someone who has experience in retail, I call bullshit. Stores CAN hold sales outside of corporate contract so long as the contract is PAID. This is why stores routinely have very cheap sales on one product, which get people into stores to buy other products. This isn't new or revolutionary, it's why ads on tv always state "at participating locations," The reverse can also be true!

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Best Buy has the water on sale for BOTH prices in most stores

Not all. Prove that this store had water on sale for both prices.

 

[kenandkids]

Best Buy has the water on sale for BOTH prices in most stores

Not all. Prove that this store had water on sale for both prices.

To requote myself from your quote:

... in most stores

To requote from the larger post:

Since neither of us live there, but stores I've been to sell both bulk and single, I must go by my own experience. You are speaking as if you know exactly that this store does not sell in bulk, are you familiar with this store?

 

[)O( Hytegia )O(]

Best Buy has the water on sale for BOTH prices in most stores

Not all. Prove that this store had water on sale for both prices.

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Evidence or GTFO.

Not even the logic about blowout discounts makes sense in this matter - you still need Corporate to approve it, and you need to pay out the difference.
And, I also call bullshit on your statement "they're marked for bulk" at Best Buy.

In your earlier post, you posited: "THEY HAVE A SCAN MARKER FOR A REASON"
You have no clue what you're talking about, do you?

Bring me evidence that the nearest one that you live near even does this, and I'll post a video of me eating my own shoes or Gnug can ban me for life.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Evidence or GTFO.

No shit. On the one hand, an admission that it isn't universal. On the other hand, a claim that it should be treated as universal anyways, since Ken is too kennish to admit that he's talking out of his ass.

 

[kenandkids]

Evidence or GTFO.

Not even the logic about blowout discounts makes sense in this matter - you still need Corporate to approve it, and you need to pay out the difference.

Holy fuck! You reiterated my statement at the same time that you dismissed it! The payout is what matters, not the sale price unless a contract specifically states that. Have you inside knowledge that this contract states a minimum sale price or might it be a minimum return on merchandise? Evidence or GTFO.

In your earlier post, you posited: "THEY HAVE A SCAN MARKER FOR A REASON"
You have no clue what you're talking about, do you?

Perhaps you and Bush the 1st have something in common... fuckin scanners, how do they work

Laser scanner :

What it scans:

 

[kenandkids]

Evidence or GTFO.

No shit. On the one hand, an admission that it isn't universal. On the other hand, a claim that it should be treated as universal anyways, since Ken is too kennish to admit that he's talking out of his ass.

For the last fucking time:

If the simple answer were that "this is the price singly, we just didn't break up the case for the convenience of panicked buyers," then they could have said so and no one would have faulted the logic.

 

[ImprobableJoe]

For the last fucking time:

Let's hope so, since it was a crock of shit the last 6-7 times.

 

[kenandkids]

The manager can't screw with the pricing, because if he could he would hook up his friends and family with crazy discounts.

Hilarious because this happens in every chain across the nation, from McDonalds to Ross to Best Buy. This is why people like me, who have worked in loss prevention, watch employees with cameras more than we watched customers...

 

[ImprobableJoe]

Hilarious because this happens in every chain across the nation, from McDonalds to Ross to Best Buy. This is why people like me, who have worked in loss prevention, watch employees with cameras more than we watched customers...

You're sort of right: across the country, there are thousands of really stupid assholes demanding inappropriate "price matching" on unmatched items from stores that don't participate in that sort of thing, making fucking fools of themselves and wasting everyone's time and energy.