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Re: My point.
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Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:31:06 GMT
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:25:12 GMT, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com>
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> A couple years ago, someone in RTL was crowing one day that they had switched
> price tag stickers on a LEGO set at Wal*Mart and had gotten away with a steal.
Well that's kinda cool, cheating the system that tries to cheat you.
Ever work in price management for a company Todd? There are legal, as
well as allowed ways of "stealing". I remember when I got two huge
boxes of Power Aid at 8 cents a bottle. Here's another thought, walk
into any store and just ask for a discount on an item (you have to ask
the manager) in most cases they'll give you a discount, just like
that. Especially if you're buying a lot of something. Trust me Todd,
it wouldn't have hurt WalMart any. What hurts them, or rather the
consumer more than anyone, are the people who buy something,
accidentally break it, and then return it. Oh yes, if you
accidentally break a product within the first two weeks of buying it
the store will be more than happy to give you a new one. Try working
at the service desk of a retail chain too for further enlightenment
along these lines. See Todd, the world is round, and not everyone
will always agree with you.
> When people came down hard on him and called him dishonest, deceitful, etc.,
> he came back and said that he was lying -- that he hadn't really switched
> stickers, and that he "just wanted to see how we would react."
You know I think I actually remember that guy. Do you remember me
Todd? About three years ago I had an idea about an instruction
website, people flamed the hell out of me for it, even though the post
was neutral. Of course I flamed back, and then all of you suddenly
started attacking me even worse. Because of you I never finished that
idea, if I had had support I could have made something really great,
really contributed something, instead all I got was a taste of yer
incredible hospitality. I've never forgotten Todd, not after the way
I was hurt, and I won't forget either.
> I believe it scarred his reputation for some time -- although he seems to be
> doing all right now.
You enjoyed that, didn't you Todd? Scarring his reputation, it made
you feel good, didn't it? Like when you asked if my parents were
alcoholics, or when you just kept making post after post insulting me
in every way you could think of. That felt REALLY good, didn't it
Todd?
-Matthew
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| (...) Actually, the incident I was referring to above wasn't you -- it was someone else. But anyway... (...) I don't think I participated in that discussion. I pretty much stopped posting to RTL after 1998. I do remember reading parts of it, though. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It's not always important that everyone agrees with you, you've just got to be careful about whether the really important people disagree with you. Like the police for instance. (...) Seems awfully strange to mention the police at a time like (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) A couple years ago, someone in RTL was crowing one day that they had switched price tag stickers on a LEGO set at Wal*Mart and had gotten away with a steal. When people came down hard on him and called him dishonest, deceitful, etc., he came (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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