Christmas shopping rant

[dafuzz]

On the upside I'm nearly finished with the prezzies for everyone now

Rant #1 - Wii Fit
It's sold out everywhere, and the few shops that do have them have tacked on a bunch of other crap they can't shift and called it a 'deal', so I'm gonna end up paying for rubbish third party Wii dross. The best deal so far is from Woolworths with that Big Brain thing for £110-odd. That's not even a deal! They're forcing you to buy something you don't want at full price before you can have the thing you do want! On Amazon/ebay/Play they're going (with no extras) for £105 which is a 50% mark-up on the rrp. Arse.

Rant#2 - Toys R Us
So I go there looking for ideas yesterday as its better to look at the boxes and displays in real life than fuzzy little web images I find. While I'm there the little angel reminds me she's run out of finger paints so on the way out we grab a fiver's worth. I pay for them with a £20 which was the only note in my wallet. The girl with inch thick make-up gives me £5 change. I point out the mistake quite cheerily thinking she'll just give me the £10 back straightaway but no, I have to queue at Customer Services, present my receipt, wait for some uninterested woman to finish her biscuit who asks to see my receipt again, and wait again while she pulls the till and buggers off to count it. 15 minutes later she reappears and asks to see my receipt yet again with a cold face and accusatory expression. No apology, nothing. So I lost it, demanded my tenner immediately, accused her and the whole shop of thievery and incompetance, then stormed out. I feel a bit embarrassed about it now.
There was a cock up the last time we went where they tried to fob us off with a broken desk after a 15 minute wait (the box was split and anybody could see the wood was all dented inside) and then ten minutes later finally admitted they were out of stock, which led to a further 15 minutes at the customer service desk waiting for a refund. Arseholes. I am never going back.

Phew, that's better thanks

[Vim Fuego]

Originally Posted by dafuzz

So I lost it, demanded my tenner immediately, accused her and the whole shop of thievery and incompetance, then stormed out. I feel a bit embarrassed about it now.

sounds like a good morning out to me .

[dafuzz]

Originally Posted by Vim Fuego

sounds like a good morning out to me .

It was lunch-time and my blood sugar was falling fast

[TheEvilForcesOfSkeletor]

PC world should also be avoided if you have a short fuse. most recent of several incidents...

bought a laptop the other week, paid for it at the desk, the guy behind the desk gives us a scrap of paper for a receipt, mumbles something about gettting a proper one later, then buggers off for 20 minutes (no exaggeration). by this time we start asking the other staff where he is, two people go looking for him and come back without success. then we tell the manager about it, and he says "right, ill go and get him and bring him out by the scruff of his neck', he then goes on one of the computers behind us and starts playing games.

to cut a long story short its a whole 40 minutes later when we walk out with the laptop which was behind the counter ready for us the whole time.

[Estheroid]

Originally Posted by TheEvilForcesOfSkeletor

PC world should also be avoided

You should have stopped right there

[chalky14]

PC World does my head in!
It took us a whole hour to buy a laptop! Its so dis-organised.

[strumstrum]

ToysRUs is probably the shop I hate the most, if you have any other bags with you they have to be left at customer services, no fkr helps you when you ask, the tills are terrible and rarely have anyone serving, if you buy a game you have to pay for it, get a reciept then wait at a kiosk type window for 1/2 hour to get your item, then you have to go out the exit and back into the entrance to get you other bags back..

TRus really does show everything that is wrong about running a retail store.

[holnrew]

And they have a backwards R

[Misanthropy]

you people should really come into the 21st century and learn to shop online
its so much easier and less stressful since the only person you have to deal with is the postman.

plus I think wii fit is a con £69.99 for a game how to keep fit which you can do for free and a plastic board, although the latter can also be used with a snowboarding game so might pick it up secondhand sometime

[dafuzz]

Originally Posted by Misanthropy

you people should really come into the 21st century and learn to shop online
its so much easier and less stressful since the only person you have to deal with is the postman.

I do! But sometimes I like to go to the shops and decide what I'm going to buy in real life first - my mail order bride was nothing like the picture on the web page