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Double discount at Guitar Center
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bongomania
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I'm just going off what a friend of mine who works there told me. Did you work there or something?
bongomania
Commercial User
I did work there. It's not by branch, it's corporation-wide policy. What the other guy is calling "cost" is probably what his manager told him was "cost", so your friend was telling the truth as he knows it. The managers do not want the sales staff thinking there is any room to cut the prices below a certain level. But that level is not the actual cost to the store: it is the cost plus a markup for operations overhead, plus a manager's markup, and they might have another one too, I don't recall. They pad the cost so that even when an employee buys gear, or they cut a deep discount for a customer, the store is still covering its operational expenses.
Yeah they do not get it at cost and your limited to what you can buy , you cant buy a new bass everyday.
I got offered a job at a local music store but cant start for a few months but the guy said I would get stuff at cost , I am excited to see what price that is.
Sounds like a good opportunity to spread some karma...feel like selling me some gear at cost?
Sounds like a good opportunity to spread some karma...feel like selling me some gear at cost?
haha maybe . When the owner said that I dont think he understood my problem , if he buys for like 50% off, I will say "ok one P , one Jazz , lets get a couple warwicks and throw in some musicmans oh btw order me every Classic vibe squier".
I think he meant it as a one time thing but I will see what I can get away with
The department of morality has sent another representative to tell the party crowd to keep it down...
bongomania
Commercial User
Let's be certain about one thing - the financial consequences of this hasn't hurt GC one iota. I'm sure they are embarassed, and have also learnt something, but they continue to be the money machine they always were. The fact they let so many of these orders go through to delivery means they know they screwed up and were willing to concede the tiny financial hit. You can be sure they had the means to identify and stop ALL those orders in 5 minutes after the issue was found - if they wanted to...they effectively said 'you had the balls to try it, and got away with it, so good luck to you!'
No vote necessary - I can live with myself.
No vote necessary - I can live with myself.
I'd suggest a multi-poll with questions like:
1) Do you it was is ethical to have used those coupons ?
2) Did you get the item(s) you ordered ?
a) yes
b) no
3) What do you think is the estimate GC's financial loss ? (taking into account that roughly %20 of people who actually saw and used thouse coupons posted back to this thread, so actually there might be a lot more people who succeeded).
a) $ 50.000
b) $ 100.000
c) over $ 150.000
maybe you guys can add a poll that looks like this..
1.) Are you envious that they got uber deal.?
a.)Yes, and I'm saying it's unethical cause I didn't have the chance to get one.
b.)nope
1.) Are you envious that they got uber deal.?
a.)Yes, and I'm saying it's unethical cause I didn't have the chance to get one.
b.)nope
I feel great so yeah I'm good. I did not get that great of a deal 700$ worth of stuff for 320$, thats good but not like some peoples. If i got a stingray for 450$ would I feel bad , nope . I feel bad I did not buy a stingray because now I am lucky to get a thrashed used one for 700$.
