computerman
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This morning I went to the opticians for two pairs of glasses - one of the "fast fit places". The price quoted in the window of the one hour optican was 129 for a pair and the second 50% discount.
After a few minutes I got to a sales person who went through the options. The price steadily rose (as I new it would) for the likes of scratch resistant, tinted, glass!!! screws!!!!). Any way I agreed the price (389 euro). Then I was asked if I wanted to collect them in an hour, this afternoon or tomorrow. I told her that I was here now so would wait for the hour whereupon she requested an additional 10 euro.
When i queried this charge I was told that 10 euro gave me priority over others!! I pointed to the window sign which stated a 1 hour service and I pointed to the 4 "glazers" standing around doing nothing.
I mean... they were going to be working on my glasses any way as there were no other customers. I was told that these were the rules and they could not be changed.
So I told her to ..........
Surprisingly she offered me a 10 euro discount and I now have both pairs.
This leads me to my second point.....if fuel prices are dropping, if work is getting short, if companies are crying out for cash why are all the building materials going up by 8 - 20% (radiators, cylinders etc etc), last year we were told that it was because china was building the olympics, whats the excuse now?
After a few minutes I got to a sales person who went through the options. The price steadily rose (as I new it would) for the likes of scratch resistant, tinted, glass!!! screws!!!!). Any way I agreed the price (389 euro). Then I was asked if I wanted to collect them in an hour, this afternoon or tomorrow. I told her that I was here now so would wait for the hour whereupon she requested an additional 10 euro.
When i queried this charge I was told that 10 euro gave me priority over others!! I pointed to the window sign which stated a 1 hour service and I pointed to the 4 "glazers" standing around doing nothing.
I mean... they were going to be working on my glasses any way as there were no other customers. I was told that these were the rules and they could not be changed.
So I told her to ..........
Surprisingly she offered me a 10 euro discount and I now have both pairs.
This leads me to my second point.....if fuel prices are dropping, if work is getting short, if companies are crying out for cash why are all the building materials going up by 8 - 20% (radiators, cylinders etc etc), last year we were told that it was because china was building the olympics, whats the excuse now?