Doug Spence wrote:
> These were common, but definitely NOT low-cost! I didn't bother to find
> out how much they were until after I had already paid for them (dammit!).
> The prices weren't on them, only bar codes.
>
> Something which I think should be illegal.
>
> Most of the computers in my collection cost me less than those two 9-pin
> connectors. (The connectors were about $5 each!)
You're young yet. When the item doesn't have a visible price, the
standard system is to go to the first employee you can catch (tricky
in some electronics/computer stores I'll admit) and ask "what's this
bastard cost?" (I learned that trick by the time I was eight, people
keep telling me that schools in Canada are better than those I kept
from ruining my education in California by having acquired a library
before the schools acquired me, but sometimes I wonder). It _is_
possible to turn down a transaction at the checkout counter in most
places I know -- I must assume you were paying by card rather than
cash and didn't read the slip you were signing -- I'm sorry if you
get offended by the term "evolution in action". Marry a girl with
financial sense and your kids should be fine.
> I know of one place that is considerably less expensive than Radio Shack,
> but it's much more expensive in time. It takes me about two hours to get
> there by BMW (Bus, Metro, Walk).
If Intertan has changed policies that radically from Tandy in the
past decade, it hasn't been mentioned in the stockholder reports I
get -- you _can_ ask the price and you _can_ read the charge slip
before you sign it.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?
Received on Sat Aug 29 1998 - 03:09:34 BST