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From: Clive George on 14 May 2010 17:00 On 14/05/2010 21:16, Cynic wrote: > Not that I'm complaining - what I get from Sky is worth what I pay > them IMO. YMMV. Me too. I like my freeview box :-)
From: Bod on 14 May 2010 17:04 Clive George wrote: > On 14/05/2010 21:16, Cynic wrote: > >> Not that I'm complaining - what I get from Sky is worth what I pay >> them IMO. YMMV. > > Me too. > > I like my freeview box :-) > > > I likes me Freeview and Freesat... Bod
From: johannes on 15 May 2010 07:39 "Ret." wrote: > > Just wondering how the Tesco Clubcard 'Deals' system works. > > I've just renewed my RAC membership (Roadside and Recovery) for �28.50 worth > of Tesco vouchers. > > The same cover, purchased on-line from the RAC website, and including > on-line discount, is �73.25. So who covers the difference? Hehe. Regarding RAC, I've just had a heated discussion with them. They sent me a renewal letter saying that the renewal was �64.50, but would give �14 discount making the renewal cost �50. Big Deal??? Not really, the website says that the same basic subscription cost �52.50 less an 'online' discount of �18 making it �34.50. The lady then said that: "Oh, but the is for first time membership to create new business...". Problem is that nowhere on the website do they tell that this is an introductory offer only. It certainly gives the impression that �52.50 is the annual subscription cost (for everybody) less whatever discount is available. I told her that the illusion that I got a �14 discount is phony, they might as well say the the cost is �500, but I get a �450 discount to make me happy. No one, but no one actually pays �64.50 ! After some argie-bargie about this point, the renewal price went down considerably. Why is honest business so hard these days? Seems that tricks are almost expected by a 'successful' manager.
From: Cynic on 15 May 2010 09:25 On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:00:31 +0100, Clive George <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> Not that I'm complaining - what I get from Sky is worth what I pay >> them IMO. YMMV. >Me too. >I like my freeview box :-) ITYM "Freesat" Sky like it also. They know full well that many people who get freesat without ever intending to pay Sky anything will be lured into taking out a subscription for some encrypted channels by the trailers they see on the free channels. -- Cynic
From: Cynic on 15 May 2010 09:36
On Sat, 15 May 2010 12:39:07 +0100, johannes <johs(a)size53365363fitter.com> wrote: >I told her that the illusion that I got a �14 discount is phony, they might >as well say the the cost is �500, but I get a �450 discount to make me happy. >No one, but no one actually pays �64.50 ! >After some argie-bargie about this point, the renewal price went down >considerably. >Why is honest business so hard these days? Seems that tricks are almost >expected by a 'successful' manager. The change has been that only relatively recently has a bit of bargaining between buyer and seller *not* been the norm. The normal practise since the very start of trading was for the seller to start with an inflated selling price and allow the buyer to persuade him to lower it. Market traders in other countries can't believe their luck when the naive Western tourist hands across the amount shown on the price tag. The last time I was in Morrocco I bought a "silk" rug for about �15. The original asking price had been over �1000, and the seller told me afterwards that he occassinally gets stupid tourists who pay it! -- Cynic |