On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 08:35:15AM +1000, Richard Hayes wrote: > Yesterday I went into a "Harvey Norman Technology" store in Martin > Place.
[snip] > The prices were twice that of other stores as normal Heh. Yeah, I noticed their high prices too, when I went looking for a wireless router. I'd found one PC store advertising the model I wanted for $140. As I made my way there, I popped into a Harvey Norman store and found them selling the same model for $190. Just at that moment I was accosted by one of their sales droids (sigh, never around when you want them, hassling you when you don't), so I asked him if they match prices of other stores, and told him the price I'd seen elsewhere. He didn't bat an eyelid: "Of course", and that's what I paid for it, after I showed him the ad. So their markup on these things is more than $50! They must be making an absolute killing on people who don't try to bargain with them... Cheers, Paul -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
