On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:56:59 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>> On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:16:37 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
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>>>I decided to get one. I am off to a questionable start. I did some
>>>research and it looked like Philips was the best. I checked on line and
>>>Canadian Tire had them on sale and the on hand stock was going down. I
>>>tried to order one online and everything seemed to be working until I
>>>got to the checkout and got a message that there was a problem and they
>>>could not process the order at that time, please try again later. I
>>>called the store and asked them to hold one for me, which they are
>>>doing. Meanwhile, I did some online banking, checked my credit card
>>>account and there as a charge for Canadian Tire. A few minutes later I
>>>got an email that my order has been process. So it appears that I went
>>>from a failed transaction to having two of them to be picked up. I could
>>>call and tell them to forget about the one they are holding, but I don't
>>>want to let that one go in case they other one is screwed up.
>>
>> WTF are you buying kitchen appliances from a tire store???
>> Sounds like a rinky dink bargain basement operation, you'd have had
>> the unit you wanted by now had you ordered it from Amazon.
>> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...d=17SCJM2N4OX3
>
>My grandpa owned a Western Auto store and he sold toys, appliances, all
>kinds of things.

Western Auto is a lot like TSS (Times Square Stores), was sorta like
an expanded Dollar General, sold a lot of dreck and discontinued
items. When there was no internet it was a lot more difficult to
locate lower prices. Also a lot of people refuse to buy an Amazon
Prime memembership... what they may not realize is the Prime membersip
applies to everyone in the same household.