"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
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> Thanks to those that helped!
>
> I found the freezer I wanted at a local store at a good price (21
> cf @ $ 388). Manual with the zinc shelves... Hmmm, wonder if I
> could fabricate those 2nd barrier doors that I haven't seen in
> ages (like the ones they still have in Europe)?
>
> But guess what? Saturday night, after returning home from a mini
> pleasure trip to Chicago, we decided to go out to dinner. After
> dinner we found ourselves with just enough time to run to Sears
> to pick up another bucket of Laundry soap... longer story
> shortened, we saw my same freezer on "Sale" for $ 399.99 ...! I
> mentioned the salesman that on Sunday, I was going to Sherman's
> to buy the exact same freezer for $ 388... Well, what do you
> know, if I bought the freezer at Sears THAT night with my Sears
> charge they would deduct another 10 % off of the sales price
> which would be even better than 'matching' the Sherman's price...
> Woo-Hoo! The freezer I wanted ended up only costing $ 359!!
> AND... 6 months no payments and no interest! Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!!
>
> Saturday was a great day!

I would have asked them to match the price, then I would have taken the
additional 10% for charging it!

Our Great Indoors store (which is owned by Sears) is closing. I saw a
ceiling fan that I liked that was 50% off. I had to wait in line for 30
minutes to get to the lighting service desk. They told me that they were
all out of the one that I wanted. I told them I would take the display.
The clerk told me that she was told she couldn't sell any more of the
displays. (There were "sold" tags on dozens of fixtures and they had a sign
posted that said that if you bought a display they would call you in 7 - 10
days when it was ready for pick-up). I found a manager and complained. He
said they changed their policy. I pointed out that the sign was still up
and I expected them to honor the terms that they posted in writing. After
he concluded that I wasn't going to budge he sold it to me and removed the
sign.