"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
news:0IZdb.637228$uu5.101214@sccrnsc04...
>
> 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.

"Vox Humana" < & Cyndi"
<snip>:
: I would have asked them to match the price, then I would have
taken the
: additional 10% for charging it!
:
<snip>

I actually talked with 2 of the salespeople (to be Politically
Correct...) and they both presented to me they could "match" the
other store or give the 10 % off the Sear's sales price... I
figured I'd take the 10 % off. It was still ~ $ 30 less than I
would have paid in another 15 hours! And yeah, I probably could
have fought them and tried to get the "match" price plus the 10 %
discount... but I wasn't in a fighting mood and was still so
happy that I did better than I was going to do...

Cyndi
(just not in a fighting mood anymore...)

Rick & Cyndi wrote:
<snipperoo>
> I actually talked with 2 of the salespeople (to be Politically
> Correct...) and they both presented to me they could "match" the
> other store or give the 10 % off the Sear's sales price... I
> figured I'd take the 10 % off. It was still ~ $ 30 less than I
> would have paid in another 15 hours! And yeah, I probably could
> have fought them and tried to get the "match" price plus the 10 %
> discount... but I wasn't in a fighting mood and was still so
> happy that I did better than I was going to do...
>
> Cyndi
> (just not in a fighting mood anymore...)
>

ok... "fall on sword" time. We recently bought a 17' "commercial"
freezer from Sears. They delivered it, put it in the basement, leveled
it, plugged it in and it fired right up so they left. Each time that
evening I went downstairs it was just runnin', no problem.

Next morning, Nancy called me at work and said that just for the heck
of it she checked it and it was still warm inside! I asked if it was
running and sure enough it was. So I checked it when I came home, yup,
warm and still running.

I was about ready to call Sears, and then it struck me.

The basement has a finished side and an unfinished side. When we
bought the house, Nancy took one of the rooms in the finished side for
her craft room. There was a light switch at the top of the stairs
which turned on a stairway light. Well, she'd go into the unfinished
portion for whatever and forget to shut the lights off so I rewired
things so that the light switch at the top of the stairs also shut off
the power in the unfinished side... well... DUH. ;-)

Go up stairs, turn stair light off - *poof*, freezer stopped running
until the light was turned back on.

Boy did I feel kinda stupid. :-)


--
Steve

Steve Calvin wrote:


>
> ok... "fall on sword" time. We recently bought a 17' "commercial"
> freezer from Sears. They delivered it, put it in the basement, leveled
> it, plugged it in and it fired right up so they left. Each time that
> evening I went downstairs it was just runnin', no problem.
>
> Next morning, Nancy called me at work and said that just for the heck
> of it she checked it and it was still warm inside! I asked if it was
> running and sure enough it was. So I checked it when I came home, yup,
> warm and still running.
>
> I was about ready to call Sears, and then it struck me.
>
> The basement has a finished side and an unfinished side. When we
> bought the house, Nancy took one of the rooms in the finished side for
> her craft room. There was a light switch at the top of the stairs
> which turned on a stairway light. Well, she'd go into the unfinished
> portion for whatever and forget to shut the lights off so I rewired
> things so that the light switch at the top of the stairs also shut off
> the power in the unfinished side... well... DUH. ;-)
>
> Go up stairs, turn stair light off - *poof*, freezer stopped running
> until the light was turned back on.
>
> Boy did I feel kinda stupid. :-)
>
> --
> Steve

Ewer! Reminds me of the time we went on holiday, leaving stuff in the
freezer... Then DH turned the electricity off for the duration of the
holiday! To this day I do not know why, except that this was what he
remembered his parents doing back in the 50's, as a fire prevention
thing!

You may be sure I made HIM clean out the freezer when we got back. He's
never turned the electricity off again while we were away! luckily it
was only a 3 CF freezer!

--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

"Steve Calvin"
<snip>
:
: ok... "fall on sword" time. We recently bought a 17'
"commercial"
: freezer from Sears. They delivered it, put it in the basement,
leveled
: it, plugged it in and it fired right up so they left. Each
time that
: evening I went downstairs it was just runnin', no problem.
:
<snip>

: Go up stairs, turn stair light off - *poof*, freezer stopped
running
: until the light was turned back on.

<snip>
: --
: Steve
:
: ========

Rut-row! LOL Poor thing. Yeah, we've done similar things too...
Luckily, none of our basement's outlets are wired into ANY
switches. That reduces our idiot factor a little bit.


Cyndi
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"Rick & Cyndi" > wrote in message
. net...
> "Steve Calvin"
> <snip>
> :
> : ok... "fall on sword" time. We recently bought a 17'
> "commercial"
> : freezer from Sears. They delivered it, put it in the basement,
> leveled
> : it, plugged it in and it fired right up so they left. Each
> time that
> : evening I went downstairs it was just runnin', no problem.
> :
> <snip>
>
> : Go up stairs, turn stair light off - *poof*, freezer stopped
> running
> : until the light was turned back on.
>
> <snip>
> : --
> : Steve
> :
> : ========
>
> Rut-row! LOL Poor thing. Yeah, we've done similar things too...
> Luckily, none of our basement's outlets are wired into ANY
> switches. That reduces our idiot factor a little bit.
>
>
> Cyndi
> <Remove a "b" to reply>
>
>

My freezer is downstairs, too, and we had an outlet added just for it, when
we had some extra wiring put in for all of the computer stuff, too, so it's
not wired into the switches, either.

Did you get the switch rewired?

Dawn

DawnK wrote:
<snip>
>
> My freezer is downstairs, too, and we had an outlet added just for it, when
> we had some extra wiring put in for all of the computer stuff, too, so it's
> not wired into the switches, either.
>
> Did you get the switch rewired?
>
> Dawn
>
>

Yup. Ran a separate circuit from the panel to the freezer. Of course
that was after I stopped smacking my forehead and saying "DUH - F'ING
DUH" ;-)

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> DawnK wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > My freezer is downstairs, too, and we had an outlet added just for it,
when
> > we had some extra wiring put in for all of the computer stuff, too, so
it's
> > not wired into the switches, either.
> >
> > Did you get the switch rewired?
> >
> > Dawn
> >
> >
>
> Yup. Ran a separate circuit from the panel to the freezer. Of course
> that was after I stopped smacking my forehead and saying "DUH - F'ING
> DUH" ;-)
>

Oh dear! Funny how those things don't occur to you before!

Dawn