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So I place an order for that camcorder above there yesterday, which has gotten great reviews and is listed there for about half as much as anywhere else I can find it that has it in stock..
I get an email in the morning then saying I need to call in to verify my order, which I do..I'm put on hold for a few minutes then get the most depressed guy on earth who gives me a yawn before asking me what my order # is, who then puts me on hold.
I'm taken back to a more enthusiastic sales-y guy, give him the last 3 digits on my CC, he verifies my address, etc...then asks if I need a filter to go with the camera. I reply, no I'll just check into that later.
He then asks me if I need a memory card that "goes with the camera"..and I say, "uh, it has a built in 60gb storage right?"..to which he goes yeah "but you'll need it in case you take pictures or something".
I say no that's fine I just want the camera--and at which point he says "okay so what kind of batteries would you like for the camera?" which really leaves me
"Um, does it not come with batteries already?"
"No those are separate actually."
"Okay...now how much is that?"
"Well sir I can get you a great deal on those actually, they're normally really expensive, but I can get you them for practically wholesale value."
"...How much?"
"Let's see here...it'll only come out ...to be an additional ....$400."
"Um....how does a camera not come with batteries already?"
"That's how this model is designed sir."
"Uhh...okay forget the batteries then."
"Okay well you do need the batteries to run it, but anyway, so the camera will come out to $649, let me just confirm thi..."
"Wait wait, I don't want the camera if I'm not going to get the batteries"
A little more bickering then and finally am able to get him to cancel my order and forget the whole thing.
Now am I crazy or is that just a slightly unorthodox way of selling a camera?
So I place an order for that camcorder above there yesterday, which has gotten great reviews and is listed there for about half as much as anywhere else I can find it that has it in stock..
I get an email in the morning then saying I need to call in to verify my order, which I do..I'm put on hold for a few minutes then get the most depressed guy on earth who gives me a yawn before asking me what my order # is, who then puts me on hold.
I'm taken back to a more enthusiastic sales-y guy, give him the last 3 digits on my CC, he verifies my address, etc...then asks if I need a filter to go with the camera. I reply, no I'll just check into that later.
He then asks me if I need a memory card that "goes with the camera"..and I say, "uh, it has a built in 60gb storage right?"..to which he goes yeah "but you'll need it in case you take pictures or something".
I say no that's fine I just want the camera--and at which point he says "okay so what kind of batteries would you like for the camera?" which really leaves me
"Um, does it not come with batteries already?"
"No those are separate actually."
"Okay...now how much is that?"
"Well sir I can get you a great deal on those actually, they're normally really expensive, but I can get you them for practically wholesale value."
"...How much?"
"Let's see here...it'll only come out ...to be an additional ....$400."
"Um....how does a camera not come with batteries already?"
"That's how this model is designed sir."
"Uhh...okay forget the batteries then."
"Okay well you do need the batteries to run it, but anyway, so the camera will come out to $649, let me just confirm thi..."
"Wait wait, I don't want the camera if I'm not going to get the batteries"
A little more bickering then and finally am able to get him to cancel my order and forget the whole thing.
Now am I crazy or is that just a slightly unorthodox way of selling a camera?
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