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I can't believe what happened at a local computer store earlier...

aphex

aphex

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Earlier this evening i was on my way home from Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, FL and i saw this computer store (PC Wizards) next to the eckerds my friend wanted to go to. I decided to go in just to check out what type of heatsinks they had (im in the market for an Thermalright AX-7 or an SK-6 and wanted to check if they possibly had either). So anyway, I walk in and ask the guy which heatsinks he has in stock and he points me to the Volcano 6 and some random coolermaster he has in stock. I then told him the specific ones i was looking for an his exact response was "You know the names of these things? Wow, you have too much free time. Why dont you get a job." I sorta looked at him in disbelief, did he really say this to me? So i brush it off and continue to look around his store, and come to the computer cases. He then asks me what case i currently have, "Antec 282, but im waiting for my Lian-Li PC65 to be delivered, im hoping the aluminum case will make my system a little cooler and lighter." His response was "Are you serious? Those cases are horrendously built and look like Crap!" I just gave him another odd stare. Ok, maybe hes just bitter because i havent bought anything in the 3 whole minutes ive been in his store. Then he tells me his Athlon 1.2ghz processor runs at 105F and that hes surprized mine is still running at 130F, he said it should have fried by now. Finally i tell him thanks and start to head out, on my way out he shouts to me from across the store "You dont want to buy the Volcano 6?" I turn around and say "No Thanks..." He then shouts (with some force) "Fine! Go buy it on the internet then!!!"

Wow, i was in total disbelief of this guy. Does he actually expect anyone to do business with him by insulting his customers and being a totaly jerk, i hope not. Word to the wize, stay away from PC Wizards in Boca, this guy needs a little lesson in manners.


Anyone else have any horror stories from local computer stores?
 
hmm, i have another "computer knowledge impairment story to tell....its in the archives

Bellsouth gives me a cold call trying to get me to sign up for DSL. The saga begins:

Me:yo
BS (Bellsouth, not bull....well after hearing their pitch, n/m) telemarketer: uh hello
me: yeah, what do you want?
BS: hi, i'm calling to inform you that bellsouth DSL is now available in your area
me: isnt dsl the service where the distance from the central routing station (or whatever the hell they call it) is inversely related to the service quality? (the service deterriorates as you go farther out and is better when you're close)
BS: No, absoluteley not.
me: really?
BS: yeah, that's cable you're talking about (no pun intended with the bs abbreviation)
me: is that so?
BS: uh huh
me: what are you offering
BS: yes, we're offering 50% off activation and the DSL modem
me: thats nice, but i'll only try out your service if i can get a no cost or obligation trial period
BS: oh well thats what were offering
me: ok, so how's it work
bs: well we charge you 99.95 for installation and 99.95 for the dsl modem, and we credit you 50% back if you dont like it
me: ok, so if I dont like it, and send everything back, i'm still paying the 50%
bs: thats right
me: but how is that no cost? if i try it and dont like it, i'm still paying for it
bs: uh
*slight pause*
bs: well i can guarantee you that DSL is faster than anything you've experienced
me: really?
bs: yes, what internet connections have you used?
me: (now i'm bs-ing) T1, T3, OC93, OC36,OC3 that kind of stuff
bs: you've used a T1?
me: (still bs) yep
bs: what's a T1?
*at this point i'm trying to hold in all my laughter*
me: ah, its just another internet connection
bs: oh, well DSL is much faster than that T1 stuff you speak of
*chucking like mad right about now*
me: ok, so you're telling me that if i want to try your service, without cost or obligation, it's gonna cost me $100
bs: uh yeah
me: so doesnt that defeat the "no cost" portion of our conversation?
bs: uh....yeah
me: ok, i'll let you know
bs: dont you want to have a service faster than dial up?
me: yeah, sure i do
bs: so why dont you want to get in on this new program
me: i've already got cable
 
i've requested if they had a certain motherboard in stock my the chipset and maker... (i.e. AMD 761 chipset by Giga-byte)...... and all i got were stares.... then i mentioned raid... oh man... that just confused them even more - those retards... :frown:
 
An angry person. With no people skills. Sounds like he's always comparing others to himself, and that he is very resentful.
Yuk!
 


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<< "You know the names of these things? Wow, you have too much free time. Why dont you get a job." >>



I'm generally a nice, courteous guy. But if a rep said that to me out of nowhere, I would've went ape-sh*t

"excuse me? what the hell did you just say to me?"

I think he's actually not a guy, and he's having PMS. You should've talked to the manager and get his ass fired.

:xlo >>



He owned the store. 🙁
 
This advice I gave to Deeko awhile back about his high-tech-talkin' friend, I now offer to you - and it was this:



<< Kill him - now. >>

 


<< This advice I gave to Deeko awhile back about his high-tech-talkin' friend, I now offer to you - and it was this:



<< Kill him - now. >>

 >>



Haha.... Naa, id rather just b!tch about him online and put his sorry ass out of business 🙂
 
what you should do instead is find the newest and hardest to find products.... and go and request if they can get them in... 😀... at least once a week.... bother the hell outa them
 
around in this town you get the same rudeness on anything computer related. when you start asking for certain items they start getting irratated more . telling thier stuff is better than what your looking for and on it goes




Jen
 
I've been to quite a few places that have acted bitter towards me, because I'm aware of what I should be buying/paying thanks to the Internet. If I hear one more sob story about how they have to charge me more than I can get it online to pay for the rent of the property, and how I should thus pay more as well, I'm gonna puke.
 
aphex

it would seem that if you want to accuse someone of being retarded you would at least spell the word correctly.


hope you feel better. 🙂



 


<< aphex

it would seem that if you want to accuse someone of being retarded you would at least spell the word correctly.


hope you feel better. 🙂 >>



Uh dude, that was in another thread that i spelled it wrong.... Whats your problem? Maybe i just dont follow your sense of humor.
 
aphexII: I'm disappointed in you. The situation called for more of a response. By being passive, you became his b1tch. 😉 Let this be a lesson to you in the future.
 


<< aphexII: I'm disappointed in you. The situation called for more of a response. By being passive, you became his b1tch. 😉 Let this be a lesson to you in the future. >>



Well, i didnt post everything we talked about... Let's just say i ran his ass into the ground when i started spouting off some computer knowledge and he had no idea what i was talking about, thats probably why he was pissy.... BUt i agree, i should have been more agressive 🙂
 
You should given him a lesson in HW:

" This is a copper sink *bam* (as you hit him across the face with it), This is a mobo (as you break it over his skull), this is antec case (as you pick it up over your head and smash it on his crumpled body), and finally this is a power supply (as he hold its and you pour water on him). "

That would have been the 'proper' response. 😉
 


<< You should given him a lesson in HW:

" This is a copper sink *bam* (as you hit him across the face with it), This is a mobo (as you break it over his skull), this is antec case (as you pick it up over your head and smash it on his crumpled body), and finally this is a power supply (as he hold its and you pour water on him). "

That would have been the 'proper' response. 😉 >>



hahahahah, if only 🙂
 
This would have been pretty funny to do... Did you guys see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? There's one scene where Steve Martin is playing a retarded adult, and he gets mad, so he walks over to the mantle, and while looking right at the people who made him mad, he casually starts pushing things off of the mantle, one by one. You could have walked over to a display case, looked at him for a few seconds, then tipped it over. Then walked out of the store.
 


<< This would have been pretty funny to do... Did you guys see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? There's one scene where Steve Martin is playing a retarded adult, and he gets mad, so he walks over to the mantle, and while looking right at the people who made him mad, he casually starts pushing things off of the mantle, one by one. You could have walked over to a display case, looked at him for a few seconds, then tipped it over. Then walked out of the store. >>



haha... Actually, that would have been pretty damn funny... I need to see that movie 🙂
 


<<

<< This would have been pretty funny to do... Did you guys see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? There's one scene where Steve Martin is playing a retarded adult, and he gets mad, so he walks over to the mantle, and while looking right at the people who made him mad, he casually starts pushing things off of the mantle, one by one. You could have walked over to a display case, looked at him for a few seconds, then tipped it over. Then walked out of the store. >>



haha... Actually, that would have been pretty damn funny... I need to see that movie 🙂 >>

LOL... that'd be awesome.... i may try that when i'm at home.... 😀 good movie... i like when steve martin plays the retarded adult and they are at the dinner table, he has a pitch fork and a patch over one of his eyes....
 
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