wow OfficeMax's 115% guarantee sucks

[NeoPTLD]

When I bought something from Home Depot and I had them verify it was two cents cheaper at Lowe's, they did the "beat them by 10%" my way, so they matched it to Lowe's price, then subtrated 10% from it.

So I was prepared to buy something from Office Max after I verified it was about 40cents cheaper at Office Depot nearby.

When I got there, I was told they'll guarantee the difference by 115%. So, basically they were going to give me a discount of 115% of 40cents.

 

[dafatha00]

That's the same way Staples does it. Stop complaining, a lot of places don't even price match.

 

[Corporate Thug]

you mean saving 6 cents wasnt worth the hassel?

 

[amcdonald]

haha

are you the kind of person who tells the waiter its your birthday just to get a free dessert?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: shady06
you mean saving 6 cents wasnt worth the hassel?

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
haha

are you the kind of person who tells the waiter its your birthday just to get a free dessert?

No, a parallel to be this would be someone who complains when the restaurant fails to show up with his dessert.

 

[NeoPTLD]

I said screw that then went home and ordered it online.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

go for it, think of all the things you could do with that 6 cents! like shoving it down the store managers throat.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
haha

are you the kind of person who tells the waiter its your birthday just to get a free dessert?

Is the free desert really worth the humiliation of having the waiters sing happy birthday?

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: amcdonald
haha

are you the kind of person who tells the waiter its your birthday just to get a free dessert?

Is the free desert really worth the humiliation of having the waiters sing happy birthday?

Exactly my point...
I can only imagine the looks you get from the people around you when you say you want to pricematch something thats 2¢ cheaper.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
go for it, think of all the things you could do with that 6 cents! like shoving it down the store managers throat.

Office Depot $69.54
Office Max $69.99

What I was expecting was Home Depot style. Who will match competitor's price and an additional 10%. I have done this before when they had 10% employees' friends appreciation day and used it along with 10% price match and saved quite a bit.

What I thought:
match to $69.54 then take away 15% to make the final price of $59.11


Instead, they wanted to do:

Difference=$0.45
it was something like these...
$69.99 - 1.15*0.45=$69.40
or $69.54 - 1.15*0.45=$69.03

I didn't need that toner cartridge right away, so I ordered online for $56 shipped.

 

[Gibson486]

arent most places like that? That is they give you the difference + 10 % of teh difference?

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
arent most places like that? That is they give you the difference + 10 % of teh difference?

I have no clue... So Home Depot must be an exception?

 

[Norton]

The 115% pricematch policy runs like this:

Office Depot product $10.00
OfficeMax product $11.00

Price match to $10 then you get 15% of the difference in price. So (15% of $1.00) 15 cents making it $9.85