Re: OT--No more Sam's Club for me, ever

On May 5, 5:40=A0pm, "Chris Pisarra" <Ch...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> =A0 =A0 I hate Sam's Club.
>
> =A0 =A0 I used to go there to buy things for our store, because the
prices=
 were
> good.
>
> =A0 =A0 Each and every time, I'd end up getting into an argument with
the =
drone
> at the door who insisted on looking at, and defacing, my receipt. =A0I
ref=
use
> to be a prisoner of the store, and they most certainly may NOT write on
my=

> receipt--would the manager let me sit in her office and scribble on her
> paperwork?
>
> =A0 =A0 It got to the point where just thinking about going there made
my =
blood
> boil, so I had quit shopping at Sam's entirely.
>
> =A0 =A0 Today, I went in to cancel my "membership" and get my $35 back.
>
> =A0 =A0 The manager is required to process this, and she of course
wanted =
to
> know why I was unhappy. =A0So I told her. =A0She then had the gall, or
> stupidity, to try and tell me that they only checked my receipt to make
su=
re
> that I was not overcharged.
>
> =A0 =A0 I don't think she liked it when I told her not to lie to me.
=A0Th=
en when
> I asked her if she had no shame at all for spouting such insulting
drivel,=

> she got reallllllll quiet, and just gave me back my cash.
>
> =A0 =A0 I feel better now. =A0Why do people let stores like Sam's and
Cost=
co walk
> all over them? =A0Life is rosier knowing that I will never have that
same
> stupid argument again. =A0Somehow, Nordstrom and Neiman-Marcus manage to
> survive without treating their customers like theives.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
Ch=
ris
>
> --
> Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
> body,
> =A0but rather to skid in sideways,
> =A0totally worn out, shouting "holy shit what a ride!

If you were a store owner, how would you prevent a customer walking
out the store with a $2000 TV and going back into the store again and
use the same receipt again to walk out with another identical $2000
TV?

Eric Leong