What Do You Do Here?
 

Beat: CS SUCKS at times.

Here's something I came across when mattress shopping:

Walked into a store (it was either Sleepy's or Rockaway Bedding...don't remember) and found a king-sized mattress that I liked. It was $795 with tax. I told the guy to ring it up and here's the convo:

Salesman: OK, it's $795 total.
Me: (handing him eight $100 bills) Here you go.
Salesman: (sucking his teeth with a crooked smile) UGH, you don't have a credit card?
Me: No, I only have cash on me.
Salesman: Oh. Can you find one? Do you have a friend or someone you can call with a credit card?
Me: NO, do you want the sale?? Here's $800.
Salesman: (reluctantly) Fine, I'll take the cash. But you'll let me keep the $5 change, right?
Me: Ummm, no.
Salesman: Well, you should, considering you don't have a credit card and now I have to make a special trip to the bank tomorrow. And you know that gas is like $3/gallon these days.

FACT 1: This guy was the store OWNER.
FACT 2: I never met him before.

WHAT A [censored] DOUCHE!!

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You got that [censored] back though, right?

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Please tell me he did not keep the change.

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I wanna know what you guys would do.

Then I'll say what happened.

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Wow, I would have just cancelled the sale and left at that point.

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If this was a chain store, he may have been purposely avoiding the sale of a low-margin (or negative-margin) mattress to make his numbers look better.

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Wow, I would have just cancelled the sale and left at that point.

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If this was a chain store, he may have been purposely avoiding the sale of a low-margin (or negative-margin) mattress to make his numbers look better.

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It was a chain. He was the owner of that particular branch.

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i'd say

"well, costco takes cash... i'll just go there"

or if i was feeling really mean, i'd call the cops, since that's illegal

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Yeah, pretty sure that's what happened then. Where I used to work the managers/owner would be total dicks to people who were buying something low-margin and who couldn't be pushed into something profitable. The term was "walk", as in "see and what you can do to 'walk' this guy-- I don't need to be taking a GMP hit today."

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Wtf, his margin on the mattress is way more that 5$, plus he doesn't have to pay a fee to Visa or whatever for using their service. Also, why would he have to make a special trip to the bank? Don't they have a safe in the store that he can keep the money in til he makes his routine bank trip?

I'd probably leave the store after that since I would not trust the quality of that guy's products.

Hmm, actually, I wonder if CC companies provide incentives for business owners to get big-ticket items paid for by CC?

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I wanna know what you guys would do.

Then I'll say what happened.

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Snatch back the 8 Franklins, one finger salute, next store.

After reading the other posts I did once come across a dick that didn't want to sell me their loss leader. I 86ed the sale and came back at night and epoxied all the door locks for them.

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Wow, I would have just cancelled the sale and left at that point.

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that's outrageous. I'd have told him he just lost a sale.

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i'd try to get him to do something embarrassing for the extra $5; like maybe have him help u carry the mattress out to your car with his pants around his ankles. or make him smell your finger after u put it in your ass or something...just a thought.

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salesman: you dont have a credit card on you?
you: no, just cash.
salesman: oh, can you find one?
you: oh, wait. i do have one on me actually. give me the 800 back.
salesman: ok, great.
you: heres the credit card. o wait. this isnt a credit card--its my dick, which serves as a conduit for urine.
(then you pee all over the mattress.)
salesman: NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE URINE ALL OVER THE 800 DOLLAR MATTRESS!!!!!!!!!
you, running out of the store: WOOOOOP!! WOOPWUPWUPWUPWUP! WOOOOOOOOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOP!! WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP!!!
salesman: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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salesman: you dont have a credit card on you?
you: no, just cash.
salesman: oh, can you find one?
you: oh, wait. i do have one on me actually. give me the 800 back.
salesman: ok, great.
you: heres the credit card. o wait. this isnt a credit card--its my dick, which serves as a conduit for urine.
(then you pee all over the mattress.)
salesman: NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE URINE ALL OVER THE 800 DOLLAR MATTRESS!!!!!!!!!
you, running out of the store: WOOOOOP!! WOOPWUPWUPWUPWUP! WOOOOOOOOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOP!! WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP!!!
salesman: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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I just pissed myself Im laughing so hard.

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i would have shot him in tha face wit mah nine, gizzy mah 800 $$ cash-money B-to-tha-izzack, n wrapped his bloody corpse in his 800$ mattress n dumped tha whole [censored] on cherry street cuz thats jizzle how i roll fo sho

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salesman: you dont have a credit card on you?
you: no, just cash.
salesman: oh, can you find one?
you: oh, wait. i do have one on me actually. give me the 800 back.
salesman: ok, great.
you: heres the credit card. o wait. this isnt a credit card--its my dick, which serves as a conduit for urine.
(then you pee all over the mattress.)
salesman: NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE URINE ALL OVER THE 800 DOLLAR MATTRESS!!!!!!!!!
you, running out of the store: WOOOOOP!! WOOPWUPWUPWUPWUP! WOOOOOOOOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOP!! WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP!!!
salesman: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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lololololololol

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...and found a king-sized mattress...

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Thinly veiled brag?

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Generally the CC company charges the merchant around 3% and kicks you back 1% in the form of airline miles or something. Credit cards also carry certain protections, I say get one for large purchases. Just don't become that rat-bastard who breaks out the plastic for a $3 coffee.

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I wanna know what you guys would do.

Then I'll say what happened.

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I'd take my money back and go somewhere else.

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I wanna know what you guys would do.

Then I'll say what happened.

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I'd take my money back and torch that [censored] building later that night.

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I would have pushed for a credit card discount.

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i woudlve showed him my gat and asked for a special cash discount

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i'd say

"well, costco takes cash... i'll just go there"

or if i was feeling really mean, i'd call the cops, since that's illegal

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BBV lawyering strikes again

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salesman: you dont have a credit card on you?
you: no, just cash.
salesman: oh, can you find one?
you: oh, wait. i do have one on me actually. give me the 800 back.
salesman: ok, great.
you: heres the credit card. o wait. this isnt a credit card--its my dick, which serves as a conduit for urine.
(then you pee all over the mattress.)
salesman: NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE URINE ALL OVER THE 800 DOLLAR MATTRESS!!!!!!!!!
you, running out of the store: WOOOOOP!! WOOPWUPWUPWUPWUP! WOOOOOOOOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOP!! WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP!!!
salesman: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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god i love the whooooopwhoopwhoopwhoop noise that zoidberg and chris berman make

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..........so what did you end up doing.

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I bought a new mattress about 3 months ago from one of those chains, it was Sleepys i think. The mattress had a price tag of $1875. I told him I wanted the mattress and I wanted to pay $1000 and he agreed so I hope OP didn't pay the ticket price and also tried to negotiate.

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salesman: you dont have a credit card on you?
you: no, just cash.
salesman: oh, can you find one?
you: oh, wait. i do have one on me actually. give me the 800 back.
salesman: ok, great.
you: heres the credit card. o wait. this isnt a credit card--its my dick, which serves as a conduit for urine.
(then you pee all over the mattress.)
salesman: NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE URINE ALL OVER THE 800 DOLLAR MATTRESS!!!!!!!!!
you, running out of the store: WOOOOOP!! WOOPWUPWUPWUPWUP! WOOOOOOOOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOOPWOOOP!! WUPWUPWUPWUPWUPWUP!!!
salesman: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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lol zoidbergaments

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..........so what did you end up doing.

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Cancelled the sale.

I wound up buying a $2500 PostureTemp mattress online for 2k delivered. Then I mailed a copy of the receipt to his store and wrote on it "Remember me...the guy with the 800 CASH?? I took your advice and saved on gas by ordering online. They also wanted a credit card, but they weren't as pompous. Enjoy your mattress and I'll enjoy mine."