And then there’s “We’ve NEVER done it this way”.
5 years ago, when my mother-in-law gave up the house for two small rooms in assisted living, she and my daughter decided that a full bed was too much bed for the bedroom and decided that we’d purchase a daybed for her.
My wife and I went to several stores, my wife carefully writing down each style and model number of bed and mattress we saw.
Having determined the best overall deal-IIRC the bed was way less expensive, the mattress slightly more expensive, than the competition was at Nebraska Furniture Mart, we went back there and found that both the bed and mattress were priced significantly higher than they were 3 days ago.
When asked about this, the saleswoman said,“You’ve obviously written everything down wrong. We’ve NEVER priced either item that low.”
Now, for people unfamiliar with NFM, the place was founded by Rose Blumkin, “Mrs.B” who ruled the roost into her late 90s riding through the place at outrageous speeds in a golf car. She loved to haggle!
If she had still been around and I had told her that the prices of these items today weren’t the same prices we wrote down 3 days ago, she’d have tried to get me to take them for somewhere between my price and hers,I’d have stood my ground, she’d then have caved on the item prices but told me I would be taking the bread from her mouth if I insisted on delivery. Of course, seeing me in old clothes, she’d have figured me for pick-up-at-the-dock type from the start.
Under the administration of new majority owner Warren Buffett and Mrs. B’s minority owners Mrs.B’s idiot grandkids, “House of Haggle” is now “House of Buy It Now Or Come Back in 3 Days, Find It Marked Up and Hear Snotty Bitch Tell You You’re Incompetent To Transcibe A Couple Of Prices.”
BTW, the 2nd and 3rd lowest overall-priced retailers had the same prices as the ones my wife wrote down 3 days beforehand.
