I don't know about you, but my email inbox is FULL of junk mail trying to sell me merchandise today. It is ridiculous. Even my credit card companies are offering me "deals" to "help" me spend money on things I really don't need and really don't want.
The part I hate the most about all these emails is I have found that if I click on some of the legitimate links, they do go to the store's site, but it is a bait and switch deal. The FREE!!! is really only FREE!!! if you spend a HUNDRED DOLLARS or something similar to that.
If I have to spend $100.00 to get a "deal" then it is NOT a "deal" and it is NOT FREE! Just sayin.
I really hate the dishonesty in advertising these days. Just tell me the truth. Don't lie to me and don't be dishonest. Be fair and honorable and you will come much closer to getting my business.
Which reminds me of what happened at a store I frequent this past weekend. The store shall remain nameless, but I will share that it both begins and ends with a T and has arge in the middle.
My little 8-year-old Great-Great-Nephew asked me to get him a particular toy for Christmas. He even wrote it down for me so I'd be sure to buy the correct thing, so I went online to see where I could get it the cheapest and the "T" store had it on sale online for $31.99 including a free extra toy.
Because I saw this online, I went to the "T" store to buy the toy thinking there would not be a problem. My little Great-Great-Nephew may or may not be here for Christmas, but he was here for Thanksgiving. I figured I could just buy the toy, wrap it, and give it to his parents so he'd have it for Christmas either here or in Alabama where they live.
Well, I got to the store and the toy at the store was $49.99 instead of $31.99, and no free toy either.
Okay. I might have paid $5.00 extra to get it at the store, but I would NOT pay $20.00 extra, so I went to customer service and they told me they will not match prices until after Christmas.
I said, "But it is your own website!!!! This is NOT another store's price. It is YOUR PRICE!" They still would not do it, so I walked outside, ordered the toy for $31.99 using my smart phone's internet, chose in-store pick-up, and then walked back inside to pick up the toy I just bought...the exact same toy they refused to sell me for their own website price.
I got the toy for the online price AND I got a free toy too, but they did not like it and truly I was also not happy at all.
You can bet I will NOT be doing any more Christmas shopping in that particular store. What they tried to do is dishonest and wrong.
If that store is failing so that they have to cheat their customers to make more money, then they may need to be told that cheating their customers to make more money will make their store fail more in the long run.
Just sayin....
But I digress....
Cyber Monday is my kind of day. Online shopping is the BEST. You can easily compare prices and always get the BEST price of all. You can even pick the item(s) up in local stores if you'd rather do that. It is good.
My advice today?
Finish your Christmas shopping now so you can enjoy the season. Go to church. Go hear music. Go watch live theater. Go to movies. Cook the Christmas cookies and fruit cakes. Visit long lost family and friends. Enjoy your life!! The online shopping stores will even ship your purchases to your loved ones for no extra charge.
Life can be so good with a little forethought and a little luck.
Happy Holiday Season everyone!
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