[geeks] End of the line for CompUSA

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Mike Meredith <very at zonky.org>
>Date: 2007/12/16 Sun AM 11:37:05 CST
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [geeks] End of the line for CompUSA

>On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:44:23 -0500, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> What discount?
>> 
>> Nearly all of the prices were higher, despite being labeled as 10%
>> off.
>
>The oldest retail con in the book is to have items "on sale" that cost
>more than they do originally. Just to draw in the dumbest of the
>punters who go into a feeding frenzy when they see the word "sale" :)

A variation I've noticed at McDonalds is that they have a sale on an item 
before the price goes up - I guess it it to get you to "forget" the old price 
before the new price kicks in...

Lionel