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Monday, December 15, 2008

i'm going to miss you circuit city. 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 12/15/2008 07:43:00 PM

over the weekend i did a little christmas shopping. i went to circuit city looking to purchase a GPS which i had seen on sale in their add. should have been easy. i get there, they don't have the right model, nuts. so i started talking to this other guy looking for the same thing. then this like 18yo kid comes over to help us.  nice kid and a good sales man but the store screwed him. me and this other guy had picked out the best one and it had a good price. but the kid looks at it funny and say, aahh nuts, this is last weeks price. i have to give it to you though. cool thanks kid. then we look it up in the flyer and its a different price, and then a second time in the same add with a third price. we were perplexed. so the kid called a manager over and he said they were all wrong, this model was even cheaper, a forth price. the kid lost it and started ranting over he he had just been lectured about a one price promise and had now given us 4 different prices on the same item.  it was awesome. but long story short, circuit city lost 50$ each on 4 GPS units before they figured out what had happened. now mom has a much nicer Garmin under the tree.

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FOLLOW UP: i've had the same credit card for about 10 years now. its held by a bank in VT. over the last few years i've bought some items for more than 100$ from circuit city.every single time i've done this, my credit card company has deactivated my card due toa suspicious purchase. the first time it happened, was less than one month after i had travels over seas and to mexico and used that card numerous times. that didn't set it off. it was the laptop i bought from the circuit city down the road from where they send my bills that tripped it. today, i find out its the 200$ GPS i bought for my mom on sunday that deactivated my card. the excuse from the company? "well we give you 18 hours to call us and lets us know you've made a purchase." oh really? i have 18 hours to call you every time iuse my card because random stores cause you to throw a fit and cancel my card. i have 18 hours from a completely made up starting point til they shut my card off and i can't use it. i have no way of knowing when this 18 hours starts, or why or what items i purchase will do this. but i have 18 hours to call them before they fuck me in the ass for it.

if anyone ever wonders why i move to a deserted island and lose contact with the rest of the world, its because of incidents like this.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:11:00 AM  

you should get a new card.

By  ron, at Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:29:00 PM  

Even before all the bullshit with the banks, i have liked Chase. On the occasion some thing suspicious is purchased, mostly large online purchases, they call me and ask if i just tried to do that, which to me is reasonable.

Not to mention they are 100% liable for any purchases you dont make, so i get what their doing. But this leads me to another silly thing people say all the time, "I dont shop online, i dont think its safe."

Oh and while im at it... another group i dont get is the debit people. Why would you not want miles to fly around the world, free lattes at Starbucks or just plain old 3% cash back and an extra month to pay your bill?

Oh and another one, when did Christmas eve become a Holiday? Everyone is talking like its a holiday or something? No one talks about Thanksgiving eve or 4th of July EVE, was Mary in labor for like 30 hours or something and its like the day she almost gave birth to Christ or what?

By  Anonymous, at Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:04:00 PM  

I'm one of those debit people... Yea I know. I'm pissing away 3% if I could only remember to use my discover card. Come to think of it, that's probably the worst thing I could do security wise (use my debit card).

My favorite holiday eve? good Friday eve.

By  ron, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 8:24:00 AM  

I'm also one of those debit card people. Although I do use it like a credit card as much as possible to get points. But the rewards suck. Problem is...I can't get approved for a credit card! It's messed up. Apparently having a mortgage, paying off all student loans, and having a steady job just aren't enough for creditors.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:48:00 AM  

When did Christmas become a holiday? Since the vast majority of our celebration (everything except Mass and the Nativity) is from the Pagan celebration of the solstice as the shortest day/longest night, it is reasonable to think the party happened at night. In mostly atheist Sweden, the Eve was the focus, but this was the case for most holidays so that the party happened the night before the day off from work so it could be used for recovery.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:53:00 PM  

i spent a lot over the weekend, so my bank (1st financial) called me as well. i confirmed all my xmas shopping, a vet appt, car insurance, and our new tv. then i laughed my ass off at the last item to confirm: $9 for a lunch i charged on friday. i should've denied that one.

also, a holiday is a holiday. i use them for relection/relaxation, and a time to see family and friends. i dont care what it's for, i'll take any holiday you want to give me as long as i can (and will) celebrate my own way.

By  josh, at Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:54:00 PM  

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