Isweartogawd, this happens to me every couple of weeks, or something similar. Today, it was in Sears:
Me: I'd like to buy one of your products, that one over there.
Clerk: I'll check to see if it's in stock.
(A very long time later)
We no longer carry that item.
But you have it on display right there.
That's the display model.
But you don't carry it?
Not any more. Kept selling out.
Shouldn't you get more in?
Hassle. People kept buying them and we'd run out.
Do your other stores have it?
Doubt it. But you can go check.
Can I order it?
Told you, we don't carry it.
Can I buy the one you have on display?
No! That's the display model!
But you don't carry this item any more.
(Exasperated) That's the display model!
Right. A display of something you don't have in stock, don't carry any more and won't order. Isn't it misleading to have it on display? With a price tag on it? Gives the impression it's for sale.
It's not for sale. That's the display model!
And so I went to Home Depot.
Me: I'd like to buy one of your products, that one over there.
Clerk: I'll check to see if it's in stock.
(A very long time later)
We no longer carry that item.
But you have it on display right there.
That's the display model.
But you don't carry it?
Not any more. Kept selling out.
Shouldn't you get more in?
Hassle. People kept buying them and we'd run out.
Do your other stores have it?
Doubt it. But you can go check.
Can I order it?
Told you, we don't carry it.
Can I buy the one you have on display?
No! That's the display model!
But you don't carry this item any more.
(Exasperated) That's the display model!
Right. A display of something you don't have in stock, don't carry any more and won't order. Isn't it misleading to have it on display? With a price tag on it? Gives the impression it's for sale.
It's not for sale. That's the display model!
And so I went to Home Depot.
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