November 28, 2008

Hard to say ... bait & switch ... Black Friday bologna ...


Welcome to, nah, WHAT DO YOU WANT! The shoppers and workers at Walmart are by far the worst on Black Friday. Unless you talk to a woman I overheard in Meijer: she said that the people at Toys R Us were "out of control, pushing and shoving, and (stuff)."


Walmart sells this item every day.


Walmart does not regularly carry this item. Except today. And maybe you can tell me the difference between the two items. They're both taken from the Walmart site.

Advertised:
•4.5-qt. bowl lift
•300 watts
•Stainless steel bowl included
•Includes flat beater
•Model: K4SSWH

Black Friday priced to sell at an outrageous $130.00. Definitely a Door Buster.

The one sold in stores regularly for $198.96: K45WSSWH

Includes:
•Powerful 250-watt motor
•10 speed controls
•Tilt-up head
•Includes a 4-1/2-qt stainless steel bowl
•Capable of kneading two loaves of bread simultaneously
Also available at Wal-Mart stores

Thanks anyway for waiting 20+ minutes in line ...

Cashier: "Ah, this isn't the one on sale." (Not prompted at all)
Sally: "Are you sure. I think it is."
Cashier: "No, it's marked $198.96 so it's priced as marked." (Rude and all)
Sally: "Okay, I don't want it." (Didn't purchase the other stuff, either.)

Add in "5W" and it equals "BF." Yeah, Black Friday.

In talking to another employee of Walmart, she indicated that since it's an item "We don't normally carry" there may be some returned and they would sell for the $130 price because that's what they cost."

My dad said to me, "I wonder what they left out or what's wrong with the manufacturing that they can sell it so cheap." It was $70 less than the normal (seemingly the same) item.

Well, Black Friday shopping was, as usual, lots of fun.

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