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So, after work, I was supposed to go look at the TV we want and ask one technical question (but not get it - Scott's brother can get a discount on it for us). I went, but they'd rearranged the entire department enough that I couldn't find it. Mrph. On the other hand, they were running the game - lots of various colors, including flesh. I saw one that had really good, "real" colors and looked nice to me.
I'm going to ask Scott. He may want to see it. I think it's smaller than the original one, but it's still plenty large - 27" - and it's about $100 cheaper. Of course, Scott's brother can get everything at some particular markup above cost, so that may not mean much. I wrote down lots of product info on it (which is what I had also meant to do for the other, besides asking them to prove the inset box could be taken off, something they couldn't find the remote to do during our last visit to the store).
On my way over, I thought, while I was there, I'd get a UPS for the Mac. I've been content without it because, once I proved to myself that it would start and run, it's been off. No point in running a machine you aren't going to put software on for a week. But it was marginally possible my software would arrive today (not likely: it would require them to have received my check on time, and shipped the software before 4 pm the day they got the check - but possible), and I figured, since I was already over there, I'd just deal with that.
Then I waffled. I mean, maybe the employee discount would be worth it there too. So i went to look at them, and figure out which one I wanted. I had to avoid my favored brand: they're good, but they're designed for nothing but the computer and monitor to be crucial. This guy has an external disk drive with its own power, and I'd like it to stay on if the power goes! I found one with four sockets supported by the battery and four more that only offered surge protection. A line of them. One was labelled as $109.90 marked down to $79.90 - not a bad savings; and that actually made it $20 cheaper than the next weaker model.
I snagged it. And then we had fun: to get the discount, you had to see a supervisor. So I did. When they put it in, it comes in with the full price, then they say how much off. It came up as...$169.99! Ack! So we went to check the sign. No, it clearly referenced the product number, and said $109.90 marked down to $79.90 - I was not imagining things.
So he gave me the price that was displayed, and the computer protested "sell below cost?" when he entered $79.90 off, and then he took that value and plugged it in "off" to make the result $79.90, and it protested again.
I'm sure the sign was changed before I made it to the checkout stands, but I do believe I just beat the employee discount. Now, as long as it works, it's all good.
I'm going to ask Scott. He may want to see it. I think it's smaller than the original one, but it's still plenty large - 27" - and it's about $100 cheaper. Of course, Scott's brother can get everything at some particular markup above cost, so that may not mean much. I wrote down lots of product info on it (which is what I had also meant to do for the other, besides asking them to prove the inset box could be taken off, something they couldn't find the remote to do during our last visit to the store).
On my way over, I thought, while I was there, I'd get a UPS for the Mac. I've been content without it because, once I proved to myself that it would start and run, it's been off. No point in running a machine you aren't going to put software on for a week. But it was marginally possible my software would arrive today (not likely: it would require them to have received my check on time, and shipped the software before 4 pm the day they got the check - but possible), and I figured, since I was already over there, I'd just deal with that.
Then I waffled. I mean, maybe the employee discount would be worth it there too. So i went to look at them, and figure out which one I wanted. I had to avoid my favored brand: they're good, but they're designed for nothing but the computer and monitor to be crucial. This guy has an external disk drive with its own power, and I'd like it to stay on if the power goes! I found one with four sockets supported by the battery and four more that only offered surge protection. A line of them. One was labelled as $109.90 marked down to $79.90 - not a bad savings; and that actually made it $20 cheaper than the next weaker model.
I snagged it. And then we had fun: to get the discount, you had to see a supervisor. So I did. When they put it in, it comes in with the full price, then they say how much off. It came up as...$169.99! Ack! So we went to check the sign. No, it clearly referenced the product number, and said $109.90 marked down to $79.90 - I was not imagining things.
So he gave me the price that was displayed, and the computer protested "sell below cost?" when he entered $79.90 off, and then he took that value and plugged it in "off" to make the result $79.90, and it protested again.
I'm sure the sign was changed before I made it to the checkout stands, but I do believe I just beat the employee discount. Now, as long as it works, it's all good.
