[SATLUG] A fair warning

[country]

I manage a store, and I attempt not to have anything that can be knocked off
shelves etc, by accident, however, I HAVE personally seen rug rat brat kids,
actually climb  a set of shelves to get to  something on the top shelf, I
grab the kid  (prior to him falling) put him on the ground and ask where his
parents are, and he says they are in the other part of the store and told
him to comeinto Radio Shack and play with the toys until they got through
shopping.

As soon as they came to collect the child (I had put him to watching TV) I
presented them with a bill of 150.00 for baby sitting their kid while they
were shoppping, they thought it was a joke, until it was that or the
300.00robot toy he broke...

Now on the other side of the coin I have seen some merchandisers put
merchandise on shelves that were less than stable, in the obvous hope
someone would knock them off and the broke it bought it philosophy would
move old merchandise.

In both cases, there are special places in the seventh level of hadies for
them..




On 5/22/07, Donguitar <donguitar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have always wondered how a 'you break it, you buy it' policy could be
> > enforced
> > if you simply refused to pay?
> >   (Charles Mims)
>
> I had a small music shop in Burnet for years.  A fellow came in once and
> wanted to see a harmonica.  I handed it to him and he right away blew on
> it.
> I told him "You just bought that.".  He refused to pay for it.  I tossed
> in
> the trash and told him (in very firm tones) to "get the **** out of my
> store, you dumb*** son-of-a-b****, and don't ever come back".  I've no
> idea
> how he felt but I felt like it was worth a lot more than the dealer net
> price of the harmonica and I've had no occasion to alter that opinion
> since
> then.
>
> I think there's a clear line between your rights as a customer and the
> store's rights as a retailer.  If somebody saw your son knock it off the
> shelf and it was clearly damaged beyond repair, I'd buy it.   I'd want a
> receipt and I might attempt to get a warranty repair or replacement but
> I'd
> tell the whole story on the warranty claim.
>
> If nobody saw it happen then my response wouldn't be monetary and, while
> inadvisable to reproduce here, would most likely involve colorful
> references
> to osculation and my gluteus maximus.
>
> Don Crowder
> http://www.don-guitar.com
> http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
>
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