[SATLUG] A fair warning

[Sean Crandall]

If somebody tries to tell you "break it, buy it," tell them they can 
take it to small claims court.  They're not entitled to collect from you 
the markup for a damaged good---they're just looking for a windfall. 
What they can fairly collect is the cost of replacement for a fungible 
good, but if they negligently placed it, they probably can't even get 
that much.  If the thing was improperly placed on a precarious shelf 
when it was designed to hang, they may not be entitled to anything.  So 
I would never just cave to somebody who insisted I outright buy a 
damaged good.

On the other hand, if I negligently damaged damaged a well-placed item, 
I might be more cooperative if the proprietor reasonably asked me to pay 
to replace it.

Sean Crandall

Charles Mims wrote:
> I have always wondered how a 'you break it, you buy it' policy could be
> enforced
> if you simply refused to pay?
> 
> On 5/22/07, RObert J Hewitt <hewittrj_78244 at grandecom.net> wrote:
>>
>> This is just a free warning to anybody who shops at PC Outlet formerly
>> Discount Electronics.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know if anybody in either Satlug or XCSSA has encountered a
>> problem
>> with the in the past so I thought that I would warn anybody who has not
>> been
>> there
>>
>> Here it is:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> PC Outlet
>> 2206 N.W. Loop 410,
>> San Antonio, TX 78230.
>> Freephone: +1 210 348 7677
>> E-mail:  <mailto:%20sales at sa-pc.com> sales at sa-pc.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> While I was being helped looking at a G3 I had my sons with me in the
>> store,
>> and my wife was doing all she could to manage them.  One of my sons
>> accidentally bumped into a shaky shelf with some merchandise sitting 
>> on it
>> the MP4 player/ Camera. Now keep in mind that the package was intended to
>> be
>> hung on a peg not set on a shelf.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well to make a long story short I was told I need to purchase the Item
>> since
>> my 5 year old son allegedly knocked it off and my wife who did not see it
>> fall picked it up and placed it onto a shelf.  Other issues are when
>> purchasing anything new or used there is a policy of NO refunds only
>> exchange or store credit.  I have never had a store require this on new
>> products only used stuff.  This is very understandably with the used but
>> too
>> me it is unacceptable on anything used. Basically I just want to warn
>> anybody who goes into this store to watch yourself and any children or 
>> you
>> to may wind up buying something you don't want.  By the way this thing
>> averages out at about 70 bucks tops on the internet and it looks like
>> Pacificgeeks  (after doing a Google search) is the only online retailer
>> who
>> carries it
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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