Comments on: 8 Retail Ripoff Tactics

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By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:14:26 +0000

Hello LJ, thank you for commenting.
If there’s one thing that irritates me, it’s to see salesMEN taking advantage of women. As a father to two girls (make that young women, they’re 13 and 14) I cringe at the thought that they might be treated unfairly. I want to protect them, yet I want them to be able to stand up for themselves at the same time without me around. I hope I can educate them enough to be able to do that.

Their private school offers a wonderful course in consumer education, teaching about checking accounts, budgeting, and other life skills. Maybe they should teach about buying a car as well!

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:03 +0000

Hi Ron,

Michael from Germany here.

Thanks for this super collection of Retail Ripoff tactics.

Recently, when looking for a TV, i nearly became victim of the of the warranty scare tactics …lol.

Reading your post, i realized that most of the described tactics and the defense could be used in online business too.

Regards,

Michael

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:59:45 +0000

Hey Mrs Micah, thanks for dropping by. I understand where you’re coming from. The article written for Edmunds (link at the bottom of my article) mentions the sheer terror on people’s faces when a car salesman walked up to them on the lot. It was fascinating to read this, so give it a try when you have a few minutes.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:55:51 +0000

Thanks Jeff. I didn’t realize that the travel industry operated like this too. Maybe someday, sales managers and owners of sales organizations will grasp how distasteful these tactics are to the public.

Until then, BEWARE!

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:57:21 +0000

This is a great post and I hope people listen to your advice!

I had a really bad dealing with a car salesman and most likely will never return to a dealership. I did all my research, had a cashiers check in hand to pay CASH and knew exactly what I wanted to buy. I was single at the time, and in hindsight I should have brought by Dad or Brother along, but I was too proud at being able to buy a car on my own.

The guy pulled every trick you listed out of his hat. I ended up in tears and without that car I wanted. They tried to convince me to lease, they tried to get me to use my cashiers check as a down payment, yada yada. It was awful!

So, I ended up driving my car for another year, and after getting married, my Hubby went and bought me a new car!

I guess I did get to save all that money, though I probably spent it all on clothes and makeup, I wasn’t quite frugal then!

Great Post!

Take Care