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Well, funny short story for you.

Yesturday I paid a trip into BestBuy as I was looking for a cheapo crappy mobo for an old CPU. Anyway, I was looking, but couldn't see any.

So this guy walks upto me (Store employee) and asks if I need any help. The conversation goes like this.

Employee: "Hi sir, can I help you with anything?"

Myself: "Yes, I'm looking for any cheap motherboards you may have".

Employee: "Sorry, we don't carry the individual motherboards".

Myself: "Oh ok, thanks."

Employee: "By the way sir, if your going to get a new motherboard you might aswell get a new Compaq computer, the cases keep the parts cooler than any other product out there, so you don't have to worry about anything overheating. The compaq cases are small and have excellent airflow."

Myself: "Well, Uhh, my system is cooled via watercooling and it does just fine?"

Employee: "Oh I see, well, either way if your getting a new motherboard you may aswell buy a new system".

Myself: "I'll just keep looking, thanks."

End of convo..

So, I was, uhh, needless to say shocked.

Originally posted by Alexvrb@Jun 16, 2004 @ 12:31 AM

*shrugs* They are salesmen. Although I've been told that they no longer get paid commission, they are still supposed to sell you stuff. I mean, it's Best Buy, a consumer electronics store. What did they expect, lol.

Originally posted by Gallstaff@Jun 16, 2004 @ 04:27 PM

I wish companies would stop paying on commission. Sure it's an insentive to get them to sell their shit, but it's SO annoying!

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		Alexvrb		Jun 16, 2004
			It's fun playing around with the BB employees shrugs They are salesmen. Although I've been told that they no longer get paid commission, they are still supposed to sell you stuff. I mean, it's Best Buy, a consumer electronics store. What did they expect, lol.

		racketboy		Jun 16, 2004
			It's fun playing around with the BB employees CompUSA guys are far worse. I was looking at a Mac -- I think they are pretty. This chubby 17 year old comes up to me... "Hey you wanna see some cool stuff for that?" kid walks over to software section and back with box in his hand He plants a box for Photoshop in my face "This is a really cool piece of software" he says. "Yeah, I use it all the time" I say kid quietly walks away Annoying.

		schi0249		Jun 16, 2004
			It's fun playing around with the BB employees Circuit city is comissioned. To my knowledge, Best Buy hasn't been commissioned for long time, if at all. The staff had sales goals, but they were not paid based on how much they sell. However, in the past they had incentives for selling more.

		Gallstaff		Jun 16, 2004
			It's fun playing around with the BB employees I wish companies would stop paying on commission. Sure it's an insentive to get them to sell their shit, but it's SO annoying!