I was walking home this evening and I noticed the above sign hanging in the window at Sleepy's. Read it carefully. "We will beat anyone's price by 20% or it's FREE." Read it again. "We will beat anyone's price by 20% or it's FREE." Does this make sense? I mean, yes, it makes sense, you can understand what they are saying, but is this at all rational?Consider the following scenario...
Customer: Yes, hello. I saw this mattress advertised in the paper at another store for only $600. Will you beat this price by 20%?
Sleepy's Manager: Hm, I see. Well, you know what? No, I can't beat that price by 20%, therefore you can have it for free.
I guess my point is: Why in the name of goodness would Sleepy's NOT beat the price by 20% and just give it away for free? Am I totally missing something here? Please tell me if I am, because otherwise this is just the most absurd ultimatum in history (well, it's certainly up there, anyway).
16 comments:
heh. well said, friend.
Thanks, friend.
Maybe Sleepy's has it at those price points to be able to absorb a 20% discount if necessary just to get a loyal customer base.
I'm not sure what a "price point" is, but the 20% discount is based on a competitor's price -- are you saying Sleepy's sets the prices of its competitors!?
NOT AT ALL good sir! I'm Monseiur Sans Ampersand. However I'm still confused. Are you saying sleepy's takes 20% off their price of the same merchandise of thier store? Or are you saying that Sleepy's take 20% off the price that's listed in their competitor's circular?
I have heard that the beds at Sleepy's aren't even all that cozy.
Msr. Sans Ampersand -- I don't think this is worth it anymore.
Pookie -- I've heard mixed things about Sleepy's. I'm thinking about starting my own mattress store called Cozy's. Care to be my partner?
I'm sleepy!
Aw, Coconut Dooku, you're so cute.
so, now Sleepy's has only one mattress?
They have hundreds of different kinds of mattresses. How can one say something blanket like, "I hear their mattresses aren't that comfortable"? All that means is that the dumbass picked out a mattress that didn't work for them.
That didn't work for HIM. The dumbass picked out a mattress that didn't work for him.
Please, at FAPPAF we take subject/verb agreement very seriously.
How do you know the gender of the dumbass?
Um...only men are dumbasses?
sexist pig
Actually, I am androgynous, so call me what you will.
Sleepy's was investigated by DHS last year in regard to some of their claims about so-called "cozy" beds. I saw it on the Drudge Report, but I think Hannity and Colmes put a spotlight on it too. People who bought their mattresses started to feel less secure within their own homes because the beds were, in a word, not cozy at all.
I really like you, Pookie.
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