Way to go Paint! Stickin'' it to da beast!

I never said I felt bad for getting it for that price. Walmart probably broke about even at that price anyway. And my wife does in fact work at a walmart on weekends for a few extra bucks and the 10% discount. Its nice for things like diapers and christmas gifts.

Either way cheap is good.

Hah, thats nothing. I worked for Best Buy for a very short stint a few months ago, and something happened (I know not what) and they basically forgot about me. I was never put on the schedule and no one there really knew me and they just never called me. Well I had no problem with this since I am in college and job + college = crying. BUT, they also forgot to ever deactivate my employee id number. The same number that gets you your discount at the register. So I still pay only 5% above cost for all my items at Best Buy even though I dont work there. I went in and bought a $70 router for $32 the other day. Ph33r.

Holy crud, that''s the Best Buy employee discount? That''s sweet! I think it''s time to turn in my resignation and go work for Best Buy.

I considered working at BB for a while, at least until I realized 90% of the people at the local store here are really unhappy in with their jobs. Why you ask? Because they''re forced to harrass customers 100% of the time they''re working.

I don''t even like going in there anymore because they won''t leave me alone for 5 seconds to look at something. They keep trying to sell you this big new plan or this magazine or this TV or this CD book... etc, etc.. When I bought my TV, a 27"", this guy kept trying to scoot me over like 10 feet to a 34"" TV that was $800 more than the one I was looking at. I finally just looked at him and said ''If you don''t leave me alone I''m going to Circuit City. It''s right over there."" And I pointed.

He left. The next guy I talked to was really nice and laid back. Answered the questions that I asked, and left the rest of the decision to me. He was so cool about the whole thing I even bought one of their protection plans, and it actually came in handy. I''ve had the TV fixed twice so far.

I have a good walmart story also =)

To start, I have 2 cards for my current bank account. One for me, one for my ex (who was not an ex when the card was issued to her). Upon breakup I took the card back and put it in my wallet. So I''m trying to check out my items, was about $70, and I wanted $20 cash back. When I tried my pin 3 times, it was not taking it (turns out I was using the card I had taken back which had a different PIN than mine), so I chose credit instead and it goes through fine. Now, on a walmart receipt it will show all transactions, with the most recent at the top. So when I get my receipt, I look right to the bottom (rather than the top to see the correct transaction of the correct amount) and see ""$20 cash back"". Odd I thought, this only works with ATM, not credit! So I show it to the lady behind the counter, she shows it to another cashier (at this time I had realized it was my mistake, that I was not supposed to be getting the $20 cash back, but hey, I''ve already given them the receipt!) The other cashier had the dumbest answer ever ... ""Oh ya, that happens all the time"". The first cashier apologized and gave me the $20. Apparently I''m not the first one to think of this, even though I have to say it did start out as an honest mistake.

Wal-mart employees generally have this medieval peasant-type attitude that ""no matter what happens to me I probably deserve it."" It definitely makes getting over on Wal-mart a bit easier.

They really don''t care about this as they just resell it. Doesn''t cost them anything. Its broken stuff that really screws them over as they toss it and take a loss because its cheaper than mailing it back to the company.

I generally avoid WalMart based on the belief that shopping there is like eating Soylent Green. Sure it tastes yummy and is so cheap it''s practically free, but for the love of God ... IT''S PEOPLE!

Wal-Marts here are generally dirty, low-class joints. It''s funny, there''s a Target in South Austin that we frequent for household sundries that''s nice, bright, and clean. The customers are the same, middle-class. Across the street however is what the wife and I affectionately call the ""White Trash"" Wal-Mart. It''s fun to people watch in there but I can''t get the wife in there.

For example, I was looking for a specific style ice chest to convert to a mash/lauter tun for homebrewing. Target didn''t have what I wanted so I figured I''d run into the Wal-Mart to try my luck there. I have to squeeze down the main aisle to get over to the sporting goods section because all the checkout lanes are backed up. It was like a spice rack of different BO aromas. When I get near the sporting goods section there''s this woman with a filthy Dale Earnhardt shirt, greasy hair, and missing her front teeth swearing at her husband. Awesome stuff.

The East Austin Wal-Mart is the ""ghetto"" Wal-Mart and equally entertaining.

damn maybe I should endure our white trash wal-mart and see what i can get away with...

i did get my logitech cordless mouse and keyboard for about half price at Best Buy when I found one with the wrong price tag on it. I suppose I could have done a big act, or whatever, but basically I pointed to the price tag after the real price came up and said, ""Um, it says *this* much.""

Side note on Best Buy--

I took a part time seasonal job there for 3 days about 3 weeks ago, because I work weekends only and wanted the discount. Yes, it is an awesome discount. You can get a 500 dollar retail Premeir car stereo for 220 dollars. Anyway, I quit after 3 days because they will not leave you alone about 3 things:

1. You must must MUST push their PSPs (Protection Service Plans). I was told by my manager (I worked digital imaging, cameras and camcorders) to NOT accept no for an answer, and only to ''agree to disagree''. To make sure and tell them that it covers humidity, and that there is a lot of that in St Louis. yadda yadda yadda. They even brought it up every morning at the meeting what department didn''t see enough PSPs, yes, ther is a quota. Most of the time this is a ripoff.

2. There is a ""30 second rule"" where if a customer walks into your department, you are to approach them and talk to them. (look on the floor, you will see like a yellow outline, that''s the outline of the departments). The reason is 2 fold-- If you are confronted, you are less likely to steal; and you can also get a feel as to what to push. You are supposed to say your name and start a rappoire (sp) as to what the customer is in the store for today. This can be called friendly, but if you are approached constantly, some people get pissed.

3. The 4 accessorries rule. After you push the customer into buying something, you must push 4 accessories. This is where the company makes the money. In my department, if I was to sell a camcorder, I needed to push 1)a extra battery; 2)a carry case; 3)media for the camcorder; and finally, 4)a tripod.

The kicker is that there are secret shoppers that come in the store several times a month and check to see that all of this is getting done. I remember in my short, short stint there some poor woman who ended up spending 3k when she could really only afford a grand. I left and I''m going to apply at WalMart. Yea, they suck, but at least there I don''t have to feel bad that I''m pushing people to buy stuff they don''t need. This coming from someone who once worked in collections!

I agree with Tyrian. Remember that each some poor schmoe is probably going to end up gettng your used/abused products - then they''ll have to trek back to the store.