Things that make you say hummm........

[Dave Lehnert]

So I stopped into my local bargain tool store today. Wanted to stop in over the weekend but did not have the chance.
Turns out it was 25% off coupon today only. (only one 25% off coupon per customer per day) The place was PACKED.
So I'm standing in a long line to buy my one item. Never seen so many young kids buying tools in my life. ( Guess there is a run on 10 year old's needing a 72" tool cabinet ) So after waiting and waiting in line what seemed like forever watching customer after customer being told. 25% off is not good on tool boxes and generators. I get to check out.
Yes, The coupon said discount not good on tool boxes but would it have been too much trouble to put a sign up on the tool boxes and generators in store saying the same thing.

I worked in retail for years. I always hated events like this. Some customers get crazy when they think a bargain is to be had.

[Frederick Skelly]

Some customers get crazy when they think a bargain is to be had.

Yup. Black Friday, Winter Whites sales, etc. It's astonishing how badly normally nice folks will act to get a bargain. I think it's the thrill as much as the money. I've seen sorta similar behavior at auctions - they get all caught up in it and overbid. Go figure.

[Bruce Page]

Yup. Black Friday, Winter Whites sales, etc. It's astonishing how badly normally nice folks will act to get a bargain. I think it's the thrill as much as the money. I've seen sorta similar behavior at auctions - they get all caught up in it and overbid. Go figure.
It's a fine line between normally and nominally..:rolleyes:
I went to a black Friday sale..once.

[Walter Plummer]

My wife needed some limes the other day so off to market I go. Big sign 3 for $1.00 or 33 cents each. Made me say hummm.

[Dave Lehnert]

My wife needed some limes the other day so off to market I go. Big sign 3 for $1.00 or 33 cents each. Made me say hummm.




I ran a retail garden center for over 20 years. We sold mulch for $1.99 a bag. Gas station down the road advertised Mulch 4 bags for $10.
Not a day passed where one customer would walk in and ask "You going to price match the gas station?"

[Jim Koepke]

I ran a retail garden center for over 20 years. We sold mulch for $1.99 a bag. Gas station down the road advertised Mulch 4 bags for $10.

My brother used to sell things at computer trade shows one time he messed up on a sign and put $3 each or 3 for $10.

He would explain to people that he goofed on the sign but they mostly told him to keep the extra buck.

jtk

[Pat Barry]

So I stopped into my local bargain tool store today. Wanted to stop in over the weekend but did not have the chance.
Turns out it was 25% off coupon today only. (only one 25% off coupon per customer per day) The place was PACKED.
So I'm standing in a long line to buy my one item. Never seen so many young kids buying tools in my life. ( Guess there is a run on 10 year old's needing a 72" tool cabinet ) So after waiting and waiting in line what seemed like forever watching customer after customer being told. 25% off is not good on tool boxes and generators. I get to check out.
Yes, The coupon said discount not good on tool boxes but would it have been too much trouble to put a sign up on the tool boxes and generators in store saying the same thing.

I worked in retail for years. I always hated events like this. Some customers get crazy when they think a bargain is to be had.
You would think the other folks standing in line with tool boxes and generators would see the same thing, hear the same things, and they would just walk away rather than persist in line! Thats what makes me go hmmmmmmm

[George Bokros]

My wife needed some limes the other day so off to market I go. Big sign 3 for $1.00 or 33 cents each. Made me say hummm.




I ran a retail garden center for over 20 years. We sold mulch for $1.99 a bag. Gas station down the road advertised Mulch 4 bags for $10.
Not a day passed where one customer would walk in and ask "You going to price match the gas station?"

Well did you match the gas station?

[Joe Tilson]

Going to the flea market and seeing a Keen Kutter hand saw next to a Simmons saw,and the guy wants $35 for the KK and $5 for the Simmons. They are made by the same company, Simmons. Hummmm!

[Bruce Wrenn]

Buying a Brown and Sharpe machinest square for $5.00. Booth owner told me it was a good thing that it wasn't a Stanley, or he would have charged more. Walk around HF giving out 20% off coupons. You would think you were Santa Claus.

[Rich Engelhardt]

I worked in retail for years. I always hated events like this. Some customers get crazy when they think a bargain is to be had.45 years ago when I worked in a retail paint store, during the busy months we would run a Saturday Only sale every Saturday. We would take a random item, like a 2" paint brush or a pack of 5 single edge razor blades......mark them UP a few percent and toss them in a bucket by the cash register - with a big sign, Saturday Only Sale.
They always sold like hot cakes :D

[Bert Kemp]

THIS Hmmmmmm
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/07/crooked-train-track/

[Matt Meiser]

Our local KMart is (finally) on the most recent closing list. We've gone by there in the past several months numerous times and have seen literally 4 or 5 cars there. Now its packed.

[Jim Koepke]

THIS Hmmmmmm
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/07/crooked-train-track/

That looks like a recipe for derailment. Must be one of those lousy jobs where if you say it is unsafe you are out of a job and find someone more desperate to do it instead.

jtk

[Brian Henderson]

Our local KMart is (finally) on the most recent closing list. We've gone by there in the past several months numerous times and have seen literally 4 or 5 cars there. Now its packed.

I heard from an employee at the local K-Mart about 6 months ago that it won't be long until K-Mart just goes under, taking Sears with it. They just can't compete. She said that, according to what she'd heard, our local store is going away by the end of the year. So it was funny when we drove by recently and they had a big sign up that said "Everything 20-50% off, we're getting ready for new stuff". Sure they are. They're clearing the store. It's the beginning of the end.

[Matt Meiser]

I think they are well into the advanced stages of the end. Today they announced they are going to sell Kenmore on Amazon.

[Brian Elfert]

Sears shareholders certainly don't think the Amazon deal is a sign of the end. Sears stock was up 10% today and HD/Lowes stock dropped.

I am not sure why Whirlpool stock dropped on the news. Whirlpool has been a major producer for Kenmore. Kenmore is just a brand and doesn't actually make anything.

[Matt Meiser]

Something like 80% of Sears stock is held by the CEO and his buddy. He's in control of the stock price. Every few weeks they announce some deal and run the price back up then it starts dropping back down.

I don't know how much Whirlpool supplies to Sears anymore. An article I was reading a while back made it sound like most of it is sourced from Asian suppliers now. I know the Kenmore Elite microwave we got with our house is LG-made. Good thing too because Sears couldn't supply the damper for external venting but since it was the same as LG I could get it from RepairClinic.com. I'm guessing the trim piece on the door that is warping and falling off is not thought so we'll probably end up having to replace it soon. Fridgidaire already sells Alexa-controlled AC units so I would guess they make this one for Sears.

[Rich Riddle]

I say hummm a lot when looking at all the tattoos on younger folks. Some look like they don't have any non-ink spaces on their bodies. They must be addictive and have some allure this old man just doesn't understand.

[Frederick Skelly]

I say hummm a lot when looking at all the tattoos on younger folks. Some look like they don't have any non-ink spaces on their bodies. They must be addictive and have some allure this old man just doesn't understand.

Some younger men don't get it either Rich. I recently went to a public swimming pool. I only saw 2 (TWO!) women under 40 that didn't have a tatoo. "No.Thanks anyway, Ma'am."

[Brian Henderson]

Anyone who feels the need to draw all over themselves in permanent marker has issues IMO. Tattoos are ugly, period. I might make exceptions for old former military men, but otherwise, hell no.

[Mel Fulks]

"They are not tattoos ....they are skin illustrations"
Rod Steiger

[Frederick Skelly]

"They are not tattoos ....they are skin illustrations"
Rod Steiger

"To write love on her arm."
BLECHHH!

[mostyn harvey]

im not a fan of tatoos either! i like hearing people say it will still look cool and appealing when they are older, yeah, right, wait till its sagging with the rest of your skin and tell me its still cool then!

[Barry McFadden]

im not a fan of tatoos either! i like hearing people say it will still look cool and appealing when they are older, yeah, right, wait till its sagging with the rest of your skin and tell me its still cool then!

I think in another 30 years we are going to have the ugliest group of old people the world has ever seen...

[Brian Henderson]

I think in another 30 years we are going to have the ugliest group of old people the world has ever seen...

I was out for frozen yogurt with the wife on Sunday and this lady, she must have been in her 70s, comes in, covered in tattoos, with bright green hair. It was all I could do not to point and laugh. She looked ridiculous.