Great price, major hassle
Great price, major hassle
Walked into Petco #1 this morning at 10:00 AM. They had three 40B on the shelf. Asked the sales kid if these were the one's on sale. He said, "Yes, but they're on hold." He checked if there were any in back then called another store to see if they had one. He said they were going to hold it for me. Someone snatched up and bought two of them before I left the store. Oops, so much for holding them. The kid still wouldn't let me buy the third.
Walked into Petco #2 at 10:20AM. Whatched a guy wheeling a 40B out of the store. Oops, they forgot to hold it for me. I'm not happy by now, and asked to speak to a manager. The manager called Petco #3, They had 8 in stock... He asked them to hold one and assured me that it wouldn't happen again so away I went.
Called my wife, asked her to call Petco #3 to verify that they had one. She called back, said they had 1 left and they didn't think it would go anywhere. She explained what had happened in the first two stores so they agreed to put my name on it.
Walked into Petco #3 at 11:00AM. Couldn't find the 40B anywhere. By now I'm furious, why did I ask for help at Petco #1, I should have just snatched and ran like the guy after me. Found the sales kid in Fish and asked him if they had one held for me. Finally, someone did what they said. This guy told me "We don't normally hold sales merchandise like this." Nice, you should tell the guy at Petco #1.
Moral of the story. Don't ask, just grab it and walk to the register.
BTW, there aren't anymore 40B within 10 miles of Buffalo but I hear there were 7 left in Batavia. Better hurry...