So... a week ago today, I decided to get a pocket video cam.
I went to Walmart because it is the only store that sells them here.
The sales person - I knew. She was a best friend of one of my exes.
I wanted something that would fit in my shirt pocket, and do HI Def.
I don't know why I trusted her. She sold me a JVC Picsio GC-FM1
camera and a 8 gig flash chip for a total of $189.77
Sounds legit right?
WRONG!!
Upon investigating... I found that - that same camera with a 4 gig flash memory chip bundled can be had for $66.00 bucks.
Who do you suppose had such a good deal? Walmart on line!
Free overnight shipping to store too.
Now - to make matters worse... I was sold an open box item.
I didn't know this until I viewed a youtube video that shows the
"unboxing" of the thing. There was no factory seal, and no plastic
bag over the thing. Also - there was a scratch on the front of the
camera lens protector.
So I took it back for a credit on my credit card.
The next thing that struck tsaw as weird - was that in order to issue credit - she didn't need my credit card??????????????
She scanned the bar code on the receipt.
That tells me alot! Either your credit card info is embedded in that bar code, or their computer system is storing every purchase you make. Either way it is not good.
I used to think I didn't like Walmart in the past - now I know I don;t!
I went to Walmart because it is the only store that sells them here.
The sales person - I knew. She was a best friend of one of my exes.
I wanted something that would fit in my shirt pocket, and do HI Def.
I don't know why I trusted her. She sold me a JVC Picsio GC-FM1
camera and a 8 gig flash chip for a total of $189.77
Sounds legit right?
WRONG!!
Upon investigating... I found that - that same camera with a 4 gig flash memory chip bundled can be had for $66.00 bucks.
Who do you suppose had such a good deal? Walmart on line!
Free overnight shipping to store too.
Now - to make matters worse... I was sold an open box item.
I didn't know this until I viewed a youtube video that shows the
"unboxing" of the thing. There was no factory seal, and no plastic
bag over the thing. Also - there was a scratch on the front of the
camera lens protector.
So I took it back for a credit on my credit card.
The next thing that struck tsaw as weird - was that in order to issue credit - she didn't need my credit card??????????????
She scanned the bar code on the receipt.
That tells me alot! Either your credit card info is embedded in that bar code, or their computer system is storing every purchase you make. Either way it is not good.
I used to think I didn't like Walmart in the past - now I know I don;t!