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| Thread ID: 69752 | 2006-06-11 03:55:00 | Noel Leeming's rant | robsonde (120) | PC World Chat |
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| 462215 | 2006-06-11 03:55:00 | !!rant warning!! went with my flatmate today to bye a mac loptop, (she loves mac) got to Noel Leeming and found a label that said intel mac 1.6Ghz 60Gb hard drive all such good things for $1200. thinking "wow that looks very good", then noticed that the laptop was a G4 powerbook, "thats odd, i thought the new intel stuff was called macbook" checked the specs in the OS and its a Mac G4 1.33 with a 12" screen. asked the sales person what the real price was. he came back after 5 minutes witha price of $2300. we voiced that this seemed a bit hight for such an old unit, he siad well that the price end of story. we came back 30 minutes later and spoke to another guy and ask much the same questions, he said $1700, we vioced that that was a bit high, he went away to check and come back with $1800 down from $2000. at the end ot the day we had an offer of $1800 for a laptop that was discontinued over a year ago....... not going back there....... /rant |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 462216 | 2006-06-11 04:21:00 | I'm going there on Monday. At 1300. That's the deadline I gave them. After 3 months of them screwing up warranty repairs I'm taking my product back and not leaving the store without a replacement new off the shelf or a refund. Noel Leeming sucks. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 462217 | 2006-06-11 04:53:00 | I've had to take a few things back to them (electrical stuff, not comp stuff) . . . staff know nothing but will swap faulty products on the spot if they can find them (had to go look on the shelves myself) . Had a laugh when I purchased a flash jug, has a glowing blue light inside when you switch it on that blew after a day, took it back and explained to the guy that the light didn't work . . . the guy looked a bit perplexed and yep said "What light?" . I had to go get a new one off the shelf, unpack it and plug it in to show him . They get a bit harder to deal with when you say you want a refund after a couple of faulty items . I may be unlucky but I've had quite a few things from them go faulty . |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 462218 | 2006-06-11 06:03:00 | got to Noel Leeming and found a label that said intel mac 1.6Ghz 60Gb hard drive all such good things for $1200. asked the sales person what the real price was. he came back after 5 minutes witha price of $2300. we came back 30 minutes later and spoke to another guy he said $1700, he went away to check and come back with $1800 down from $2000. at the end ot the day we had an offer of $1800 for a laptop that was discontinued over a year ago....... What made you do that?! If it had $1200 on it then $1200 is what they have to sell it for. By law. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 462219 | 2006-06-11 06:10:00 | If it had $1200 on it then $1200 is what they have to sell it for. By law.Not quite correct. Worse case (for them) is if it was advertised at a certain price and sold for more, then they'd have a dispute with the ASA. In law any sale in a retail environment is subject to contract law, and the contract is only finalised at the checkout where the money is handed over. Which means that an item can have any price labelled on it, but the price that's charged at the checkout is what's paramount. The above was applicable a few years ago - so naturally it may have changed since then, but I don't think so. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 462220 | 2006-06-11 06:20:00 | What made you do that?! If it had $1200 on it then $1200 is what they have to sell it for. By law. I used to think that as well, untill we were taught in economics last year that in actual fact under NZ law the price tag is only an "invitation to purchase" and is in no way a binding contract for them to supply at said price. apparently it is to protect sellers from labelling errors... *edit* damn beaten :p |
lagbort (5041) | ||
| 462221 | 2006-06-11 06:30:00 | I actually haven't had any issues with Noel Leeming - mind you, the only thing I've ever had to return was a dodgy (cheapy) toaster. | somebody (208) | ||
| 462222 | 2006-06-11 07:29:00 | What made you do that?! If it had $1200 on it then $1200 is what they have to sell it for. By law. would haver been more than happy to pay $1200 for an intel macbook..... they dident have one, the product that they had was a older G4 powerbook, if they think a intel macbook is $1200 then the older G4 should have been on a last of stock run out special of $900-$1100. NOT the $1800 or more that they wanted. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 462223 | 2006-06-11 07:31:00 | went with my flatmate today to bye a mac loptop, (she loves mac)I would suggest visiting MagnumMac. Noel Leeming employees are terrible. I was looking at Sony's Bravia screens last year and one of the staff members assured me that because they have an HDMI input, any of their DVD players could provide the same HD quality picture as on the demo unit. In fact, he specifically said they have HD DVD players in stock for around $500. :rolleyes: | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 462224 | 2006-06-11 07:39:00 | I would suggest visiting MagnumMac. Noel Leeming employees are terrible. I was looking at Sony's Bravia screens last year and one of the staff members assured me that because they have an HDMI input, any of their DVD players could provide the same HD quality picture as on the demo unit. In fact, he specifically said they have HD DVD players in stock for around $500. :rolleyes: living in lower hutt and it was a spair of the moment type thing, we will be looking at MagnumMac during the week. |
robsonde (120) | ||
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