Currys

MABLE

We went to Currys yesterday and bought a 65 inch Sony 4K TV. When the guy was processing the sales paperwork another guy came a long and tried to get us to buy a new cable for about £89.00 We said no and then he said something about giving us a free disc as well. We again said not interested.

However the guy who was processing our paperwork said ok you can have it for £59.00.

On further investigation we found a £15 cable or less would do the same thing.

JJ_Egan

Exactly the same as any other vendor on the planet .

[Deleted User]

Hi,

sounds like the 'good cop', 'bad cop', ploy.

unforeseen

If it was an HDMI cable then one from the poundshop would be fine as well

robatwork

Your name rhymes with cable.

Do I win £59?

MABLE

robatwork wrote: »

Your name rhymes with cable.

Do I win £59?

Sometimes in life if you have nothing sensible to add to a conversation its best to stay quiet. Just saying!

helcat26

So that's why they wanted me to sit at a table and wait for a salesperson when I went in to pick up my reserve and collect! No wonder they looked irked when I said there it is on the floor over there I'll just take it to the till shall I?

takman

MABLE wrote: »

We went to Currys yesterday and bought a 65 inch Sony 4K TV. When the guy was processing the sales paperwork another guy came a long and tried to get us to buy a new cable for about £89.00 We said no and then he said something about giving us a free disc as well. We again said not interested.

However the guy who was processing our paperwork said ok you can have it for £59.00.

On further investigation we found a £15 cable or less would do the same thing.

£15 is still very expensive!. More like a £1 - £2 cable!.

A Curry's employee once tried to sell a similar cable to my grandparents. I then went on to explain the difference between analog and digital signals and then asked him again how this cable would provide a "better picture" but he couldn't provide an answer.

dacouch

One of their current ruses is to offer you a free sign up to a Currys Business Account.

ARandomMiser

Good on you for not falling for that old sales trick.
I don't think I have ever paid more than £3 for an HDMI cable (and that included delivery of ebay),
Probably bets to get a 2.0 cable for a 4K TV though.

Rolandtheroadie

helcat26 wrote: »

So that's why they wanted me to sit at a table and wait for a salesperson

So they never made mable sit at a table wearing her sable to buy a cable?

(The above might be a fable?)