ORIGINAL: rjm1982
Well, the FS-One site just sealed the deal for me...I wont be getting this.
This may seem petty, but im big on proper business practice...
Their site says "Retail Price: 349, your price 209"
No retail price for this will ever be 349, its a blatent lie and an attempt at rediculous deceit, and something that Im seeing more and more everyday...its moronic almost to think that these idiots that write this actually think an intellegent person will buy from them when they do stuff like that.
I agree with you on one point. It is petty.
List price/actual price differentials are most common in the automobile industry. If you ever pay sticker price, most likely you've been had. They also throw in all kinds of incentives to drop the price but locks you in to a payment plan that makes them more money off of interest during the life of the loan than the incentive gave you. THAT is deceptive. This is nothing more than general retail pricing structures. I worked at Circuit City in college. Everything had a massive retail price but it was never sold for that much.
So, if you're taking this stance. Don't buy a car. Don't buy any electronics...ESPECIALLY a plasma screen tv.