I will start with my latest discovery. Nothing mind blowing.
I bought some appliances the other day at Trail Appliance at the South Calgary location. I totally hate dealing with salespeople. They are so scummy and shady. We went in looking for a gas range, a dishwasher and a refrigerator. We had in mind, the Kitchen Aid brand. Stainless steel. Long story short, the saleswoman did not listen to what we were saying. She instead was pushing an LG brand gas cooking range on us. It was very odd. When we asked for specs on the Kitchen Aid stove, she came back with two different print outs of the LG range. We had to insist on buying the Kitchen Aid. I even said to her at one point "you really want to sell this LG range to us don't you?" I later on found out about something called:
SPIFF's. Commission SPIFFS. It is where LG or Samsung or any other company gives anywhere from $5 to $200 directly to the salesperson who sells their targeted product. The days that the spiffs are offered change, as does the money won, and the vendor type. I find this highly unethical.
So when you are shopping for appliances, not only do you have to bargain a good deal on price, you also have to truly know what you want ahead of time, so that you can walk out of the place with the product and brand name that you intended to buy. Don't let a salesperson convince you otherwise. This applies to electronics as well.
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