Rant: The Nikon Factory Direct Store is a bunch of rip-off artists and hoodlums

[DukeBoom]

Without reading any further than you original post...... You're an idiot.

oh lord, not another self-righteous hippie keyboard jockey.

 

[JG_Coleman]

And when I ask to negotiated they blow me off and are rude.

It's not a tag sale, DukeBoom... it's a commercial enterprise that sells products at a fixed price... what would ever make you think they would "bargain" with you? Their price is their price... plain and simple. Whether or not it's a rip-off is irrelevant, as is whatever their competition is doing. Do you haggle for milk and eggs with the clerk at the grocery store? Or negotiate better gas prices at the Mobil convenience store down the street? Of course not! Their price is their price... pay it or go somewhere else. Save the haggling for the flea market.

 

[dxqcanada5]

Hmm, yes ... my company is very similar concerning selling anything direct.

We promote sales through our distribution channel.
Our direct pricing is always MSRP.
If we sell anything that is refurb ... it is a discount from our MSRP.

In most cases our Resellers price very low (small profit margin but high volume) ... so they will even be lower than our refurbs ... and our pricing is non-negotiable as we will recommend our customers to go through our distribution channel.
It is better for us that our Resellers promote/sell our product.

 

[kundalini]

oh lord, not another self-righteous hippie keyboard jockey.

Did you actually read what you wrote? I could do all this :hippie: and this eacesign: and even this :hugs: with a kumbaya. Doesn't matter. Have fun with your search.

 

[DukeBoom]

Or negotiate better gas prices at the Mobil convenience store down the street? Of course not! Their price is their price... pay it or go somewhere else. Save the haggling for the flea market.

The used gear market for anything - musical equipment, industrial equipment, photography equipment - is essentially a flea market where everything is negotiable.

To compare a high-priced specialty electronics item to a publicly-traded commodity is absurd.


The bottom-line that is that after speaking with the Sales Dept, they made me feels as though I was insulting them by asking to negotiate used gear. Furthermore, after having spoken with 3 people there, everyone had a foreign accept - sounded filipino - which is pretty despicable considering the prices they charge for their gear and the enormous markups and volume.

 

[kundalini]

Furthermore, after having spoken with 3 people there, everyone had a foreign accept - sounded filipino - which is pretty despicable considering the prices they charge for their gear and the enormous markups and volume.

Your flags are flying at high mast now.

:thumbdown:

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

...as the world turns.

 

[DukeBoom]

Furthermore, after having spoken with 3 people there, everyone had a foreign accept - sounded filipino - which is pretty despicable considering the prices they charge for their gear and the enormous markups and volume.

Your flags are flying at high mast now.

:thumbdown:

LOL, when I buy anything expensive where I KNOW the company is making extremely high markups, the most irritating thing they can do - the biggest slap in the face to the consumer - is to offshore their sales and support centers.

 

[lyonsroar]

Or negotiate better gas prices at the Mobil convenience store down the street? Of course not! Their price is their price... pay it or go somewhere else. Save the haggling for the flea market.

The used gear market for anything - musical equipment, industrial equipment, photography equipment - is essentially a flea market where everything is negotiable.

To compare a high-priced specialty electronics item to a publicly-traded commodity is absurd.


The bottom-line that is that after speaking with the Sales Dept, they made me feels as though I was insulting them by asking to negotiate used gear. Furthermore, after having spoken with 3 people there, everyone had a foreign accept - sounded filipino - which is pretty despicable considering the prices they charge for their gear and the enormous markups and volume.

What is this? I don't even...

Thanks for an evening's entertainment.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Furthermore, after having spoken with 3 people there, everyone had a foreign accept - sounded filipino - which is pretty despicable considering the prices they charge for their gear and the enormous markups and volume.

Your flags are flying at high mast now.

:thumbdown:

LOL, when I buy anything expensive where I KNOW the company is making extremely high markups, the most irritating thing they can do - the biggest slap in the face to the consumer - is to offshore their sales and support centers.

I am going to have to agree with kundalini and the idiot thing.
How do we add people to the "not worth responding to" list on the new forum?

 

[DukeBoom]

Try NOT responding rather than responding. It's called using your brain. You're wasting my time anyway.

 

[kundalini]

Try NOT responding rather than responding. It's called using your brain. .

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[mfrankpdx]

This thread made me lol.

 

[adversus]

LOL, when I buy anything expensive where I KNOW the company is making extremely high markups, the most irritating thing they can do - the biggest slap in the face to the consumer - is to offshore their sales and support centers.

1. Asian company off-shores operations to the U.S.
2. U.S. division off-shores customer service back to Asia

OMG RECURSIVE LOOP.

 

[rabman]

My D3s came with a manual in another language. What's up with that?! Totally insulting.