Future Shop Discounts??
 

hopefully this is the right section to post.

i just bought something at FS and the guy at the department i was looking at said the item was at cost and he cant go any lower on price, however when took that item to the check out and i asked another employee, he gave me a $12 discount off the price of $100. and the strange thing was i just asked the checkout guy for a discount and he just typed a random number into the computer and asked me if this was good enough :haha:

so yea im confused about how these discounts work, if u just ask and ask till they give u one or what

yep pretty much, they'll do anything for a sale

same applies for most retail places

haah what??

yea but im curious how much discount i can get

I got this coupon from BB and you save $10 off on any purchase over $50. Too bad I have no use for it. Hopefully I will need to buy something before it expires on at the end of the month haha

When they say, they can't go any lower...thats a lie.

computer shows the cost price and the regular price. They can keep giving you a discount to a certain point, but they make less commission.

I think it depends on the item's margin and they will look it up on the computer. I don't think there's much discount on computers but on stuff like Monster Cables you may get a lot off. I got a dishwasher down from 600 to 470.

i thought FS and BB no longer operate on a commission basis so they say theres no sales pressure or something

Future Shop is commision.
BB is not commission.
This is what I read at Red Flag Deals.com
I find things are cheaper at Future Shop for the same item when I look online.

funny cause they owned by same company lol

WTF? They give discounts to customers.

Haggle them enough and they most likely will. Accessories for anything are usually marked up in the hundred percents, always try to get a discount on those.

^ I know that. I'm just surprised they would give discounts. That's all....Should be against employee code but whatever.

Bestbuy is the worst

Future shop does offer discounts ... sometimes
I would know, I work there

As stated above it all depends on cost.
Some items such as ...
Gaming systems, computers, and Apple Products (ipods, mac's etc...) to name a few have very little in terms of mark up thus no room for a discount.

Usually, people buying a single item will not get a better deal, for the most part ...
the more you buy the better possible "deal" you can get

so your tell us that if we go in and keep bargaining, we eventually get a discount ? haha wow i never knew you can do that. Always thought you had to pay the full price at these places

i once got a 300 dollar discount at bestbuy off a 700 dollar item =D

the only time i buy from bestbuy/futureshop is when i pricematch.

they love it so much..i always get their glares :thumbsup:

wrong, they have to go to a different page entirely to check out the cost price.

wrong,... kinda..

BB makes commission on PSP (product service plan) ie. warranty.

I think iPods are marked up pretty high? My brother who works at the Best Buy head office said that the new iPod Touch 32GB is $220 through the employee pricing, although he has to get it shipped to the office. That's like fucking 90 bucks worth of savings versus regular after taxes.

^hm interesting. dosen't seem right usually the mark up on ipod is 3-10% ish
I havent been to work in a week, I guess i'll check it out tomorrow :D

I'm assuming the cost drop might have been an error ? , its happen's sometimes.
If you look back, when Futureshop has "customer appreciation sales" Ipods are always left off the usual 10% discount given
They do make a profit, but as most electronic sales go profit is not made off of hardware

Fido/rogers
telus/koodo
caddy/chevy

the list goes on...

i use to work at FS u can always negotiate on ticket prices also if you buy more then one thing ask them to discount the items or get one free

WRONG BB sales gets NOOO commission what so evr

buy the futureshop PSP for the max term , and if u ask for a sloppy bj , you will get it.

the co. i worked for bought 2 laptops from fs with max warrenty, and here are the stuff we got for free:

2 - apple ( or white headphones for ipod) head phones
2 - notebook sleeves
1 cordless mouse discounted at 25%
1 futureshop brand laptop kit discounted at 35%

amazing eh?

all happened at futureshop on robson n granville

fyi: this was oct/nov 2007