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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

Apart from the shenanigans that go on, I don't understand why some businesses claim that they will Price-Match.

Recently I was buying a battery. Store A had them on special, but even though they had a price for the battery I wanted, did not have it in stock and needed to order it in.

Store B advertises that they will match a competitor's price. (Note: Match, not Beat.) So I asked them to match Store A's price.
They jumped on the computer, and told me that it didn't apply, because Store A didn't have it in stock.
Yes I said, why do you think I'm here?
So they explained that they would only price match if a local competing store had the same product in stock.

This may sound fair enough, but think about what they're actually proposing:
I'm at Store A, and can simply buy the product and take it home.
But instead, I should get back in my car and drive to Store B,
Where, After much mucking about, they MIGHT agree to sell it to me, for exactly the same price.

And they wonder why people shop online.
You would think the price match store could sell it to you for the that price simply out of goodwill.
Its this kind of thing people remember when dealing with retail stores and usually tell other about.