Pushy salespeople are annoying
Jun. 16th, 2012 09:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heavenly_pearlI know they're just doing their job, but, gah, I can't stand them.
Yesterday, we decided to go shopping for a new computer and went to Conn's, where we bought our previous computers. I just wanted a regular desktop PC, but the salesman who greeted us seemed determined to sell us a touchscreen instead. He pulled me away from the two traditionall PCs they had on display and took me over to the touchscreen PCs, telling me to play around with them even though I had no interest in buying one. I humored him for like a minute, then went back to looking at the other computers they had. (Even though I was most interested in a PC, a laptop wasn't completely out of the running.) Rather than letting me browse in peace, however, he kept following me everywhere I went, constantly asking, "Which one do you like? Which one do you like?" I felt like I was being stalked! And on top of that, I have real anxiety about interacting with strangers, so it was not at all a pleasant experience. Needless to say, we left the store without buying anything.
I'm still not sure if we should get a new computer, anyway. I want a new one, but since this one still works relatively fine (minus a few minor problems and the fact that the graphics aren't good enough to run Sims 3, which is the main reason I want a new one), it's hard to convince myself it's okay to upgrade. We're not generally an "upgrading" family. We use things until they're broken, and only then do we replace them. It just seeems like a lot of money to spend for something I don't really need...
On a more positive note, I did luck out and find all seven volumes of Tokyo Babylon at Half-Price Books, putting me one step closer to completing my CLAMP library. I was planning to wait for the new omnibus editions that Dark Horse is supposed to be putting out, but it's already been over a year since they made that announcement with nothing to show for it. Finding the complete set, still in great condition, at $5 a volume was just too good a deal to pass up.
Yesterday, we decided to go shopping for a new computer and went to Conn's, where we bought our previous computers. I just wanted a regular desktop PC, but the salesman who greeted us seemed determined to sell us a touchscreen instead. He pulled me away from the two traditionall PCs they had on display and took me over to the touchscreen PCs, telling me to play around with them even though I had no interest in buying one. I humored him for like a minute, then went back to looking at the other computers they had. (Even though I was most interested in a PC, a laptop wasn't completely out of the running.) Rather than letting me browse in peace, however, he kept following me everywhere I went, constantly asking, "Which one do you like? Which one do you like?" I felt like I was being stalked! And on top of that, I have real anxiety about interacting with strangers, so it was not at all a pleasant experience. Needless to say, we left the store without buying anything.
I'm still not sure if we should get a new computer, anyway. I want a new one, but since this one still works relatively fine (minus a few minor problems and the fact that the graphics aren't good enough to run Sims 3, which is the main reason I want a new one), it's hard to convince myself it's okay to upgrade. We're not generally an "upgrading" family. We use things until they're broken, and only then do we replace them. It just seeems like a lot of money to spend for something I don't really need...
On a more positive note, I did luck out and find all seven volumes of Tokyo Babylon at Half-Price Books, putting me one step closer to completing my CLAMP library. I was planning to wait for the new omnibus editions that Dark Horse is supposed to be putting out, but it's already been over a year since they made that announcement with nothing to show for it. Finding the complete set, still in great condition, at $5 a volume was just too good a deal to pass up.
