Last night on television.....I saw a Dremel type tool with a flexible drive & all with a kit of 150 attachments........[for no additional cost]
Naturally with a set of 6 Swiss steak knives just a free bonus
......but wait
there is more.......but alas ....no price
So I rang the 130000000xxx000 number & and Indian sounding female [well it could have been a transvestite?] greeted my call with...."are you using MasterCard of Bankcard for your purchase?""
My response was ....."firstly I would like to know the cost in AUD$"
The response was
no-no-no ......we don't provide pricing over the telephone.....but one of our consultants will call you to confirm this
At approx. 0430 this morning my mobile rang
..........[like who from my family would telephone at that hour unless it was bad news?]
How silly of me to think such things........it sounded like the same Indian person I had spoken with some hours earlier
To cut a long story ....the cost was only $25.00 first payment followed by 6 x $50.00 payments over 6 weeks....... [$350.00].... BUT there was no delivery fee that was usually $50.00
Terms and conditions sounded OK........If I didn't like the electronic tool I could return it for a full refund...but I could keep the 150 piece attachments....however there was no clear understanding of what would happen with the 6 Swiss steak knives
So after due deliberation I suggested I would need to consider such a purchase.........well
...the response to this was "if I concluded a transaction by me providing my credit card detail now......I would get two of the amazing electronic tools for the cost of one
There is an Indian restaurant just around the corner
........ if I ever had the need or misfortune to enter such an establishment I would pay cash rather than trusting them with my credit card details......Derek