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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:11 PM Original message |
Businesses Are Not Something You Have a Personal Relationship With |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. on the flip side, because they are not my friend, i might not want to concede any of my rights |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree completely. You shouldn't concede your rights. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. true. i am not defending the circuit city guy, i didnt really read that story |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks Mondo for telling us how we should feel... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I'm not telling you how to feel. I'm reminding you of reality. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Circuit City can treat you like shit, and there's a solution- |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And so if all stores adopt this, we shop where? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If all stores adopt WHAT exactly? |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Policies stating that I |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's a legal question. |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So not liking to be searhed is the same as |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Try reading it again. My point is you can argue against anything you like. |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I read it right the first time, as you intended |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Theoretically, how long may a business entity legally detain you... |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. A "reasonable amount of time" in most states where such |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. So, you set aside the core issue and make this about trust? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. This isn't about that - it's a SEPARATE issue. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Then, I guess I just don't understand your OP. n/t |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. For what it's worth, the Circuit City story resulted in a number of posts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Thanks for the clarification. n/t |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Last I checked, due process applies to the government. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Nope. It's what citizens can expect or, what we used to expect. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's a two way contract |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Businesses Are Not Something You Have a Personal Relationship With |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Really. Your relationships with your doctor, lawyer etc are also |
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ewoden (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. No expectation of any morals. You are so easily pleased n/t |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Morals are personal. This is a formal, legal relationship. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. What ever happened to the attitude that the customer is always right? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. IMO you did exactly the right thing. If you don't like how a store treats you, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If we observed that logic in all aspects of daily life |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Nonsense. Stores are competing for your $. If you support the ones |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. What's funny about this is, I rarely go to stores at all. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. YES! I agree with you. I do not like this policy of stores and the above poster |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. "Hand it back in kind"? Hand it back to whom, exactly? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. If they're bent on interrupting my departure I make certain that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. How come I can never find a Home Depot employee when |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. If it's your personal business, you do. - n/t |
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