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Quest for a printer

So, today, my quest for a new printer should culminate in acquisition. I have 3 Fry’s gift certificates in my pocket thanks to my mom and sister, and having a recent birthday hit close to Christmas. I’ve done 2 scouting missions to Fry’s already and feel I have a comfortable grasp on what I want despite the bazillion fry’s salespeople feeble attempts to ‘help’ me (seriously, it completely bewilders me why Fry’s still follows the outdated commission model on printers – it destroys the idea of actual knowledge in place of just getting the sale. And, I have to add a gripe: the Fry’s in Plano at 75 and Plano Parkway does a horrible job of providing information. There are little drawers under each printer that are SUPPOSED to contain information but almost every drawer is empty, the ones that aren’t are a mess or have info on older models and Fry’s hides the actual printer boxes in the back do you can’t even rely on them for info)

Fast forward a few hours: sweet accomplishment! I went to the Fry’s on 635 towards the airport and the sales force was non invasive. Well, more like non interested and non working. After over fifteen minutes inspecting the printers with nary a sighting, I finally went over a couple of isles and spotted a bunch of them chatting so I picked off the weak one of the herd, got a price match and walked out with a Canon Pixma MX860

December 26th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized

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