So I went looking for a new Cannon A85 digi cam tonight at the local CC. They currently have a special going that gives you a free 128mb memory card for any camera that's 4 mega pixles or over. Sales guy rings up the sale and THEN goes looking for the memory. Guy disappears for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile I'm looking over the Compact Flash area and only see 64, 256 and 512mb cards. He finally reappears claiming that now I have to go to the pick up counter in the front of the store for the memory since he can't find it on the floor.
Ok, off I go to the pick up counter, stand around for a while for someone to help me. Hand my receipt to the guy there that finally shows up from the back stock room. Another 5-10 minutes goes by without seeing this guy after he goes to the back. He finally comes back out looking confused and asks for help for a third person. They go schlep off the the memory section, where I had previously looked and they come back with some other flash memory card that's like a 1/4 of the physical size of what I need. (During this time I figured it would be prudent to opent the camera box and make sure everything was in there that was supposed to be.) I take out the included 32mb card and show the guy "this is the what you're looking for, only it's supposed to be a 128mb card."
Off they go again for another 5 minutes looking for a 128mb card on the floor display that isn't there. For whatever reason, whether is was humilty, ignorance or just plain clulessness, the guy comes back with a 256mb card says "here you go" and THROWS the thing in my bag and says "have a nice evening." It took me a second to register that it was a 256mb card. I looked in the bag to make sure that a) it was a 256 card and b) it was the right format and then looked up to tell the guy he gave me the wrong size mb card. Guess what? He was gone!! Everyone behind the counter was gone! Total twilight zone....
Oh well, extra 128mb for me at no cost! Thanks CC, you're the best!
<---thought I should clarify, that's some serious sarcasm right there!
Ok, off I go to the pick up counter, stand around for a while for someone to help me. Hand my receipt to the guy there that finally shows up from the back stock room. Another 5-10 minutes goes by without seeing this guy after he goes to the back. He finally comes back out looking confused and asks for help for a third person. They go schlep off the the memory section, where I had previously looked and they come back with some other flash memory card that's like a 1/4 of the physical size of what I need. (During this time I figured it would be prudent to opent the camera box and make sure everything was in there that was supposed to be.) I take out the included 32mb card and show the guy "this is the what you're looking for, only it's supposed to be a 128mb card."
Off they go again for another 5 minutes looking for a 128mb card on the floor display that isn't there. For whatever reason, whether is was humilty, ignorance or just plain clulessness, the guy comes back with a 256mb card says "here you go" and THROWS the thing in my bag and says "have a nice evening." It took me a second to register that it was a 256mb card. I looked in the bag to make sure that a) it was a 256 card and b) it was the right format and then looked up to tell the guy he gave me the wrong size mb card. Guess what? He was gone!! Everyone behind the counter was gone! Total twilight zone....
Oh well, extra 128mb for me at no cost! Thanks CC, you're the best!
<---thought I should clarify, that's some serious sarcasm right there!
