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—>Glassdoor released its report of the 50 lowest-rated CEOs as determined by employee reviews on its site. I scractched out all the companies you don't care about and ended up with this list of the 10 Crappiest CEOs (of consumer-facing compaines) (according to their employees)... More »
—>Here's the latest roundup of consumer products recalled because they might hurt or kill you! More »
—>Reader David found this puzzling display at his local Office Depot. On one side, the card says "Free Assembly On All Chairs In Stock," on the other side, the card claims that a "smart idea" would be to pay $8 to have your chair assembled. More »
—>While shopping at Office Depot recently, Dave snapped this shot of a sale on an 8-pack of washable markers. The regular price is $3, but knock off the INSTANT SAVINGS of $.01 and you're left with the absolutely smokin' deal of $2.99. More »
—>Stores usually offer discounts as an incentive to buy in bulk. Not the rebels at Office Depot! Penny-pinching thriftmongers can buy three boxes of paper at $32.99 each, but the true cash-wasters out there won't miss the chance to buy four or more boxes at $42.99 each. Take that, office managers! (Thanks to Andrea!) More »
—>Theoretically, if you buy more of something, you should pay less per item, or per unit. That's the entire point of buying things in bulk. Right? Not necessarily. To confuse the logical part of your brain this fine morning, here's a collection of instances where customers pay more when they buy more. More »
—>Who needs to lie about inventory when you can inflate the price directly? LAPTOP has uncovered more dirty secrets of Office Depot employees being dishonest to customers, this time by altering price tags on clearance items to incorporate the cost of an extended service plan. More »
—>Tipster Paul quips, "perhaps they should invest in a 'techonology' like spell check..." [Office Depot] More »
—>An anonymous Office Depot employee sent us this internal reminder from HQ that addresses this week's allegations that associates and managers lie about inventory depending on the customer. Now the next time you're told by an Office Depot associate that the laptop you want is out of stock, you can say, "Are you absolutely sure? Because I know you had a Sales Practices Reminder on March 12th about lying to customers." And if a manager tries to get all up in, uhm, your grill area, you can say, "Don't you have some tasks to go check off in your Task Manager?" More »
—>According to LAPTOP mag, Office Depot has implemented such a stringent sales quota program that the company has essentially broken the in-store laptop buying experience. If you don't buy accessories and extended service plans, many associates will tell you the laptop is out of stock. Of course, this doesn't happen at every Office Depot, but LAPTOP writes that they were surprised by the number of similar reports they received of it happening at multiple locations. More »
