I went back to the department store today where I saw the computer I wanted at the best price. Before going in, I went to a bookstore and got a couple of books on Windows Vista. Then off I went to choose a new printer and buy the computer.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE MY ONE IN STOCK EVEN IN THE WAREHOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could order it - when the warehouse got them back in, but not today, and it would be a week to 10 days at least.
So I went to Currys.Digital - part of the same group as PC World, for my non-UK readers, the people who tried to screw me over price and quality yesterday. They had the lower spec machine at the higher price, too, and would only take off £50. Plus they'd have to order it, too. What is more, the printer I'd selected was £40 more than in the department store.
So I bought the printer in the department store, and then zoomed off to another branch of PC World to try my luck at barter with a different manager.
Success - but in an unexpected way. They wouldn't reduce the lower spec model but found the better one - the one that I really wanted - in their business catalogue. So I became a business (they are usually quite good about teachers getting things at competitive prices in their stores). They still have to order it in, but reckon only a couple of days.
Now all I have to worry about is that when they asked for a company name, I gave them the name of my teaching agency. I actually have a company name from a tax-saving wheeze a couple of the teaching agencies use, but I didn't think of using it.
Should I tell the agency, or hope they never find out? To be fair, if I'd been employed by a school, I could have used their name legitimately, so I suppose it's all right. If not - next post will be from jail...
Well, as long as it doesn't hurt the teaching agency in anyway financially, or they don't receive some kind of tax notice from the government, you could just explain to them what happened and that you used their name in order to purchase the computer. Sort of a "heads up" thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it'll be fine. I mean, I use "Tahoma Beadworks" to mailorder at a couple of wholesale bead places, even tho' I don't have a tax ID # and I don't actually have a business.
so many hoops to jump through for something so simple.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found what you wanted,but what a palaver :-)
ReplyDeleteLet us know how you get on with it?? I'm determined that some time this year I will get myself one.
Eliza xxxxxx
A lot of work to buy a laptop, but enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteYou should be ok Val, but if not I know a good lawyer. Cheers Don
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