Nexus 7 in GTA and Head Office Policy on Locating Stock over Christmas and a Le$$on
Today I was trying to find the "hot item" of the week. The Asus Galaxy Nexus 7 so I could bring my mother to get the " seniors discount" as I wasn't able to get a second one during the redemption weekend.
I called 1-800-Shoppers for help. I was informed that they are now keeping track of inventory for some items and they were very helpful and gave me inventory for a few stores in my area as of Dec 4th.
Now I consider that to be very helpful (good idea Shoppers, can we put that into the SDM app?) but I did run into a few problems.
A. Some stores didn't know what I was talking about...fair it IS a specialty item and a new item for SDM.
B. Some stores said they had none...until I informed them that Head Office just told me their inventory levels...Oh yes we have 4 ! (That's a bit "sketchy")
For those that are interested I was told the SDM (Don Mills and Lawrence area) should have 4 units and they did this afternoon at 3PM YMMV
As a brief aside a breakdown of 2 receipts and a lesson
Purchase Galaxy Nexues 7 During Bonus Redemption
269.99 Base price
.70 enviro fee
270.69 subtotal (why tax on tax is anyone's guess)
35.19 HST
210.00 Optimum Redemption
Total 95.88 Out of pocket
Purchased today with Seniors discount and regular redemption
269.99
.70 Enviro Fee
54.00 senior discount (should only be 50 though that's the max )
216.99 Subtotal
28.17 HST
-170.00 Redemption
74.86 Out of pocket ( and 12.20 in free stamps)
Lesson I am NOT going to stress about mega/bonus redemption if Seniors day offers this much value in the future!!! :)
