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10 things NOT to say to a clerk on a busy day

By janihelle 393 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

Busy days in the retail industry seem to bring out the worst in people. To make it easier for the clerks, here is a short list of 10 things a customer should avoid saying/doing on a busy day. Feel free to add your own in the comments section.

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“We Don’t Do Refunds? Could’ve Told Me A Little Earlier…” « The Consumer Etiquette Guide

By janihelle 384 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

I’ve been working for the same store on and off for the last two years through a temp agency and I learn something new every day. Today’s lesson was that we don’t accept any refunds. Oh dear, this’ll be fun to explain to the customers.

We get a lot of refunds. Mostly it’s because the Chinese made crap broke in an instant. Ok, fine, we’ll a

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The Complaints Notebook « The Consumer Etiquette Guide

By janihelle 377 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

Ever wonder what the cashiers at supermarkets do when they have nothing to do at the checkout counter? When they can’t leave their post? Twiddle their thumbs? Play Sudoku? Doodle? Take a nap?

Pretty much all of the above apply, except for the taking a nap, cuz that would be a bad idea. Oh the countless times I’ve longed to take a nap at wo

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Users 1 vs Facebook 0 | TeqEdge Blog

By shamim316 366 days ago from http://blog.teqedge.com

Highly popular social networking site Facebook has bowed to consumer pressure and removed most of the controversial aspects from its Beacon program. For those of you who do not know Beacon, it is a new information sharing functionality that Facebook recently released. This new program shared users’ online buying habits with other sites which

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Debtors to Be Squeezed Like Ripe Apples in 2008

By steverhode 335 days ago from http://creditdebtlife.com

It is again that time of the year when everyone seems to look forward into the crystal ball and make predictions abut what the new year will bring. Not to be left out, here is what I see in the crystal globe to come for consumers and their debt.

Sadly the outlook is not rosy at all. Following the August fundamental shifts in the underlying

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Tags: debt credit card credit card company bank loans lender consumer


Temporary Workers Explained « The Consumer Etiquette Guide

By janihelle 384 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

Ever get the feeling that the clerk that served you didn’t seem like they really knew what they were doing? Maybe they’re new, you though to yourself. Maybe. Or maybe that clerk was a temporary worker.

Temporary workers (or temps, or extras) are pretty much everywhere nowadays. Due to the trend of cutting costs, all the while ensuring that

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The Business of Catalogues: Fact vs Fiction « The Consumer Etiquette Guide

By janihelle 380 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

Every so often a catalogue of varying thickness drops into your mailbox from a particular store.
Most people glance at it and throw it away.
Some scour through it for those (relatively useless) coupons.
Some make up their shopping lists from those catalogues.
Some treat them as their shopping bible.
Some just thr

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Tags: catalogues discounts coupons facts fiction consumer etiquette customers sales


What Is Your Major Malfunction, Visa Electron!? « The Consumer Etiquette Guide

By janihelle 338 days ago from http://consumers.wordpress.com

Whoever invented and made Visa Electron a reality should be tarred, feathered, strapped to the end of a bullet-train with a bungee cord and sent away for eternity.

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Diets Are OUT….This Is Now IN!

By pmonchet 323 days ago from http://www.fatherlyours.com

Good news! If you have ditched the whole idea of a diet, you’re living on the cutting edge of a hot new trend: Bag the diet and instead focus on making a lifestyle change to eat healthier.

That’s the word from the consumer market research firm NPD Group Inc., which tracks what Americans eat. In a poll of 26,000 adults, 29 percent

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