Centrecom salesman..
I went into Centrecom, to take a look at the Asus F3J- chassis.
Nobody seems to have the specific model I want (F3Jp), so I chose to take a look at the F3Jv that Centrecom did have in stock.
When I first got there, a couple was looking at the Asus range in the display cabinet (A6JA, and F3Jm).
Eventually, they left, and the salesman started to work on me.
He did several things wrong, his first was assuming I didn't know what I was talking about.
I was told I could have it for the bargin price of $2600, which was $99 cheaper than what they were selling it in the store for - their webprice is $2,553.10.
"$100 savings, and I'll throw in a free 512mb stick - how can you say no?"
"Simply", I thought, "its a) not the model I wanted, and b) not a good price anyway"
The next thing he did was lookup the screen resolution for me (the unit wasn't plugged in/turned on). Centrecom's page on this model is terrible, it has WSXGA and WXGA in different spots.
On the laptop, it had a sticker advertising WSXGA+, which is 1680×1050.
After discussing it, it turns out its actually WXGA, or 1280×800, but mr salesman assured me they were the same anyway.
Good thing I know my acronyms.
The last thing he did wrong was telling me the F3Jv is North American only, whereas another guy said behind him the F3Jm's aren't out yet (even though I was looking at one)
Good news is, I liked the F3J- layout, I'll just 'preorder' the F3JP for $1895 + $19.80 P&H.
I won't get it in-store, they had it down for just over $2000 ($2050? something like that) Edit: They have it advertised in store for $2079, which is $163.90 more (including P&H). Oh and that free 512mb USB stick? All notebooks at Centrecom (at least in store) have that this week.
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