How do you save yourself from getting fooled?

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Hi,

As the topic suggests,how do you save yourself from getting fooled by the computer shop's sales person tricks,frauds etc

Like.............

1. Fooling you about the price i.e asking for extra money then the actual price of the product.

2. Fooling you and giving you a brand thats a complete flop and failure

3. Giving you completely outdated model

4. Selling you a cheap local product that nobody cares...etc

Please share your experience,strategies,Advices etc

Thank you.

J

There is only one answer to this.

Do your own research before you go to buy.

Regarding prices,one can write down the prices from various online sites(flipkart for example) and take it with them. Always visit more than one shop and ask around for the prices.And if unsure about a product or if the sales guy is trying to sell a new product,come back and read up on it(or just go online from your phone/cyber cafe and research a bit). It won't go to waste. If unsure/not confident take someone experienced with you who is more aware about current technological advances.

So only two things:- Research and awareness.

And a tip:- Do not listen to the sales guy blindly. Remember,he is a sales guy. His primary concern is sales and profit. He won't be concerned with educating you(that is if he is not ignorant in the first place)

1053walk3r said:
Hi,

As the topic suggests,how do you save yourself from getting fooled by the computer shop's sales person tricks,frauds etc

Like.............

1. Fooling you about the price i.e asking for extra money then the actual price of the product.

2. Fooling you and giving you a brand thats a complete flop and failure

3. Giving you completely outdated model

4. Selling you a cheap local product that nobody cares...etc

Please share your experience,strategies,Advices etc

Thank you.

1. Flipkart, ebay, smcinternational, primeabgb, mdcomputers.in etc etc.

2/3/4. Post for help here.

F

nice initiative

Post queries here, before going out and buying.

I can tell you for a small fee.

^^no, you didn't.

B

I've read the book 'You Can Read Anyone: Never Be Fooled, Lied To, ot Taken Advantage of Again' by David J. Lieberman. It helped me so much

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They can fool by increased prices too, no?

Nipun said:
They can fool by increased prices too, no?

Yeah.But i thought he meant people putting less prices and asking more later

1. Research

2. Research

3. Research

4. Research

The shopkeeper gets pissed when they realize you've done your Homework. I wanted to buy an i5 760 and 2 TB HDD , he told my mother "why are you buying such PC ? Only scientists use so high end machine. Buy Dell PC , with LCD Monitor."

Also , i got the CX400 model after 2 days of wait. The Shopkeeper wanted to sell me the CX430 "Newer and Better model" he saoid/ but i kept insisting i will take the CX400.

^^ Same thing happened to me one & half years ago. Shopkeepers were trying to sell me Pentiun Dual Core with DDR2 RAM & nvidia 9500

Arsenal_Gunners said:
I can tell you for a small fee.

Make sure you file your service tax.

M

mitraark said:
The shopkeeper gets pissed when they realize you've done your Homework. I wanted to buy an i5 760 and 2 TB HDD , he told my mother "why are you buying such PC ? Only scientists use so high end machine. Buy Dell PC , with LCD Monitor."