Report: Office Depot Employees Altering Computer Price Tags

We need ANOTHER government agency? Retail pricing and marketing is what it is! The "fact" that Office Depot may or may not charge a total of $530 for a computer with warranty - regardless of the way the end amount got where it is - would be totally in the retail stores realm of responsibility. You people that want the government to intervene in everything is just silly,if not a little assinine.

I was poking fun at the liberal's answer to everything.

There's nothing wrong with altering price tags. Service Stations do it all the time with gas. It's the american way. In business, if you're honest, you won't make any money. You have to scew people every which way. I'm bald, have a B-9 mole smack dab on my 4-head and am a multi-millionaire. I'm a proud american, especially since Bush done a pretty good job and left our economy is such great shape! I always vote for whoever will scratch my back, even if it ain't itchin'. I have athlete's foot on top my head and am not afraid to step up to the mic.

I totally agree. Plus the fact that none of the employees know anything about the business. I have gone in there to inquire about the sales brochures listing special prices on items and no one knows what I am talking about, although the sales brochure came out in the local paper that day. I have called to inquire about items and have been put on hold and then transfrerred six or seven times to six or seven people who still did not know the answer and then they totally hung up on me. I hate that store!

Oh that's nothing. When my parents household of 55 years was dispersed upon their death, the refrigerator they had when I was born in 1947 was still humming along in the garage. Warranty? Na, just good ol' workmanship and no marketing schemes back then. I find a 90 day warranty a sign of crossed fingers behind the manufacturer's back. If you want another example, I wonder how many of these companies (AIG comes to mind) can honestly enter 'goodwill' on the assest side of their books. Greed and dishonesty was learned where? Home? Getting an MBA? We need to get a grip. Consumerism has reached an all time low. So let's just lay low and count our money.

Are you serious?? I bought a laptop at Office Depot that was supposed to come with a $75 rebate and sent it off the same day as the $30 rebate that came directly from HP. HP honored their rebate, but all I got from Office Depot was a postcard telling me that they couldn't read my receipt and I needed to resubmit. How are they going to be able to read my photocopy of the receipt if they couldn't read the original? Needless to say, I never saw my $75. Dishonesty is standard practice at Office Depot. And, no, I don't work at a competitor, I'm a teacher.

Not True. I found Office Depot helpful until about 2 years ago. They changed. I just had my second run in of the year with them and reported them to the corporate office. I never received a reply much less an apology from them. I have bought 5 computers and thousands of dollars worth of additional products from them over the years. I will NEVER shop at Office Depot again.

Though I agree that you shouldn't take what these articles to heart because YES they push an agenda too. Many of these activists that pretend to look out for your own good are really doing whatever they can to enrichen themselves or their friends at the expense of others. I do believe that Office Depot has done some of these things but many other people do this in all walks of life. You can't really single out Office Depot.Do your own research and be informed.NEVER take the MEDIAS word for much of anything. They do not have your best interests at heart!!!

I don't know why the competition would try to ruin a company that is almost ruined by itself.

Stock went from all time high of $44.00 (two years ago) to just below $0.60 a week or so ago.

when are people going to wake up and realize that the rebates are never from the stores but an outside third party?

you are absolutely right. i could not have said it better myself. It sounds as though this company is desperate, and will soon follow circuit city.

Office Depot is the the culprit, not Home Depot.

shes a jimmy johnson fan, what do you expect?