On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:01:45 +1100, Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com>
wrote:

>Or that the sales assistant wasn't capable of brokering.


No.
The way you describe the situation, they were offering a deal on a
phone as an incentive to buy or continue services with Bigpond and
Telstra landline.
They were not selling a phone.....they were selling a package.
Seems you wanted the phone deal without the package.
Assistant was not in a position to "broker"....."haggle" in effect.

Kinda like going into a shop and seeing a sign that says "Buy One-Get
One Free" and telling the bloke you only need the free one.

If I misunderstood, I apologise.
I am, certainly, not a shill for Telstra. I have posted my feelings
for that organization, recently.
Simply, I don't believe your approach was reasonable.

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