Post #306131 by Tipsy McStagger on Sun, May 13, 2007 8:00 PM

On 2007-05-13 12:12, MakeDaMug wrote:

On 2007-05-12 15:21, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
if they are only selling 2 per customer, you better hope the person getting you a mug doesn't want both of them...or you're screwed....i don't think the "oh yeah, i need 2 more for a friend of mine out east" is gonna fly with bob and leroy, otherwise anyone can go in with the same line and get extra mugs to hawk on ebay, thus screwing more people out of getting one or two....whose idea was this anyway??

the rule should have been, for every $200 or so bucks you spend at O.A. either in store or via internet/phone sales you get a mug at a certain price...the more you spend, the more mugs you get to purchase...that should weed out the riff-raff.

Tipsy... not a good idea. What if you've got $50 to spend & you only want the mug. You're screwed. This "the rule should have been" is no bueno. Furthermore, by making people spend money just to get a mug is scandalous.

..true enough..but nobody is making anyone do anything...businesses use that tactic all the time.."spend"x" amount and get this special item at "x" cost "....there's nothing scandalous about it,it happens all the time but i understand your view...however, that doesn't address the other half of the dillema. how do you expect people to get mugs for others when there is a 2 mug limit mug per person?? that's what really seems scandalous here cause it opens the door for trickey and deceit...suppose someone goes in, buys their 2 mugs, goes outside and sends their wife in, she buys 2 mugs and then sends their son in a few minutes later and he gets 2 mugs.....now the guy has six mugs in one household...2 mugs to keep for himself (or however many he wants)and he can sell the rest on ebay to cover the cost of his mugs that he is keeping and then some.....this is not as far fetched a senario as it may seem and i suspect it will be happening often...now that is "no bueno"...there are 500 mugs available which means there are really only 250, if you figure one person can purchase 2 at a time..not alot to go around.

...help me out people!! am i being crazy here??