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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 3262882" data-attributes="member: 22622"><p>I almost hate to say it, but it wouldn't have surprised me if race (or at least income) played a factor. </p><p></p><p>Most of you guys know, I"m a black man with fairly long dreadlocks, when i went there, i was in the midst of my bronchitus, i was wearing baggy pants a heavy sweatshirt, my hair was wild as i had just gotten up. </p><p></p><p>Now, yesterday, I went to a different store, different results. The store i bought it is in a racially tense area between middle eastern-american, european american and african american races. Instead, I put on a suit and tie as if heading to work, knotted my dreads in the way i wear them for a power meeting and went to a store in a more racially blind area on the border of an affluent part of Detroit and a suburb. I explained to the tech person that i didnt get a cd and the wrong card was included in the box, telling him the truth. Ididnt need to speak to any manager, or 4 other managers or the manufacture. He immediately apologized, and exchanged it for the 1950xt within 10 minutes. </p><p></p><p>What made me do this, the fact that I saw myself giving up and even when i gave up, the 1600 that was in the box (which i'm not 100 percent sure was a reboxed item that best buy tried to put off on me) crashed my system. Also, simplicity's response just stuck with me. I remembered seeing all these other customers returning items with no hassles, and thinking "i wonder if... . </p><p></p><p>Maybe it was racism, maybe prejudice based on income or maybe it was just because it was a different store. As of last night 11 p.m., i'm just happy i got the video card i paid for at the price i scouted it for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 3262882, member: 22622"] I almost hate to say it, but it wouldn't have surprised me if race (or at least income) played a factor. Most of you guys know, I"m a black man with fairly long dreadlocks, when i went there, i was in the midst of my bronchitus, i was wearing baggy pants a heavy sweatshirt, my hair was wild as i had just gotten up. Now, yesterday, I went to a different store, different results. The store i bought it is in a racially tense area between middle eastern-american, european american and african american races. Instead, I put on a suit and tie as if heading to work, knotted my dreads in the way i wear them for a power meeting and went to a store in a more racially blind area on the border of an affluent part of Detroit and a suburb. I explained to the tech person that i didnt get a cd and the wrong card was included in the box, telling him the truth. Ididnt need to speak to any manager, or 4 other managers or the manufacture. He immediately apologized, and exchanged it for the 1950xt within 10 minutes. What made me do this, the fact that I saw myself giving up and even when i gave up, the 1600 that was in the box (which i'm not 100 percent sure was a reboxed item that best buy tried to put off on me) crashed my system. Also, simplicity's response just stuck with me. I remembered seeing all these other customers returning items with no hassles, and thinking "i wonder if... . Maybe it was racism, maybe prejudice based on income or maybe it was just because it was a different store. As of last night 11 p.m., i'm just happy i got the video card i paid for at the price i scouted it for. [/QUOTE]
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