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Originally Posted by dangonay
Why buy one? Why not just have a few "loaners" that staff can take home for a couple days to try out?
It seems stupid to me that an employee should be spending their own money to learn about a product they sell for a company, just so they can make that company more money.
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Loss Prevention, for one ... No corporate LP department for any major retailer would ever sign off on that ... Also, every retailer has a return policy, so it's not as if you can't simply use it for a week or two and then return it.
It's pretty much expected at my store that employees should purchase any major launch product (I've purchased and returned the Playbook, Transformer, and iPad2; still undecided if I'll keep the TouchPad or not ... My last day is next Thursday, then onto Power Engineering for much more $$$) and return it after 1-4 weeks of use. That way we can gain actual knowledge of the product and we are able to help customers if they come in with questions instead of just redirecting them to a 1-800 number.