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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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I wanted to fail your post but out of respect to you, as I've bought/sold to you in the past, I'm not going to. However, as already mentioned, your suggestion is ridiculous.
It isn't mandatory for employees to purchase the Touch Pad. Those who wish to own one, will buy one and will get a great deal on it. The option is there for people who are interested in buying new gadgets and want to save money on them. If an employee wishes not to buy one, they simply don't have to.
Loaners wouldn't work at all. They company would end up losing money on them rather than making. It's not like working at a car dealership where they lease the car to an employee and then make it a demo model. They can't do that with these TouchPads. They would instantly lose so much money on them nationwide by making all these Touch Pad's demos. What if something happens to the TouchPad while in employee possession? Who's responsible for it? Who will bite the bill when it gets damaged or lost or stolen? It simply doesn't make sense. I don't know of any companies that provide "loaner" products to their employees so they can try them out. At least not with computers.
There are many different options that employees can use to learn about products. They can play with the demo, read reviews online, call the REP to ask questions...However, if you buy the product, you're more likely to push it towards customers, IF you are satisfied with it.
And obviously 1000's of Best Buy/Future Shop employees are NOT complaining about this promotion. If it was something they felt was a rip off, they wouldn't buy them. Yet at the same time, they're all sold out in stores and were sold out online at both Best Buy and Future Shop. Something must be working with these employee incentive, don't you think? I'm sure you would buy one with the promo if you had the chance...