Kelly just bought a plastic Baby Bjorn potty seat at Babies R Us. When the cashier rang it up, the system told her to ask Kelly if she’d like to pay another 30% of the purchase price for a service plan.
Kelly writes, “It’s molded plastic that cost me less than $20 and they wanted another $5.99 to protect it. I think you can see from the picture why this was so silly.”
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If they are going to come empty and clean it then buy the extended service plan… WooooHooooo no more potty cleanup!
@GreatWhiteNorth: Oh heck yeah, for $5.99 that’d be an awesome service!
@GreatWhiteNorth: I would have asked the checkout clerk this, just to see the shocked look on her face.
@HurtsSoGood: “Hey this potty won’t work anymore…it’s full.”
I was at radio shack and they asked me if I wanted to buy the 1 year or 2 year plan on a $18 flash card reader… I said no.
@JRules: You just wait–you’ll regret it!!!!! (shakes finger)
Some kids crap bullets.
This happened to me at Toys R Us last week! I was buying a Fisher Price Little People set and the cashier asked if I wanted to purchase a $2.99 replacement policy.
After I laughed (and said, “No thank you,” she apologized and said they HAVE to ask for every purchase.
@TBGBoodler: That’s a shame they make the cashiers do that. It’s bad enough to have to deal with difficult customers even if you’re competent at your job. It’s certainly more difficult to do so when your boss requires you to make inane and ridiculous upsells.
@TBGBoodler: My favorite Toys ‘R’ Us “did you really have to ask that” question was when I was buying a box of pull-ups sized for a 2-year-old and the cashier asked me if I got the item off a baby shower registry.
@ophmarketing: Ha. I bought a 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew at Babies R Us – it was the only thing I bought – and the cashier asked me if it was from a baby registry. Really.
@TBGBoodler: Holy crap. I had to check if I wrote this. I had the same experience with the same product at Toys-R-Us last Friday.
“Hello, I need to get my potty replaced… yeah, un-huh… No there is shit all over it. Hello?”
Many potty seats include electronics and movable parts and are $30-40, which is why they offer the warranty. It covers “potty seats,” not “potty seats with the exclusion of the Baby Bjorn seat.”
Yes, it’s a little silly, but the register doesn’t know the difference and the cashier must ask.
@jaya9581:
The cash register knows everything about the product that they put in the database.
@Grabraham:
Depends what type of POS they use – it might just know the price of the PLU or UPC.
@wrjohnston91283: seems to know enough not to prompt the cashier to ask about service plans on candy
You know Babies R Us, they always aim to please.
@zandar: And they ask that your little one would aim too, please.
I don’t know about you, but I know I’ve destroyed more than a few toilet seats in my day. Of course, I’m a grown man, but I’ve seen some pretty explosive diarrhea in my kids, too. Does the extended warranty cover skidmarks?
Yes, yes, it does. And while we’re at it, make sure the pull-ups are reusable and green. Before they become brown.
Perhaps you’d like the in-home calibration?
Take the warranty, bring it back a few days later and tell them the power cord fell off.
@vladthepaler:
Oh yea, baby.
I have that same one, the same color even! I have had it for about three years, and I can assure the OP that it has held up just fine. Good call on turning down the warranty.
(hee)
just wait for the day they ask you for a extended service plan on a candy bar.
Toys R Us asks the same thing of my children’s purchases.
Sure extended warranty on a box of cheap army toy soldiers…
@econobiker: It would be fun to buy it just so you can take them back and say, “They all died!”
Hmmm … getting the extended warranty clearly depends on how often Kelly is planning on pooping in it.
Whats funny is I was terrified of having to clean out our sons potty. But he never used it except to pee. I think the recording that played everytime he touched it scared him. Oh well potty training was faster!
Employee: Hello Sir/Madame, How can I help you today? I see from your receipt that you have a Toilet Extended Warranty with us, what appears to be the problem?
Customer: I’d like you to take this back, it didn’t work the last time we used it.
Employee: Please leave it in the garbage bag, I’ll take your word for it.
@admiral_stabbin:
Yeah, you’d just be whizzing money away.
@admiral_stabbin: might as well flush that $6 down the shitter
@admiral_stabbin: Everybody knows that extended warranties are crap.
@admiral_stabbin:
I’m not going to stand for this.
@pecan 3.14159265: Is there a lemonade clause?
@pecan 3.14159265: I bought a book and a sweater on Overstock yesterday and was asked for both if I wanted to purchase the extended warranty. My brother is rough on clothes but not that rough.
@pecan 3.14159265: I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if there is a good number of people who would finance $49 to get something right now they otherwise couldn’t afford.
@SatisfriedCrustomer: Thats my favorite.