My old television has been making weird noises for some time and finally last weekend it broke down completely (or to be more precise was doing things which made me afraid to plug it into the mains), so I decided to buy a new TV.

I went into a Comet store and chose a suitable TV. The silver version was £50 cheaper than the black one, so I decided to browse to their website on my Nokia E90 and see if it was a mistake. Although it was the correct price, I noticed that on the website the black version was available at the same price as the store label for the silver one.

I asked one of the sales assistants if they could sell it to me at the web price, to which they said no as they don’t price match their own website. They said however I could order it on the website and pick it up in store, so I asked if that meant I could place the order on my mobile phone, and then go to the till to pick it up, to which she said “yes.. if you can do that..”

So I did.. well.. actually the Comet website’s “collect from store” option wouldn’t work on my E90 browser, so I excused myself, went to my car, took out my laptop and 3G card, went online, reserved it and went to the till showing them my laptop screen confirmation of the order. It did say it could take up to an hour to go through, but they found it in the system and promptly sold me a TV for £50 less than it was advertised at. Great rate for 10 minutes work

Some of the items on Comet have higher online discounts.. For example a large Sony 1080p HD LCD TV has a £280 discount.. I had to settle for a less expensive model

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