best case scenario: (US)
- Welcome to our shop, sir. Please, how can I help you?
- Hi, I would like to purchase brand new Sony PS3 console, please.
- No problem, just tell me what colour would you like it?
- Default would be just fine, please.
- Ok, that would be 399$ dollars, sir. But, may I ask do you wish an extra hd drive? You see, that's almost 'a must have' feature these days, you know... just 99$ extra.
- Riiight, give me that, too.
- Done, sir, but what screen you plan to connect it on? This hardware is pretty powerfull thing to use your old style low-res basic tv set, you know. The filling is not...
- Well, how much is that? I mean, what should I buy - lcd or plasma?
- Well, that is really up to your taste, but personally, I would go for plasma now, that's just additional 799$, pretty cheap if you ask me...
- Ok, pack all that stuff and I'll pay it
in cash.
- Thank you, sir, come again.
worst-case scenario (Serbia)
- Dobar dan, izvolite?
- Dobar dan, da li imate novi Sony PS3? Pošto je?
- Da, imamo (znate, mi smo ekskluzivni zastupnici bla, bla) i cena je 399 €.
- Ok, dajte mi jedan model, ako imate u crnoj boji.
- Naravno da imamo, a da li možda želite verziju sa hard-diskom?
- Pa, mogao bih, a koliko ona košta?
- Ta verzija je nešto skuplja, ona košta 499€, ali možete da...
- Da, da, sve mi je jasno. Pa ništa, dajte mi ipak tu.
- A da li Vas možda interesuju novi hdtv paneli? Imamo ih po zaista povoljnim cenama, na 36 rata, samo 1200€ Sony...
- Pa, iiiinteresuuuju me, a koliko bi sve to izašlo na kredit (ako može na 100 godina...) molim vas pogledajte...
- Za sada dajemo kredite na 3 godine (sa 20% učešća, zbog javne potrošnje, ovaj, znate...), a rata bi iznosila 75€ što mi smatramo veoma povoljnim (u sebi: bolje nećeš ni naći).
- Uf, pa dooobro, dajte mi to sve. Ne žalim novac da se dobro zabavim i na trenutke zaboravim na stvarnost...
- Gospodine, a da li biste i neku igricu pride? Svega 59€ komad...
- Aaa? Ovaj, pa ne bih sad, da ne bude malo mnogo...