Tony Cooper
When I bought my iPad, no one at the Apple store tried to tell me that an $89 tablet would be a better buy for my needs. I would not expect them to, and I would not want them to.

Sandman
That's only because the Apple Store is not a reseller of tablets,

Tony Cooper
Oh, then, your defense of nospam's contention is that a store will only tell you need something less expensive because they don't think you need the expensive item *if* they also carry less expensive items?

nospam
why would a store tell you you need something they don't sell? then you will go buy somewhere else.

PeterN
Because the store manager is looking for along term relationship?

While I was still in college I was interviewed for a sales position. The interviewer asked me to sell him a pencil. I answered "not if you don't need one. I was offered the job, on the spot.