"Brent P" > wrote in message
...
> In article ws.net>, Ted
> B. wrote:
>
>> So I take it the employee discount was a joke before it was offered to
>> everybody? That is, if you were a GM employee and (for some odd reason)
>> wanted to buy a GM piece of crap, it was cheaper NOT to use the employee
>> discount? -Dave
>
> Once upon a time I worked at a large corporation that made consumer
> products. (not an automaker) There would be various employee discount
> programs from time to time. Each one was higher than the best street
> prices.
>
> I called it the employee surcharge program.
>
>

And in the case of the Employee Discount program, there is no dickering from
the price (so I've heard, anyway). So it's actually IS a worse deal than
before...for the customer. Genius for the marketing folks!