i'm relatively set in the electronics department, although of course i'd love to upgrade to an iphone, a macbook air or a 42" HD LCD TV. but the way things are going financially right now, there's no need for me to be superfluous.
the only gadget i could have possibly needed was a new GPS system, as my garmin c330 was outdated as hell and wouldn't mount nicely in my car anywhere. wal-mart happened to have the magellan roadmate 1412 as one of their black friday 5-11am specials for $149 [normally $199]. the only problem is, i don't like the magellan software. pain in the arse.
i'd been eyeing the garmin nuvi [255w] for a while, but wal-mart didn't have those on sale, naturally. what's a girl to do?i'll give you the play-by-play.
-bought the 1412 at walmart for $150 [at 11:30 son, no 5:00 for me]. paid cash, so i didn't leave a paper trail. they were in such a rush to get the customers outta the electronics dept., they didn't ask for any info. actually i'm not sure if wal-mart ever does anyway.
-checked the sales at office depot. 1412 going for $199 [womp womp.] nuvi also going for $199. can you guess what i did next?
-came back to office depot a few hours later with my unopened 1412. told'em i had got the system as a gift [which is partially true - i bought it with gift money], but it wasn't the one i wanted [which is also true]. i didn't have the receipt for it [which is true - i didn't have a receipt from office depot] so could i please do an exchange for the one i wanted?
-boom boom bap. would you grab the item off the shelf for the exchange? let me just scan them both. okay sign here please? cash register reads: $0.00. now that's what i like to see.
hustle harder, homie.
rewface does not condone cheating the system habitually. once in a while though, if you catch'em slipping... ;]
