Just now I had an experience that REALLY exemplifies why I love shopping with Amazon instead of B&M stores.
I wanted to get Owen a Magnadoodle toy for our upcoming road trip. I checked Amazon, and it was $17.24, but my price comparison add-on told me that Toys’R’Us had it for $9.99. Cool. I checked the site and it said they carried it in the store. Well, for an $8 savings, I was willing to go to the store. I also had a 20% coupon.
Except that I couldn’t find the coupon, so I googled and found a 15% and printed it. I get to the store and there’s almost no parking (I got the last regular spot). I look high and low for these things and finally find a small section…that didn’t have what I was looking for. So I got out my phone and searched for it and NOTHING came up. WHAT? I just saw it an hour before at home. I was just about to give up or find someone to ask when I finally found them on an end cap. And it was NOT $9.99. It was $11.99. But at the time, I honestly couldn’t remember what price it was supposed to be, and I couldn’t find it online to compare. Ugh.
So I get to the check out and my coupon…was expired. I hadn’t looked close enough at the dates. My fault totally but just another annoying addition to the day.
THIRTY FOUR MINUTES. That’s how long I was in the store, not counting the drive there and back. And I get home and check the website to see the item WAS $9.99. >:-[
I honestly would have rather paid a few bucks with the simple click of my finger than deal with the annoyance factors in the real world.