https://www.hudson2001.com/blogs/index.php/store/
An Amazon store, that is—linked above or next to the other blogs (at the end) labeled Store. It’s all of the products we really like or use all the time…from diaper pail refills to Crocs to cookbooks. So, please please use the links, as it puts a few bucks back in our pockets! 🙂
So there’s a toddler slide we want and it’s cheaper there than Amazon, plus I have a gift certificate, plus there’s a current B1G1 sale on toys of that brand.
Except NO local stores have it in stock so I try to buy online, where—bonus—shipping is free over $100 (up to $20 credit). Okay, fine.
So, they’re not on any rewards sites (like ebates) which is a bummer, but still nothing to kill the deal.
So, even though the B1G1 is limited to “products up to $50” you’d think if I bought something for $90, I could get the $50 (or less) item free, right? No.
Okay, so I think I’ll just buy the two items—totaling $110—to get the free shipping. Except somehow shipping is $42, which I assume is due to the large slide, except the slide page shows NO info regarding “additional shipping costs” that I can see—and in fact even has the “ships free with $100” logo on it. So free shipping really still costs me $20. Um, NO.
Screw it. This is why I buy from Amazon and pay a bit of a premium.
We recently bought five gallons of paint because they were offering a $5/gallon rebate—so Tom went and SPECIFICALLY asked for the “paint with the rebate.”
Fast forward 20 minutes when Tom came back to pick up the paint…and the Paint Guy had mixed a FIVE GALLON BUCKET instead of the five individual gallons we had expected. Tom asked about the rebate, and Paint Guy said it would still work for the rebate.
I looked up the terms and was pretty sure it wouldn’t (it very clearly said per ONE gallon) but we asked customer service anyway. Nope, no good.
So they ended up just crediting our account the $25.
Way to go, Lowe’s. :up:
One of the games Tom plays with Owen is “Which way?” Tom will hold Owen, ask Which way?, and Owen will point and Tom will trot off in that direction. It’s totally adorable, and he’s getting more familiar with it—you can just be holding him now and not say anything and he points!
So we were at Costco tonight and he was tired of sitting in the cart, so we let him walk around a bit, then sat him on the hand truck on top of the big boxes we had…and he LOVED it! This is him telling us “which way” he wanted to go!
About three weeks ago I bought a ceramic flat iron when Amazon was offering it for a great deal. I didn’t really need it—nor did I need to spend the $50 on it—but I did, thinking I could likely resell it (or worst case, actually use it when mine dies since it’s a better one). I listed it on Amazon for $149.99 (it supposedly retails for $249)—and it sold within a few hours!! After Amazon fees and the original cost, I made $80. I knew I should have bought a handful of them! :up:
I had a baby/toddler toy that is kinda big that I wanted to get rid of. Owen still liked it and played with it, but we’re trying to downsize (and he has enough other toys). Checking Amazon, they are apparently no longer available (though a newer, different model is) but there were two sellers: one for $100 and one for $300 (88|) so I figured What the hell? and listed mine at $99.99, fully expecting it to just sit there. I also listed it on Craigslist for much less since I wouldn’t have to worry about shipping—because Amazon doesn’t give you a fair price for shipping costs. But, I figured, even with the fees and S/H, I’d still make a fair amount.
So imagine my surprise when it sells…a day later! 88| YAY! But then I had to pack and ship this huge 14x18x18 thing! It has its own box but needed a shipping box, which of course we didn’t have, so I had to cobble together two boxes (which ended up to be 18x18x24) and use about a roll of tape. Fortunately, shipping only ended up to be like $5 more (instead of the $15 more I was thinking) and the tape was free (leftover from our military move)…so long story short, I paid $30 for it at Target a year ago and will have made, after fees and charges, $50! :up:
Who says I’m not working and making money? :b
https://www.plumdistrict.com/?ref=ub74d7667d83
I posted about Frecklebox way back on April 16, 2010 so I was thrilled when I saw them as today’s deal at Plum District!! I plan on ordering Owen a lunchbox to keep all his cars in when traveling!
I’m all about customer service during an ebay auction, but really? You want ME to tell you the differences between MY item and some random one on QVC?! :??:
I am comparing your butler tote to the one that is being advertized on QVC. Granted, yours is larger, but it is also more expensive to ship. I have never seen the “Nelle” organizer tote. I am considering bidding on this. What is the difference? I prefer zip top as opposed to a magnetic clasp.
I did check QVC, and there were three bags, so I was apparently ALSO supposed to be a mindreader. My response:
I’m not sure what bag you were looking at at QVC (they have three Butler Bags currently). Mine does have a magnetic closure, but it works quite well. Unfortunately, it is more expensive for me to ship a purse since I’m not a huge corporation that gets a discount on shipping. Since the auction has ended, let me know if you are interested, and I will list it again. Thank you for looking at my auction!
What do you bet I don’t hear anything back?
A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates.
YOU MAY ONLY VISIT THIS STORE ONCE!
There are six floors and the value of the products
increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The
shopper may choose any item from a particular
floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but
you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1
These men Have Jobs
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2
These men Have Jobs and Love Kids
“That’s nice, she thinks, “But I want more.” So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3
These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking
“Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4
These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework
“Oh, mercy me!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!” Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5
These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 6
You are visitor #31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at The Husband Store.
PLEASE NOTE:
To avoid gender bias charges, the store’s owner opened a New Wives Store just across the street.
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex, have their own money, and like beer.
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors have never been visited.
Will you be one of the lucky ones to get a gorgeous Shutterfly card this year? 🙂 I love Shutterfly and spend WAY too much money there every year…so I’m only ordering the five free cards they offered!!
So far, I really like the laptop…except that the ‘chiclet’ keyboard is THE worst keyboard I’ve EVER used. :## I am normally a pretty quick and accurate typist (I think the last time I tested it was about 85wpm) and I would honestly say that I LOVE TYPING. However, with this absolutely craptastic keyboard, I find I am HATING typing. Yes, HATING. Plain and simple, the keyboard skips letters if you don’t hit the key JUST right (a full-on dead-center firm press). :down:
But, on the positive side…Costco’s deals came out this month and the laptop was offered for $100 cheaper! So I took in my receipt and got credited $100! If you add that to the $50 cash card and the $50 credit card credit I already got, that means I got $200 off this laptop! :up:
I can live with that.
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.
So Tom was unable to fix my original Dell (he tried, but the problem must have been something other than what we thought) and I was trying to decide if I wanted to live with the less-than-perfect Toshiba or pay a little more to get exactly what I wanted. I decided I had to “shit or get off the pot” as they say, so I decided I was returning the Toshiba and ordering the more expensive Asus from Amazon. So back to Costco we went.
While we were there, we looked at the laptops again…just because…and they had a 14″ HP with pretty much the exact specs I wanted, for cheaper than the Asus at Amazon. With the advantage being that we were buying it from Costco so—IN THE EVENT I HATED IT FOR SOME REASON—I could return it. (And no, that laptop hadn’t been there before. Had it, I would have gotten it to start with.)
And for the grand topper? Not only did Costco refund me $50, they still also sent the $50 cash card…so my more expensive laptop ended up the same price as all the other laptops I tried [and returned].
So, when I last talked to Costco.com (10/6), they said I would hear from someone within 1-2 days about my issues. Yeah, I got an email and voice mail from them today. Apologizing up the wazoo about taking so long and all the problem I’ve had… The voice mail asked for clarification on some things, so I sat in the parking lot of Kroger and sent a response from my phone. Among other things, I said I did not want a third laptop UNLESS (and only unless) they could give me a big discount on it.
We’ll see what happens.
A few hours later…
Oh. My. Gawd.
The rep replied and said she didn’t see anything in my account about a return for the laptop and asked if I wanted her to initiate a return. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. >:XX
Needless to say I kind of went off on her, though somewhat nicely:
I have to say I am completely gobsmacked that there is no return in process. I made it VERY clear to the rep I spoke with on 10/6 (I think it was Evelyn if that helps) that I was returning the second laptop and she assured me she would initiate a return via UPS label and I would receive it via email in 3-5 business days. This comes after the FIRST rep I talked to (during the initial Concierge/Costco.com phone calls weeks ago) said I’d receive a return label…and about 9 days later I hadn’t received it (OR the replacement laptop), so contacted Costo.com via the website asking about my return/replacement status, and they informed me the return hadn’t been processed (at that point). I received the UPS email the very next day. So long story short, YES, please start the return process.
Then I told them there must be something wrong with their returns system, as TWO SEPARATE REPS said they initiated a return, and both apparently failed.
THEN I asked directly about receiving a credit since she didn’t bring it up.
I love Costco, but this is RIDICULOUS.
Why is it that, when I decide I want reubens, I always forget ONE ingredient?
Yes, I always remember the corned beef, but sometimes it’s the sauerkraut, sometimes the cheese, sometimes the Thousand Island…and today? The bread. And I even prided myself at the store for remembering the cheese/sauerkraut/dressing! But bread didn’t even enter my mind, even as I was thinking about the delicious-smelling bread they were putting in cases.
:**:
So I got the replacement laptop today…and…IT’S THE SAME >:XX ONE.
Costco seems to think they can get it right on the third time, as the lady is sending the issue to “order resolution”—whatever. I told her I had no desire to get a third laptop, and she was all “Well why am I emailing them then?” And I told her so they could figure out why their Dell outlet keeps shipping foreign laptops that don’t match the specs to customers. She didn’t get it. I told her I’ve been without a laptop for three weeks now, and cannot wait another week for this to be resolved and then another week to get a replacement laptop. She didn’t get it.
So I’m letting them do whatever they need to do and I will be laptop shopping elsewhere. I assume I will have to send back a third laptop…
At least now I can send back the second laptop masquerading as the first, so I can at least continue to use the laptop I already have set up with wireless, some programs, etc.
Ready for another electronics rant?
Got the new Dell laptop delivered last night. Got it up and running. All was well. Until I realized that the hard drive space was wonky—it should have had 500GB but only appeared to have 300 or so. I posted in one of my tech forums about missing space, and come to find out, nope—it IS only a 300GB drive.
AND…
Apparently, it was purchased outside of the United States. Because when I tried to connect to Dell chat with my Dell service tag, it TOLD me I couldn’t chat because I didn’t purchase the laptop in the country.
Wait.
What? :??:
Yeah, I know. :##
So I called Costco Concierge Tech Support and I am sure the guy thought I was a moron because I couldn’t find the serial number. He even had me take out the battery–nothing. I told him most of the writing was Chinese characters. I even checked the shipping box—it came from a Dell Outlet in Tennessee. The guy was flummoxed.
Well, 40 minutes later, after conferring with his manger and a three-way conference call with Costco.com, they are sending me a replacement laptop and a pre-paid sticker to return this one. They have NO idea what happened, but are confident it won’t happen again.
I. Can’t. Wait. 🙄
I mean, I only wasted about 3-4 hours already getting this one back up to speed with uninstalls, downloads, installs, backup recoveries, personalizations, etc. And now I get to DO IT ALL AGAIN in another week and a half. Oh yes, that’s right—they can’t expedite the order AT ALL since it still goes through Tennessee. They assured me my order will go in front of the new orders, though. Big whoop.
I do give credit to the Concierge support and Costco.com people, though—they were very nice and patient and they weren’t the problem at all. My rant is about the whole thing in general… First a Dell that came down with some strange condition (which we honestly haven’t yet checked out), then bought and returned a shitty HP, then ordered and waited 1.5 weeks for this Dell…and it turns out to be wonky, and now I have to wait just as long for the replacement.
I can use this one for the 3-5 days until the return label gets here, and I may stretch it out even longer so I have a working laptop…
But, really? Could I have any worse luck with electronics?
We just moved him into size 6 diapers. At 19 months. The 5s were just leaking way too much. We thought we’d at least use the Size 5 overnights for during the day—except he completely soaked through it and his pants in 2.5 hours. 😮
And I bought some clearance PJs today at Target—size 3T, thinking I was planning ahead—except I looked at the weight range listed on them: 32-35#! So they should fit him now! 😮
You all know how much I love Amazon, but here is one reason why Amazon really rocks.
I bought a hard drive recently that came with a $20 mail-in rebate. I sent it in and was denied because the dates were invalid. Huh, what? I pulled out all my info and yep, I bought the hard drive ONE DAY before the rebate started. >:XX But Amazon had the rebate on the item page when I bought it, so I really never thought about reading the rebate terms that closely.
So I emailed Amazon, explained what happened, and said I was upset that they promoted the rebate before it was valid, and asked what they could do. Within hours they apologized and credited my account.
YAY AMAZON!
Kmart. Need I say more?
Yes, I know I am spoiled with Amazon Prime and their two-day shipping, but seriously. We are going on THREE weeks since I ordered, and I still don’t have my items. When I ordered, I expected to have the items within a week (that’s what their estimator told me). It took FIVE days just to get a shipping notice. And then I waited. And waited. And checked tracking. And checked tracking. As of today, the package is still in INDIANA. We’re leaving for a week, so will be a PITA to receive now (haven’t been able to ask a neighbor to check mail yet).
So I call to see if I can get a discount on my order or s/h charges reversed. The lady first asks me what store I ordered from. Huh? I ordered online. “Yeah, but what store?” WHAT? ONLINE I say again. Then she argues with me that my order number is incorrect. Apparently, the order number in my email was NOT the actual order number. |-| Due to them being Sears/Kmart things are screwy, I guess. The email said “Thank you for ordering from Sears” and then later it said “Item provided by Kmart.” WTF?
So the CSR finally finds my order by phone number and I tell her my story and looks it up and says “It will be there tomorrow” with a finality that she’s done her part. Okay, that’s NOT what I asked for at all. I can follow tracking as good as you can. So I tell her that it’s ridiculous that I’ve had to wait this long, yada yada yada (staying nice) and she tells me she’s sorry, but it will be there tomorrow. I ask to talk to a manager.
I wait on hold for FIFTEEN minutes and go through the entire thing again with him. HE tells me it will be there tomorrow. You’re kidding me with this, right? He goes on to tell me that it was out of stock at the warehouse so they had to outsource it to [somewhere, another store maybe?] so that’s why it was taking longer. Okay, I said, so why wasn’t I made aware of that? Well, he says, they’re working on a new system to better streamline this sort of thing. OH, WHATEVER. So it comes down to what I am asking, and he doesn’t even say “We’ll refund your shipping” or anything. I HAD TO ASK FOR IT. Then you can hear in his voice like he’s really not happy about it…but he will refund the shipping.
Lord have mercy.
I will never shop at Kmart online again. I only did it because I didn’t want to go to two stores to get what I needed (I called, and each store had one and I needed two) so I thought it would be worth the $7. Ha. HA HA.
Someone had a taste of their first Oreo today, thanks to Grandpa Mike and a free sample table at Costco! Gee, he liked it…can you imagine? 🙂
I have fed the boy breakfast and lunch.
I have made hard-boiled eggs.
I have watered the herbs.
I have baked potatoes for a new potato salad recipe.
I am frying bacon for that same recipe, plus for our BLT pizza tonight.
I have gone grocery shopping.
I have (well, we have) been to the farmer’s market.
I have filled Owen’s pool and splashed with him.
I have pretty much burnt the last batch of bacon. >:XX
I am done. DONE! My back is killing me. Tomorrow will honestly be a day of rest (or so I hope).
>:XX
I am SO pissed right now. Mostly at myself for not reading closely, but also at the store. This week’s store ad had a deal: $3 back for every $15 spent on certain Huggies products. AWESOME! I had coupons for EVERYTHING (diapers, wipes, swim diapers, pull ups, etc.) so thought this would be a good time to stock up. So I spent probably 15 minutes or more in the section making sure I had all the right stuff for coupons and making sure I had just enough product (dollarwise) to get the most money back from the $3 deal. I had like $75 worth of products, which meant $15 credit. Plus my about $15 in coupons meant I was getting a really good deal.
So I check out and give the baggers directions (as usual) and am heading towards the car looking at my receipt and first thing I see is I didn’t get credit for my four bags. It’s only 20c, but it happens WAY more often than not, and it’s just really irritating. Then I notice that I only got $3 credit for my Huggies purchases. |-| So I pull out the ad—and yep, in teeny tiny print it says “One credit per transaction.” Stupid store being tricky…they rarely have limits like this.
>:XX
Of course, I could return it all, but then there would be confusion with the coupons I used which I wouldn’t get back (or would have to stand there and fight with them for longer that it would be worth). And it would have been REALLY easy (had I gotten it right and paid attention) to ring up one box of diapers with a coupon, then another box of diapers with a coupon, etc. UGH.
>:XX
It’s only $12…but IT’S $12! And I only bought all that shit because of the deal (plus my coupons). I really don’t need 300 diapers at the moment. Or six containers of wipes that I really only buy for the plastic container, since we get our wipes from Costco.
>:XX
So I’m fuming at myself the entire way home, get home, unload the car, and >:XX why does not one >:XX bagger EVER know how to bag groceries? I told them to put all the light but big stuff (diapers, wipes) in the big IKEA bag and they got it half right. Refrigerated stuff, which was all on the belt together, got separated into two different bags (like, I bought 4 of one thing…3 were in one bag and 1 was in another). UGH. Swear to god, from now on I might just bag the stuff myself because it annoys me so much. And then, of course, instead of just not using one bag, they put one pack of swim diapers in it. REALLY? Just because I have the bag there doesn’t meant you have to use it if you don’t need it. And eggs, which are always the last to get bagged (at least they get that right)—they put those in a plastic bag. WHY?!?!?!?!? Just set them on top of one of the >:XX bags that is right there.
Breathe.
Breathe.
This is apparently what I get for trying to get my shopping done first thing in the morning. I usually go in the afternoon when I’m much more alert.
I got the idea from a baby blanket I saw on Etsy. I had seen that sushi fabric before and LOVED it, so I went on the hunt. No local fabric stores carried it, so I had to get it from eBay. Then I had to wait for mom to come down with her sewing machine because—a) I didn’t have a sewing machine and b) I can’t sew. 😛
So she came down and it was off to JoAnns to find some backing fabric. I loved the idea of the chenille but they only had white and that didn’t seem good for my ultimate usage ideas (the park, the beach, etc.). We ended with a reddish orange denim…and I love it.
Look closely. More closely. Yes, the handles are bra straps. :>>
And look at that cool edge stitch!
If I remember right, it’s about 7′ x 6′.
It is SO awesome and I am SO thrilled with it! I cannot thank my mom enough!! Oh, and just so you think she did it all…she MADE ME sew the buttons on (you can’t see them in any of the pics, but they’re there!).
So, I just got an email that they sold the shoes in-store before my order came in and they didn’t update the website in time. HOWEVER, I can choose one of these two similar pair with a $10 refund:
And I’m torn. I like the one-color ones because they’re a solid color but I’m not sold on the loafer look. But the sporty ones are just fun and cute.
Baby shoes shouldn’t need this much decision. |-|
I really should get Owen’s feet professionally measured. I’ve just been guessing at sizes and/or holding them up to his feet—and while I’ve not purchased any that were too small, I have certainly bought some that were too big. At first, it was pretty easy—just move up a size in Robeez, starting with 0-6 months, then 6-12 months, 12-18 months, and 18-24 months…but then they stop measuring by months and convert to actual sizes. Well, Owen is currently in 12-18 and 18-24 month Robeez.
So anyway, I thought I had plenty of shoes for him (since I’ve bought a few pair that are too big PLUS we got some as hand-me-downs) but for whatever reason, they still aren’t the right size. Sigh. So I really like the pair he’s growing out of, so I just figured I’d buy them in the next size—but I can’t FIND them in the next size (they are out of stock everywhere). And it’s apparently quite hard (at least so far) to find an all-brown shoe in the size that I want that I like.
I guess he doesn’t HAVE to have shoes to match his outfits…but I thought I was doing well having only two pair (three if you count the cute red/black/white hard-soled shoes that I only have him wear when he wears the matching pants!)…but I searched and searched and searched and searched and FINALLY found the bigger size of his current pair (man I loooooove Google). Hopefully that pair will take us through to the rest of his shoes waiting for him. 🙂
I couldn’t resist getting this shirt for my cookie-loving father…and his lil’ buddy, too! It’s called “The Binge” and it’s from Woot!
So I got a free $10 coupon from JCPenney in the mail, and I thought I might as well use it since it’s free money, right?
So a few nights ago I went to try and find a photo album and long story short they didn’t have ANY where they said they would be, and I really didn’t feel like looking around more (with the 400 other people in the store), so I wandered through the kitchen stuff, sure that I could find something there to spend $10 on. Right away I found a covered 9×13 non-stick pan for $20, so it would be $10. AWESOME. I wait in line, get to the checkout, and am told the item is not eligible. Ugh. So I left it there and decided to check out baby clothes. Not that Owen needs anything, but if it was free…why not?
So I wandered around that section, thinking he could use bigger mittens…but I didn’t like any of the picked-over selection. It took some time to pick out what I wanted, but it was all on sale so it was a great deal (with the coupon, especially). After probably 20 minutes, I really didn’t want the stuff that bad to stand in line again (my fault, but still annoying) so I headed toward the exit, only to be stopped by a display of socks, thinking “Hey, I just mentioned the other day I could use [a certain type] of sock” but no, it’s men’s socks. But it’s right by the women’s lingerie section, so there should be socks there, right? Oh no. I wandered the entire women’s section there and NO SOCKS! So who the hell knows where they were, but I wasn’t about to spend any more godforsaken time there—so I left, vowing not to return because the stupid $10 was NOT worth the agony of shopping during the holiday season. (It was also a BIG reminder that I really am not a SHOPPER anymore. Online, yes. In person? No.)
So last night I had to go out to spend a free $10 Kohl’s coupon…so I figured what the hell, I might as well try JCP again. WHAT A MISTAKE. I go in, find something RIGHT AWAY that I could actually use. It was on sale for $9.99. Wait in line. Get annoyed by other shoppers. Go to check out and the coupon won’t work—the register says nothing valid was purchased. My clerk was about as slow as molasses. He looks a the coupon, looks at me, looks at the item in the bag, looks at me, looks at the coupon, looks at the register, looks at the coupon, looks at the register… Good god.
Then he says gee…
I’m…
not…
sure…
why…
it’s…
not…
working…
I said I didn’t know, either.
Then he slowly…
reaches…
into…
his…
pocket…
and…
pulls…
out…
his…
glasses…
case…
then…
opens…
it…
and…
takes…
out…
his…
glasses…
AND OH MY GOD I JUST WANTED TO SCREAM AT HIM TO HURRY THE HELL UP. Although I stayed calm and looked like the nicest customer ever. So after more painful slow waiting for him to react, he finally determined that there were already too many discounts on the item. I knew that wasn’t the case, so I logically guessed that the item was $9.99 and the coupon must state “$10 before taxes” so that was the problem. Then he agreed that was it. 🙄 So I then nicely ask/joke if there isn’t some way he can just charge me $10 for the item (knowing full well that a cashier can generally change the price of an item—been there, done that) and he is, again, clueless. I am sure this guy was just temporary holiday help, because he really was AMAZINGLY CLUELESS. He asks the girl at the next register and of course the answer is no. Sigh.
So he just stands there and looks at me. Just looks. Doesn’t say anything. I’ve been a cashier. At this point, he really should have apologized, and/or asked if I would still like the item…anything but just standing there silent. So then I lost my cool a bit and took the initiative and told him I didn’t want the item, told him I’ve now tried to use this coupon twice WITHOUT SUCCESS and I’ve had it. I shoved the coupon back at him and told him to take it and give it to someone else because I was not trying again OR coming back. He STILL didn’t say anything and looked at me like he hadn’t even heard me—like he was still a few minutes back in the conversation. Ugh.
So then it was off to Kohl’s, where I had a perfectly lovely experience. Except that to get there, I had to deal with idiot drivers who refuse to pull out into traffic (on good roads, with plenty of time) or who refused to turn in front of a police car in a mall parking lot 🙄 who then drove through said parking lot at about .5mph (of course, I was stuck behind him). Luckily, I found some great holiday things at Kohl’s and my coupon was accepted without hesitation—and I even got a smile or three during my AMAZINGLY QUICK checkout—plus a “Have a great holiday” as I was exiting.
Overall, I was reminded why I do 99.9% of my shopping online or before November 1.
Tom and I were running errands, doing some baby-proofing shopping, and by the last store, Owen was tired of sitting in the cart, so Tom took him for a walk:
