I didn't feel great about doing this, but hear me out. Basically, it allowed me to get all that I had before, plus one more normally priced forty-dollar item for fifty cents LESS than my original purchase price. Could you pass that up?
Anyhow, how that all works out is too long and complicated for me to detail here. Just trust me, it does. I was stressed about pulling off such a shopping taboo, so I decided just to approach the nice-looking metrosexual (ok, flaming) clerk at the counter and tell him my quandary. He didn't hesitate to ring it up just as I'd asked!
Sometimes it pays to be forward with people.
When I came into the store, I noticed they had another new holiday promo. You could get a number of complimentary items for free with a purchase above, for example, $100. One of those items was a cute, dressy, black clutch. One girl was admiring it, so I asked to see it when I was at the counter. The clerk started telling me how a woman had come in the other day and asked to hold it, then paraded around the store and declared, "Yeah, I could wear this!" I gave it a try and handed it back to him. "You can have it if you purchase over $100!" he said. I definitely hadn't spent that much and wasn't planning to so I said "no, sorry, I'm all shopped out, I need to quit while I'm ahead." And, I admitted, I probably don't dress up enough to deserve it anyway.
Without blinking, he put it into my bag and replied, "Well, now you can dress up."
Color me a happy holiday shopper.
Posted on December 16, 2005 @ 10:57 PM | 5 comments
Comments:
Saiko!
By 
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2:27 AM, December 17, 2005
You knowingly went through all of that just to save $0.50? I don't think I quite follow...
By Waterseek, at
9:57 AM, December 17, 2005
Nonono, I got an additional gifty at the store (worth $40) for free... because of the coupon and price adjustments to the original items due to a sale. AND was refunded .50 cents... not to mention the free clutch, which would cost $30! =D
By 
Kat, at
5:40 PM, December 17, 2005
don't feel bad for outsmarting banana republic or whatever store it was ... if they didn't think about the fact that their discount policy could be used against them, they're idiots. ps: cute clutch!
By , at
7:34 PM, December 19, 2005
I don't feel bad at all! Oh, and that's not the specific clutch... I just linked to a photo of one because I figured some of y'all wouldn't know what a clutch was. Mine has a silver clasp, and is made of black velvet with a small, tasteful, black sequined flower on it.
By Kat, at
8:51 PM, December 19, 2005
