christopher has been eying the Wii Zapper (with Link’s Crossbow Training game) ever since he first saw it at EB Games. but, probably because of my disapproving tsks he never purchased it for himself.
well, friday when i picked him up he has the Toys’R’Us flyer out to show me, in which the Wii Zapper is on sale for $9.97 – a little over $10 off their regular price. the sale didn’t start until Saturday, so we took the flyer with us on the premise we’d go buy it at someplace in my neighbourhood and just get them to price match it.
just before we took off yesterday afternoon for shopping & voting in the rain, i thought to check Futureshop.ca to a) ensure they still price matched; and, b) ensure they had the item in stock. the answer to both was yes, so we headed out.
we found the Zapper on the shelf, got inappropriately chatted to by a pink- & purple-haired sales associate, then, after extricating ourselves from the uncomfortable conversation, i took it up to the counter. i said to the clerk “i have a competitor’s ad!” as i put the item on the counter. he asked where it was from, i replied. he found their price and goggled at it, then did a little fast verbal math:
“okay $25 minus $10 is $15. 10 percent of that is $1.50. how about i give it to you for $7.97?”
yes, please!
every once in a while i get a retail deal which pleases me to no end. this is one of them (also, that time everything i bought at Save-On was on sale – score!). a $25 video game and accessory for $8.93 after taxes? that’s a STEAL! i’m still giddy about it, which is amusing because, as the title states, it wasn’t even my money!