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evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
edited May 2009 in The Porch
On my way home from work yesterday, and for no real reason, I decided to stop by Best Buy and just look around. When I first walked in I noticed they had set up a table with about 6 boxes full of vinyl. I started digging through them, and came upon a copy of the Super Deluxe Ten reissue. The outer wrapping was missing so I dug through it to make sure nothing was missing. After realizing that everything was there I found a manager and asked her about a price, since there was no sticker or barcode on the case.

She took it to the back for what seemed like five minutes (a long time to sit and wait) before she came back. She told me that they shouldn’t even have this in the store because it was an Internet only item and she had no clue as to why they had it in the store and for sale. Then she informed me that if I wanted to buy it she would give it to me with a discount since it was opened. Then she said the words that I will forever hear in my mind, “The normal price is $24.00, so I can give you 20% off of that”.

Long story short, I walked out of the store with the super deluxe reissue for $19.


This kind of stuff never happens to me.
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  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    evenflow wrote:
    On my way home from work yesterday, and for no real reason, I decided to stop by Best Buy and just look around. When I first walked in I noticed they had set up a table with about 6 boxes full of vinyl. I started digging through them, and came upon a copy of the Super Deluxe Ten reissue. The outer wrapping was missing so I dug through it to make sure nothing was missing. After realizing that everything was there I found a manager and asked her about a price, since there was no sticker or barcode on the case.

    She took it to the back for what seemed like five minutes (a long time to sit and wait) before she came back. She told me that they shouldn’t even have this in the store because it was an Internet only item and she had no clue as to why they had it in the store and for sale. Then she informed me that if I wanted to buy it she would give it to me with a discount since it was opened. Then she said the words that I will forever hear in my mind, “The normal price is $24.00, so I can give you 20% off of that”.

    Long story short, I walked out of the store with the super deluxe reissue for $19.


    This kind of stuff never happens to me.

    This poses the age old question: if you take advantage of stupid people's mistakes to receive material gain, is this stealing?
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  • rrpj1979rrpj1979 Posts: 36
    Wow, nice find. 1 and a million chance of that ever happening again! Congrats
  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    PJBuckeye wrote:

    This poses the age old question: if you take advantage of stupid people's mistakes to receive material gain, is this stealing?
    Seriously?
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  • hitmanhitman Posts: 469
    this is not stealing.... if it's opened, it is essentially worthless to best buy.. they do not deal in used merch... great work on your part!
  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    BH71937 wrote:
    this is not stealing.... if it's opened, it is essentially worthless to best buy.. they do not deal in used merch... great work on your part!

    fair enough, but $24 wasn't the original price. I call this rationalization.
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    BH71937 wrote:
    this is not stealing.... if it's opened, it is essentially worthless to best buy.. they do not deal in used merch... great work on your part!

    great find

    FUCK COMMERCE! :)
  • Lee MLee M Posts: 142
    Stealing? No. Holy crap possibly one of the best PJ gear scores ever? Yes.
  • PJBuckeyePJBuckeye Posts: 1,102
    Lee M wrote:
    Stealing? No. Holy crap possibly one of the best PJ gear scores ever? Yes.

    Ya, what was I thinking? I would have done the same.
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  • Lee MLee M Posts: 142
    I retract my previous statement. I would not have been able to do what you did.











    ....only because I would've had such a huge grin on my face that they would've known something was up.
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    evenflow wrote:
    On my way home from work yesterday, and for no real reason, I decided to stop by Best Buy and just look around. When I first walked in I noticed they had set up a table with about 6 boxes full of vinyl. I started digging through them, and came upon a copy of the Super Deluxe Ten reissue. The outer wrapping was missing so I dug through it to make sure nothing was missing. After realizing that everything was there I found a manager and asked her about a price, since there was no sticker or barcode on the case.

    She took it to the back for what seemed like five minutes (a long time to sit and wait) before she came back. She told me that they shouldn’t even have this in the store because it was an Internet only item and she had no clue as to why they had it in the store and for sale. Then she informed me that if I wanted to buy it she would give it to me with a discount since it was opened. Then she said the words that I will forever hear in my mind, “The normal price is $24.00, so I can give you 20% off of that”.

    Long story short, I walked out of the store with the super deluxe reissue for $19.

    i will give you $20 for the drop in the park vinyl, and then you got the super duper package for free!

    waddya think? 8-)

    This kind of stuff never happens to me.
  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Nice. Who cares if you got it for $24. Its not like Best Buy is a struggling small business. They will survive. And Im sure they are more than happy to get it out of there inventory, especially something thats opened and they said was not supposed to be there anyway.
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  • Lee MLee M Posts: 142
    PearlJamPatriot wrote:
    Nice. Who cares if you got it for $24. Its not like Best Buy is a struggling small business. They will survive. And Im sure they are more than happy to get it out of there inventory, especially something thats opened and they said was not supposed to be there anyway.

    This. As someone who used to work in their Media section, it's almost worth the (unknowing) hit they took on it just because it's gone and they don't have to deal with it anymore.
  • PearlJamPatriotPearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    Lee M wrote:
    PearlJamPatriot wrote:
    Nice. Who cares if you got it for $24. Its not like Best Buy is a struggling small business. They will survive. And Im sure they are more than happy to get it out of there inventory, especially something thats opened and they said was not supposed to be there anyway.

    This. As someone who used to work in their Media section, it's almost worth the (unknowing) hit they took on it just because it's gone and they don't have to deal with it anymore.
    Exactly. That is what I was basically trying to say.
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  • igotpjigotpj Posts: 187
    Nice Find !!!

    I saw one recently in the Best Buy around here and it had a price of $199. I could not believe it. THen I looked it up online and Best Buy was selling it for the very low price of $239. :lol:
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  • redeyeredeye Posts: 620
    good for you man, enjoy !!!!! :D
  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Awsome find!! Lucky you! :D
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    I got a similarly great deal on the Beatles Anthology dvd's a few years ago. The sticker on the outside said $69.99 and it rang up at $9.99 at the register. It was the only thing I was buyin so they called a manager and they "had" to sell it to me for the low price.

    Also, got a $140 ipod dock for $25, b/c they were in the wrong spot.

    The best part of both is that it was at WalMart.
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I'd feel ok with that.

    She said “The normal price is $24.00, so I can give you 20% off of that”. Who's to say what the REAL price is anyway. So many prices when the thing was released.

    Plus, you WERE buying an opened, potentially used item anyway.

    Enjoy the hell out of it!


    ps: PLUS it was a manager, AND they took their time looking it up - and after all that, THEY offered you a price.

    You have no reason to feel guilty. :)
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    reminds me of a time in high school... oh 12 years ago, i went into this small indie record store in the east village and bought the pearl jam dissident 3 cd/atlanta set for $20...i think the girl was high, because not only did she NOT take the money from my hand (which was out and in plain view the entire time)... BUT SHE ALSO GAVE ME BACK ABOUT $13 IN CHANGE. so not only did i get part of atlanta 94 for free, but i got $13... :lol:
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    Lee M wrote:
    I retract my previous statement. I would not have been able to do what you did.

    ....only because I would've had such a huge grin on my face that they would've known something was up.

    Believe me, I had just about the biggest grin possible without looking like a drooling idiot. I guess she just thought I was excited about buying it.

    If there is one crime that I can't stand it's stealing. I've been the victim of theivery a couple of times. I work very hard so I can afford the things I want and for someone to just take it makes me sick. I'm a shooting robbers supporter. Having said that, I didn't feel guilty in any way, shape, or form about buying this for $19. The manager gave me the price that she wanted for the product, and even gave me a discount without me having to ask for it. As for the actual value of it, that's not relevant, because honestly I would have paid way more than $150. To me, it's worth at least $300, because of how cool it is. That doesn't mean I would have sent 10 club $300, I'll pay whatever they ask. Which is exactly what I did.

    Not only did I not have any trouble sleeping, but I actually slept really great last night. Probably because I was so worn out from humping the air, Beavis and Butthead style, the whole hour drive home :lol: !
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  • PJStatTrackerPJStatTracker Posts: 2,400
    PJBuckeye wrote:
    This poses the age old question: if you take advantage of stupid people's mistakes to receive material gain, is this stealing?

    Luckily, there is an age old answer to this age old question:

    No.
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  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    The majority has spoken: I really scored! :D
    It's all about the music...

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  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,610
    Very nice! Definately a nice score :D
    I will swallow poison
  • rrpj1979rrpj1979 Posts: 36
    think of it this way...
    if it wasn't you, it would have been someone else...ENJOY!
  • flyinwhole313flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    If I went to my Best Buy after hearing this GREAT TALE, and removed the cellophane from one of the 2 SD s they have, and then got the same dumb deal.....THAT would be stealing...hmmm...strange though, I was going to buy a pair of speakers at BB a few weeks back, and they only had a damaged box, yet since the speakers were not visibly damaged, they wouldnt knock anything off of the price...I said to the idiot "this box was obviously crushed forcefully, how do I know there is no internal damage?" the prick said "it is your decision to buy them or not" so to me, this is a Robin Hood story! LOVE IT!
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    1994 winning tickets on the radio for the show in Chicago at the "New Regal Theater"

    one of the best shows ever for me. Tops my list of best PJ score ever.
  • TiaMijaTiaMija Posts: 597
    evenflow wrote:
    On my way home from work yesterday, and for no real reason, I decided to stop by Best Buy and just look around.
    ......
    This kind of stuff never happens to me.

    It was calling you and was meant to be yours!
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    sometimes we are just lucky.
    that's a major score, nice.

    you should buy a lottery ticket.
    Nice shirt.
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