Melvin has noticed that I have a kind of odd passive ability to my real-life
character.
When it comes to larger purchases, I tend to stumble into good deals without
making an effort to do so.
We call it the Clean Living Effect.
We went to buy a clothes washing machine for me, and we got a few hundred
dollars off the price several years ago. Later, we went to buy another one
for one his family members, and we still got some money off. Went to get
a lot of shirts and pants one day, and the store extended the discount that
normally would have given out that day (significantly reducing the price of
the overall purchase).
You might think the stores just make it look like I'm stumbling into this
stuff, except I see that it doesn't seem to work for other people.
So, why am I posting this in Mobile Madness? Because it happened against
yesterday. Or, rather, it happened
'again' yesterday, not against it.
I had enough of the buggy problems with the HTC Thunderbolt, and decided
to get the galaxy Nexus about which I've heard such good things.
Unfortunately, I was not slated to be able to get an upgraded phone at a
reduced price until January next year. Which kind of pisses me off, but I
figure that's just the way the game plays.
The Galaxy Nexus is a $600 (or so) phone without discounts. It's not cheap.
But, the income tax check came in, and I figured the purchase would be worth
not having to mess with a crappy phone. But the salesperson and the store
manager were both surprised when the store computers indicated that the phone
would only cost me about $250 instead, without giving any kind of explaination.
They figured the computer knew what it was doing, though, and let it go through.
Clean Living. Be nice to others, and try to help folks laugh.
