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sun surfer · 12-03-2010, 09:05 AM

The waiting game is over for me!

Thanks so much for that valuable info hydin! That's some clever thinking.

At this point, I was itching to get one soon, so to convince me to buy one I was looking for basically any sort of discount to make it seem like I'm getting a little extra value than just regular full price.

So 10% seemed great to me. That's $30 off the 950, so really I'm only spending $20 more than the deal I would've gotten last week. While $20 isn't pennies, it's not a lot either, and is way better than $50 more. Plus if it goes on sale again in the next few weeks, I may be able to call up and get back more.

So I called them up just now and ordered one! The lady was very nice and when I asked her about a discount because I'd missed the sale last week, she said she'll give me 10% off. I pressed for a short moment to see if maybe she'd match the $249 from last week but 10% was the best she would do. It was enough for me.

I also asked if I could just go to the physical store and pick it up with the 10% but she said no, the stores aren't authorised to do discounts like that. But when I considered for a moment, she threw in expedited shipping for free (she said it's normally $25) so I'd have it by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Can't beat that!

I was on a roll, so I gave in and bought a case too.

She gave me 10% on it too. I got the cover with light. It's expensive, but I know there's not many options for cases and I wanted a light anyway too. She was nice enough to tell me that if I wanted to wait on the case, that once I got my reader and registered it, I'd get a coupon for 15% off an accessory, but that she could order it now at 10% if I preferred to have it arrive with my 950. I did the math and I'd only save $2.50 extra at 15% and waiting, so I just went ahead and ordered it too. But I was impressed that she told me of the 15% possibility anyway.

Now I'll have my 950 in a few days - can't wait!

12-03-2010, 09:05 AM	#10
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	The waiting game is over for me! Thanks so much for that valuable info hydin! That's some clever thinking. At this point, I was itching to get one soon, so to convince me to buy one I was looking for basically any sort of discount to make it seem like I'm getting a little extra value than just regular full price. So 10% seemed great to me. That's $30 off the 950, so really I'm only spending $20 more than the deal I would've gotten last week. While $20 isn't pennies, it's not a lot either, and is way better than $50 more. Plus if it goes on sale again in the next few weeks, I may be able to call up and get back more. So I called them up just now and ordered one! The lady was very nice and when I asked her about a discount because I'd missed the sale last week, she said she'll give me 10% off. I pressed for a short moment to see if maybe she'd match the $249 from last week but 10% was the best she would do. It was enough for me. I also asked if I could just go to the physical store and pick it up with the 10% but she said no, the stores aren't authorised to do discounts like that. But when I considered for a moment, she threw in expedited shipping for free (she said it's normally $25) so I'd have it by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Can't beat that! I was on a roll, so I gave in and bought a case too. She gave me 10% on it too. I got the cover with light. It's expensive, but I know there's not many options for cases and I wanted a light anyway too. She was nice enough to tell me that if I wanted to wait on the case, that once I got my reader and registered it, I'd get a coupon for 15% off an accessory, but that she could order it now at 10% if I preferred to have it arrive with my 950. I did the math and I'd only save $2.50 extra at 15% and waiting, so I just went ahead and ordered it too. But I was impressed that she told me of the 15% possibility anyway. Now I'll have my 950 in a few days - can't wait!