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Originally Posted by davidfor
What? How did you get that? They would only go to $168 for me.
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JB Roselands. The Glo HD wasn't on display, in fact neither was the Aura H2O. The Aura HD was un-initialised (so it was asking for language).
They had to hunt around for it (it was in the back of the Kobo cabinet). Opened the box, as I wanted to make sure the light guide was in good shape. Once the box was open, realised that you can't turn on the light until it's registered.
So, I asked what the price was, she said $179. I said a friend of mine (that's you davidfor) got it for $168. She played with her handheld terminal for a minute or two, said ok. We went over their base station and she printed a price sheet.
Went to the checkout, presented the price sheet for $168, cashier said $168, I said I had a $20 voucher (the Mother's Day - buy a $100 gift card get a 20% (max $20) off voucher, which I had bought yesterday), and the price dropped to $148.
The first gotcha: the voucher becomes active the day after you buy it. The voucher's only for sale from another few more days, but good until the end of the month.
The real gotcha, and the reason I laid out the whole story: the voucher discount is theoretically applied to the sticker price of the item, which was $179. I think that the price sheet for $168 became the new sticker price, hence my ability to get another $20 off. Also, with the price sheet, the salesgirl didn't run me up to the register.
By happy coincidence, $148 is what I paid for my Glo, two and and a half years ago (actually it was $149).
I've calculated that the Glo cost me $0.83 per book read.