So I went to Target the other day and scoped out their clearance items (because there are some sexy deals there) and amidst the $10 "Age of Conans" and hordes of Wii third-party trash when my eye was caught by a title I'd been wanting for some time.
"Fable 2?!" I gasped in shock and awe. "Could it be?"
It was indeed Fable 2, slapped with the read "$20" clearance ticket, nestled amongst the Drake's Fortunes like a hidden shiny jewel. I looked the game over, contemplating this turn of events. I didn't contemplate long, however, before hauling it to the checkout and making sure it was true.
My heart was aflutter as th extra-large, McDonald's fed cashier (but she was a very nice lady, her name was Shirley) rang up my game. "$20" she said (plus tax, but unfortunately I didn't remember that exact amount for this story). I was confused again, didn't she scan the barcode on the game itself? So shouldn't it be the full, $60 I saw behind the glass but minutes before?
Giving a shrug I paid and took the item. On the way out the door I glanced at the recite, and the weirdness got even weirder.
"Age of Conan x 2 : 9.99 x 2 -- 19.98"
Wait, what? This isn't right. My moral compass got the better of me and I brought it back in. The person at customer service was not nearly as polite as Shirley, and insisted that (even though she'd seen me buy the game just a minute before), I had got the game somewhere else and was performing an elaborate joke at her expense. This was especially weird because she scanned the game in HER register and it rang up Fable 2 - $60.
I tried my best to explain it but they insisted I hadn't bought the game there and I couldn't return it with this recite (which wasn't what I was trying to do anyway). At last, defeated (but secretly the winner), I trundled home with my $20 Fable II.
I still have no idea how the
this happened, but I do have Fable 2 for $20 now. Anybody else had some weird experiences like this? Or does the Target in Orem, Utah need to invest in some new scanners for register 15?
"Fable 2?!" I gasped in shock and awe. "Could it be?"
It was indeed Fable 2, slapped with the read "$20" clearance ticket, nestled amongst the Drake's Fortunes like a hidden shiny jewel. I looked the game over, contemplating this turn of events. I didn't contemplate long, however, before hauling it to the checkout and making sure it was true.
My heart was aflutter as th extra-large, McDonald's fed cashier (but she was a very nice lady, her name was Shirley) rang up my game. "$20" she said (plus tax, but unfortunately I didn't remember that exact amount for this story). I was confused again, didn't she scan the barcode on the game itself? So shouldn't it be the full, $60 I saw behind the glass but minutes before?
Giving a shrug I paid and took the item. On the way out the door I glanced at the recite, and the weirdness got even weirder.
"Age of Conan x 2 : 9.99 x 2 -- 19.98"
Wait, what? This isn't right. My moral compass got the better of me and I brought it back in. The person at customer service was not nearly as polite as Shirley, and insisted that (even though she'd seen me buy the game just a minute before), I had got the game somewhere else and was performing an elaborate joke at her expense. This was especially weird because she scanned the game in HER register and it rang up Fable 2 - $60.
I tried my best to explain it but they insisted I hadn't bought the game there and I couldn't return it with this recite (which wasn't what I was trying to do anyway). At last, defeated (but secretly the winner), I trundled home with my $20 Fable II.
I still have no idea how the
this happened, but I do have Fable 2 for $20 now. Anybody else had some weird experiences like this? Or does the Target in Orem, Utah need to invest in some new scanners for register 15?
