Two Clerks Saved Me Money Today!

I needed some office supplies today. I needed some inkjet cartridges and some DVD +Rs. I went to one big chain office supply, and saw DVD +Rs there, 20 for 19.99. I was going to another big chain office supply store in the area, as well, because they had sent me some of those discount cards: $10.00 off if you buy $50.00 worth, etc. I actually had 3 of them that had not expired. Two had the same expiration date, 12/16/06, and one had a date in January, 2007. Anyway, something told me not to buy the DVD +Rs at the first store. I went to the second store, and asked one clerk where the DVD media was. He walked me over there and we both looked at the shelf. I spied a large spindle package of DVD +Rs made by Magnavox that was on sale for half-price - 100 disks for $24.99. This meant that they were around 25 cents each. Now, I go through a lot of DVDs in my business. They don't spoil, so buying a quantity is not a problem, but on the other hand, I make a lot of drink coasters out of them due to media failures. Quality is even more important than price. I asked the clerk if they were any good. He said he hasn't seen anybody bring them back. That is good enough for me to give them a try. This chain will take them back if they have a high failure rate. Let's see, I would have to spend around $100.00 to buy 100 disks at the other store, 20 at a time, and I spent around $25.00 to get the same amount. I saved $75.00 just on that tip. Here is the rest:

I went up to the counter to pay the cashier for my $78.00 worth of inkjet cartridges, and the $25.00 for the disks. I had the $10.00 discount cards, and was looking at them to see if it was more advantageous to use one instead of another. The clerk asked me if I would like to use two of them. I said that I thought you could only use one. She said she would split my order, and asked if I would mind paying separately for each. Of course, I was happy to do that. I couldn't believe it. She offered! I did them both on the same credit card, needing to sign for each. I saved close to 20%. I still have the last card which expires in January, but that is for a $10.00 discount, if I spend $20.00 or more. I will be back before it expires. The moral to the story is that I won't be afraid to ask if I can split the order, and won't assume that I can't.