Gift certificates, rebates, presents...I love it when this happens!

Our VCR went on the fritz, but it’s old, and we figured it didn’t owe us anything. We decided it was time to buy a DVD/VCR combo, so we could get new movies on disc and still enjoy our tape collection.

So…Mrs. Dave-Guy had been given two gift certificates from her class, good for any store in a mall nearby. Total - $100.

Then, my parents had given us $40 for our anniversary, to have dinner out on them. Well, we put that with the gift certificates.

And Mrs. Dave-Guy submitted her receipts for stuff she had bought for her classroom. She got $20 back.

Not bad…$160 squirreled away.

Well, the one we bought cost a total of $215 and change all told. Then we were told there was a $50 rebate offer, and that day happened to be the last day of the offer!

Our new DVD/VCR cost us $5 out of pocket.

Any stories of serendipity you’d like to share?