# What's the best deal you've ever gotten in a store? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561 "2011-08-05T07:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/61 "2011-08-12T14:46:09Z")
I went to my local optometrist to get new glasses. I found out my prescription had not changed, so I asked to see the RecSpecs as I take a karate class and wanted to be able to fight and still see. So the sales lady showed me what she had and I selected a pair. When it was all done, I got the RecSpecs for $27 USD after she took off the amount my insurance covered, AND the promotional discount that they happened to be running. Best deal of my life… a $200 pair of RecSpecs for $27. They lasted 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/62 "2011-08-12T16:46:45Z")
> [@kjbrasda](#): > > A friend I was with at a casino got in trouble once for picking up quarters that had been dropped on the floor. The security guy said something about those being tips for the casino workers. Only time I’ve ever been in a casino so I have no idea if that’s standard. That’s odd, because I was under the impression that casino workers were forbidden to pick up money off the floor. Several years ago, I was at a slot machine and there was a worker fixing the slot machine next to mine. He fixed it and walked away. Then, I noticed that the change tray was full of quarters, probably about 20 bucks worth, he didn’t touch them. I also remember hearing a story about a casino cocktail lady coming up to a guy who was at a slot machine and saying “there’s a big bucket of quarters over there, unattended. if you go cash it in and split it with me (a tip), i’ll give you free drinks all night”. She said she would be fired if she cashed them in. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/63 "2011-08-12T19:34:28Z")
went to target during christmas closeout to get lights for the next year. 1 set of lights was marked for 23cents - we picked up the remaining cases - there were 4 of them - 20 sets per case. In any world, thats a good deal. In this target, the cashier rang up the CASE for 23cents (it had a barcode on it, it scanned) and she refused to listen that that was the per set price. So, 80 sets of lights - for 92cents + tax. The next best deal was a bit more costly, but suffice it to say I got my dream bass boat (Nitro 911 CDC) for less than half of the retail cost and it was brand new, from a dealer, not a repo, and had full warranty - all because it was ‘last years’ model. ---
**Author:** ![kjbrasda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kjbrasda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjbrasda)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/64 "2011-08-13T01:15:37Z")
Probably a difference in policy. This one was a Wisconsin “Indian” casino. Frankly, the way you heard it makes a hell of a lot more sense. I wonder how many people at this casino get ‘accidentally bumped’ by casino workers… ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/65 "2011-08-14T16:41:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m scrupulously honest when it comes to making sure I’m not undercharged or overcharged. I’ve gone back into a store to point out that I owed them more money. But on one occasion I was buying new drawer and cabinet pulls at Home Depot for our kitchen renovation. I really dislike HD, but they had exactly what I was looking for; they were expensive at about $4.00 each, and I needed some 24 of them. So I grabbed a full, sealed box of 25 and went up to the register. Well, the cashier gave me a real ration of shit because I had taken these off the upper shelf, and the price wasn’t on the box. Lots of roll-eyes and heavy sighs and asking people with exasperated looks. Mind you, there was nobody behind me. > > So she finally thinks to look up the stock number on the computer, and rings up $3.84 or some such. I assumed that she would hit the proper buttons to account for 24 of them, so I hand her a $100 bill. More rolleyes and staring anywhere but at me, then drags out two 20s, a five and a stack of fucking one dollar bills and starts counting out 50 of them, combines them with the other bills, slams them on the counter and turns away from me to look elsewhere. > > Now, my inner moral code is screaming at me: SHE’S UNDERCHARGED YOU, GIVE IT BACK!!! But I’m sorry to say that I just picked up the stack of cash and my drawer pulls and left the store. Not a pretty story, but a killer deal! You should have just hid them under your hoodie. You could have had an even better deal! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/66 "2011-08-14T17:44:19Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > You should have just hid them under your hoodie. You could have had an even better deal! :rolleyes: No, what he should’ve done was write Home Depot HQ, with the clerk’s name, explaining how and why the clerk cost them so much money, in hopes of getting the c-word clerk fired. I’m a cashier, but a good one, and I fully support Chefguy. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/67 "2011-08-14T17:49:09Z")
I got a free slice of pizza from somebody at a table full of slices of pizza, about 3 weeks ago. It was good pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561/68 "2011-08-15T00:47:23Z")
A bottle of shampoo marked at a discount store as 99 cents with a $1.00 instant coupon. I bought every one of them on the shelf. Since I purchased another item, they actually did take the entire dollar off every bottle for a net gain of one cent each. I kept three and gave the other 8 or 9 to friends and coworkers. More recently, a store had a sale for 10 pencils or 5 mechanical pencils for 9 cents each with no limit. My daughter is good for pencils for the next ten years. I also threw a dozen or so boxes into her school bag to donate to the school on the first day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-deal-youve-ever-gotten-in-a-store/591561.md?page=3)