I'm a bargain shopper.

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>Last night, I was at dinner with my parents at a restaurant near a Sears.</p><p>Now, who shops at Sears anymore?&nbsp; It's all about Target, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Kohl's.&nbsp; I can't remember the last time I was IN a Sears, let alone bought something there.</p><p>However - there was a flyer on my truck from Sears about a &quot;Friends and Family&quot; sale going on the next night.</p><p>And the flyer advertised a BBQ Grill with a side burner for 79 dollars, which is a pretty good deal.</p><p>My last grill - the replacement for the grill that got stolen - was retired when we moved last year.&nbsp; We never bought a new grill.</p><p>So Baz and I went up to Sears tonight to find this mystical 79 dollar grill.</p><p>And we gets there... and no grill.</p><p>Of course, I'm a little pissed.&nbsp; I flag down three sales associates, who all give me the same story - they NEVER HAD THE GRILL IN THE FIRST PLACE.<br /></p><p>My anger was rising.&nbsp; &quot;IT'S ON THE FLYER!&nbsp; How the hell can you advertise something that's on sale, not offer a raincheck and not offer the grill?&quot;</p><p>The manager came over and started being kind of a dick to me, and then offered to &quot;order the grill for me&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;NO!&nbsp; I WANNA COOK HOT DOGS NOW!!!!!</p><p>But then the manager realized something - he couldn't order the grill because the grill was a clearance item specifically tagged for this sale - and his store never carried it but advertised it.</p><p>So we're at an impasse.</p><p>Finally, the manager relents, and tells me to pick out a comparable Kenmore grill, and he'll give it to me for the price of the original grill.</p><p>OK... well, Kenmore isn't as sexy as Weber or Charbroil, but hell... </p><p>So I got this:&nbsp;</p><p><br /><img width="190" height="190" border="0" src="http://s7.sears.com/is/image/Sears/07116234000?layer=comp&wid=190&hei=190&fmt=jpeg&qlt=75,0&op_sharpen=0&resMode=norm&op_usm=0.5,1.0,0.0,0" /><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>39,000 BTUs.&nbsp; Side Burner.&nbsp; Three grates.&nbsp; </p><p>The &quot;sale price&quot; for this grill?&nbsp; 179.00.</p><p>The Matty Fridays Discount, with tax? 75 dollars.</p><p>I RULE!</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

<p>Good job! Those damn sales... they usually have 1 or 2 of the item. To not have any is rediculous. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if they did get a few, and they were bought by employees before they ever made it to the sales floor.</p><p>I only go to Sears for Craftsman tools, but now I see you can get them from K Mart, too.</p>

[CruelCircus]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I only go to Sears for Craftsman tools, but now I see you can get them from K Mart, too.</p><p>That's because Sears bought and now owns KMart.</p>