- Jun 12, 2001
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Idiots...
At a non-specific deals website:
They: If you spend [insert enumeration here - let's say $2000] then you get a gift card, then 20x Wow points, then apply that to a 20% PerksAtWork credit. Yeah, all that drops the price down to [let's say "$600.]
The others: Wowsers! I gotta jump on that deal.
Me: Uhm, you are still debited $2000 from your credit card / bank account. If you just want [product X], you are still paying list price.
They and the others: Boo! Who are you? Why are you even talking to us? Go away!
I just don't get it. If you want a lot of other stuff and you see that you can buy it with gift cards, points sites, etc. then yeah, you've driven down the total cost but not for [product X]. You look at goods divided by costs. Simple math. Sure, you can say you paid less for [product X] but you are wrong. You paid list and got extras for the exchange.
What is funny about this is that it reminds me of the old joke of the wife telling her husband that she spent la large sum of money on stuff but that she got a great deal because it would have cost a lot more separately. She was saving him money - punchline, ha ha. Same thing on the deals sites but now it's serious shit and no one is allowed to say differently.
Idiots.
At a non-specific deals website:
They: If you spend [insert enumeration here - let's say $2000] then you get a gift card, then 20x Wow points, then apply that to a 20% PerksAtWork credit. Yeah, all that drops the price down to [let's say "$600.]
The others: Wowsers! I gotta jump on that deal.
Me: Uhm, you are still debited $2000 from your credit card / bank account. If you just want [product X], you are still paying list price.
They and the others: Boo! Who are you? Why are you even talking to us? Go away!
I just don't get it. If you want a lot of other stuff and you see that you can buy it with gift cards, points sites, etc. then yeah, you've driven down the total cost but not for [product X]. You look at goods divided by costs. Simple math. Sure, you can say you paid less for [product X] but you are wrong. You paid list and got extras for the exchange.
What is funny about this is that it reminds me of the old joke of the wife telling her husband that she spent la large sum of money on stuff but that she got a great deal because it would have cost a lot more separately. She was saving him money - punchline, ha ha. Same thing on the deals sites but now it's serious shit and no one is allowed to say differently.
Idiots.