(September 22, 2021 at 7:52 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Tonight I was at Cub Foods picking up some packages and got it in my head to buy some coffee just for something different. The tag on the shelf said $4.99, but it rang up at $5.99, which I thought might have been right, given that it was a special "double caffeine" blend. Still, I felt guilty at $4.99, I wasn't ready to swallow $5.99, so I went to customer service and managed to get that dollar off, largely, I think, because customer service made a mistake. The ad said "select varieties" but she kind of glossed over that part. I got mine, that's good enough for me. But I wasted 20-30 minutes in the process.
However, two other parts of my trip were a little more sketchy. I bought an Echo Show 8 for $70, but then a few weeks later it was selling for $64 for a limited time. So I got it in my head to return the first, being unopened and easy to return, and buying the second, which I was able to arrange to pick up without an extra trip. But in hindsight, besides the cost in terms of my time, since it was a UPS return, they won't refund the purchase until it gets back to Amazon. Given the number of things that could go wrong, risking $70 in order to save $6 is a very foolish venture. But being a hoarder, dollar signs appear larger to my eyes than they actually are.
So, what's the most time / risk you've expended for the least amount of savings / earnings / reward?
Ask the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
