i’ve done most of my holiday shopping online this year, which has made it a nice hectic-free experience. most stores have free shipping promotions, or paypal or google discounts which make it much cheaper to just order online than to bother with b&m’s. i also check up on slickdeals.com a few times a day, and there’s always a 10% or 20% coupon for some store (today i used a 20% macy’s and a 12% staples) that i regularly shop at.

even the typical nighmare stores like fry’s haven’t been so bad. today i went there to pick up a power supply for my pc (i think the ps is the problem, i’ll come out +$15 ahead if it’s not…) and found a fancy super quiet one for $50. fry’s has started to discount their open box items, so it had a sticker for only $40. there was also a placard saying that there was a $30 mail in rebate, but when i paid for it, she said there was no rebate. i was like ‘gah, f’ing fry’s’ and went and pulled the placard and took it back to the register. the manager came over and said that the rebate had expired (it said so on the placard, but that’s not my problem), and would just give me $15 cash instead. that was actually fine for me, since i hate mir, and only seem to actually get the money half the time. anyway, the $15 he handed me was completely seperate of my cash receipt for the power supply, so if it turns out the ps isn’t my problem and i have to return it, i’ll actually make $15 :)