He Shoots, He Scores

Joined Dec 2005
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WOW, what a day, the wife calls me at noon and says shes at Staples looking at a new computer and needs to see me. So I leave work, go to Staples, and there she is , with the Staples guy. The two of them just built her a computer on thier site and she wants to know what I think. it $500. bucks. I get the whole speil. This one is almost exactly the same as her old one. So I look to my left and there is one for $712.00. I say to the guy, "whats the difference"? He says , oh that one is twice the speed 3 times them ram, a whole lot more, yada, yada, yada, than the one they just built. So I'm thinkin this is really stupid. Why not spend $200.00 more and get what she really wants and needs. So I ask the guy for a few minuites to dicuss this with the wife. This is where I put my EVIL plan into action. I tell her to go ahead and buy the better one. I'll even pay for it when I get my taxes back. Charge it honey and I'll take care of it. Hmmm one question though....what do I get????? I just ordered the new humidor I've been drooling over and a bunch of nice cigars from Cigar .com. So, I'm eagerly awaiting my new stuff, and shes thrilled she got her new computer. It has been a good day.
 
WTG! Now if you can get her to let you visit cigar.com on the NEW computer then you are THE MAN!

Serious... congrats on your new humi. I am anxiously awaiting mine as well
 
Thanks. I know better than to even ask to try the new puter. I've got a fairly new lap top that I bought last year, so, I'm in good shape.
 
Man, that is devious!!! But I love it. Sounds like something most of us here would do....
 
I'm surprised a salesperson would configure a worse computer than an already inexpensive displayed one. That guy should be fired for not relentlessly trying to get your wife to buy the more expensive one.

Competition in the computer market is so fierce now that factory computers can be just as expensive if not less expensive than personally configured ones. I bet that if you configured the online computer to the specs of the one in the store you'd pay more.
 
Way to go Jesse! That is playin g the game at its best. Everyone knows a happy wife makes a happy husband!
 
I built the same computer on the Dell web site. It would have been $1300.00. probably would have been a bit better, but the one we bought will be shot in 2 years and I'll have to buy her another one. So 2 for 700.00each, is better than 1 for 1300.00. And i think I'm almost guarenteed a new humidor and cigars, when she gets the new one 2 years from now.