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coupons
I have (had) this LL Bean coupon that's going to expire in a couple days. So I looked at their website to figure out what I might want for $10.
Nothing.
But I found some high-tech socks for $19.95. Good enough.
Upon checkout I discover there's two coupons I can use. Yay!
Not so much. Two coupons @ $10 = $20. Socks @ 19.95 (free$4.95 shipping 'cuz of the LL Bean credit card) is $0.05 less than $20, and that's a no-no. ???
I called them up and talked to a very nice woman named... Lauren? Mabel? Betty? Something appropriate for LL Bean, who told me that there's no way to just throw away the $0.05. It's against the law. They also can't sell me 5 cents worth of packing, or reduce the discount on the shipping to $4.90, or even just put a nickel in the box. Can't do it. Every one of those coupons goes onto a balance sheet somewhere as a liability, and it has to be accounted for or some SEC thug or accountant makes or gets into trouble. However, it's perfectly fine for me to just throw away the entire coupon, just not part of it. I suppose they could just keep $0.05 on my account for the next order or until it expires. Computers are good at that.
So, I found something cheap to add to the order: this.
I don't fly fish.
The irony is that the sales tax on the thing I don't want or need is $0.06 because LL Bean has a store in Massachusetts.
I wonder if I can return the fly and get cash for it.
Nothing.
But I found some high-tech socks for $19.95. Good enough.
Upon checkout I discover there's two coupons I can use. Yay!
Not so much. Two coupons @ $10 = $20. Socks @ 19.95 (free$4.95 shipping 'cuz of the LL Bean credit card) is $0.05 less than $20, and that's a no-no. ???
I called them up and talked to a very nice woman named... Lauren? Mabel? Betty? Something appropriate for LL Bean, who told me that there's no way to just throw away the $0.05. It's against the law. They also can't sell me 5 cents worth of packing, or reduce the discount on the shipping to $4.90, or even just put a nickel in the box. Can't do it. Every one of those coupons goes onto a balance sheet somewhere as a liability, and it has to be accounted for or some SEC thug or accountant makes or gets into trouble. However, it's perfectly fine for me to just throw away the entire coupon, just not part of it. I suppose they could just keep $0.05 on my account for the next order or until it expires. Computers are good at that.
So, I found something cheap to add to the order: this.
I don't fly fish.
The irony is that the sales tax on the thing I don't want or need is $0.06 because LL Bean has a store in Massachusetts.
I wonder if I can return the fly and get cash for it.