I really love a good sale, so on Monday, I hit the local shopping center to see if anyone had any exciting Labor Day discounts. Victoria’s Secret came through. They had bins full of bras marked down to $12.99. I found one I liked (original price $45!) and then scoured the store to find undies to match (I know, I know, I am weird like that.) Also, on a strange side note, I was looking for some undies to match a light green bra I purchased a while ago. For some reason, I can’t find 3 pairs of underwear I purchased to go with that bra. It is really weird. Anyway, I left the store with a bra and 10 pairs of panties.
When I got home, I realized that I had been charged full price ($12) for a pair of underwear that I had pulled out of the sale bin and were marked $5.99. So, I left everything in the bag and went back today to let them know that I had accidentally been overcharged. The nice ladies working in the store apologized and worked to correct the discrepancy. Meanwhile, I decided to spin through the sale bins again – I mean, $12.99 for a bra – come on! That is a good deal. Today, I found two additional bras and 4 pairs of underwear. While checking out, they credited the $12 back to me and re-charged me the $5.99 for the panties that I purchased on Monday. They put everything (3 bras and all the assorted underwear) back into the same bag.
I got home and took everything out. I clipped all the tags off and before I threw them away, I decided to just add everything up quickly to see how much I saved ($268 original retail price – $126 sale price!) That is when I noticed that I was again charged $14 and $12 for the panties I purchased today that should have rung up at $5.99. Seriously? Who is more stupid – Victoria’s Secret for ringing up wrong prices two times in a row or me for not double checking this while I was still in the store? To add insult to injury, one of the pairs of underwear didn’t even make it in the bag! Ah!
I am so irritated that I have to go back there again. Wonder what the odds are that I can make it out of there without purchasing additional merchandise….
Great Expectations 