Borders is one of those retailers that I'll go to only if I have a really, really good reason to do so — I've just had far too many poor experiences with them. (I try to avoid Best Buy, too, for the same reasons.)
But a 30% discount was tempting enough to get me to try again, so off I went to Borders the other day. This one was close enough that it wouldn't have been a disappointment if the item I was looking for wasn't available, though the web site said it probably was. (Take it from me — never, ever trust the web site if you're checking to see if a product is in stock.)
And it was. But I had neglected to notice that the price of the item from a Borders retail store was about $15 higher than the price of the item purchased from the web site — which more or less negated the 30% discount. (You can find the price of the item at retail when you check to see if it's available in a given store, but it's in tiny little type, so you tend not to notice it. I didn't.)
And that's why I usually shop at Barnes and Noble, instead.
(Extra points if you recognize the reference in the title of this post. It's a favorite album.)
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