Yesterday, I went to the East Wenatchee Costco store to pick up a pizza for the visiting kids and grandkids. It cost me $222.72! What happened?
I was hanging out in the electronics department, waiting for the pizza to finish cooking when the in-store cell phone sales rep came up to me and asked if I was ready for a phone upgrade. Well, it just so happens I was. I’ve been meaning to do it, but just hadn’t gotten around to it because there is always such a long wait at the local Verizon outlets.
So, I ended up buying a new cell phone, the Blue Tooth (cordless) headset, the newest John Grisham book “The Innocent Man” AND, of course, the Pizza. The final bill was $222.72. I get a $50 mail in rebate, though, so it will really only cost $172.72 in the end.
Before committing to this new phone, though, I wanted to be sure they could transfer all my saved phone numbers to the new phone. I didn’t want to re-enter them all again! They assured me they could, so I agreed. It was during this time while they were downloading the numbers, that I went book shopping and discovered the newest John Grisham book is out. That added $17.59 (including 8% sales tax) to the tab.
When I went back to see if my new phone was ready, the sales rep looked at me in disbelief and said “Do you know you had 387 phone numbers in this phone? Do you really know 387 people?”
“Well, yes”, I replied. “I am a realtor and I talk to a lot of people. Buyers, sellers, realtors, mortgage brokers, appraisers, inspectors, blah, blah, blah. I also have all the numbers for the local golf courses in there just in case I need a tee time. And, you need to remember, people don’t just have one phone number any more. They have two or three. Home phone, cell phone, office phone, etc. So, I guess I don’t really talk to 387 people, but I do need all 387 numbers. Believe it or not, I recently deleted a few numbers just to keep it current”. <snicker>
“Wow” was the reply. “This is some kind of a record”.
“Really”, I say. “What was the previous record?”
“About 157, I think”, says the sales rep.
“So, do I get some kind of prize?”, I ask.
"Just your $50 rebate, I guess”.
“O.K.. then. I need to go pay for this and call someone. Thanks for your help. See you later”.
If you have real estate questions, call me and I’ll add YOUR number to my cell phone list. I still have room for 113 more phone numbers!
509-670-7840 or e-mail to: Carol@TopPropertiesWenatchee.com
source: The $222.72 Pizza
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