Bargain Birthday Card
By Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
January 21, 2016 4:41am CST
It will be my husband's birthday on Saturday and I didn't yet have a card for him so when I landed back at Birmingham airport last night, I thought I'd better pick one up just in case I didn't get a chance to go shopping before the weekend. They have a small Marks & Spencer food outlet landside and as I passed I spotted a display of cards and picked one up.
As the check out the card which had a sticker marked at £1.50 came through the till at a lot less. When the sales assistant asked me for 19 pence, I was really surprised. I asked him to scan it again to make sure as I didn't want to get him in trouble for selling me something way below the marked price. He insisted that if the computer said 19p, that was all he was going to take from me. He also said it was probably old stock and they just wanted to clear them.
If it hadn't been so late, I might have gone back and picked a load more and asked him to scan them. But I'm happy enough with my one bargain card.
Do you ever get lucky at the till and find an unexpected bargain?
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25 responses
@celticeagle (166987)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jan 16
I have had some pleasant surprises. Not nearly enough.
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@celticeagle (166987)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jan 16
@boiboing ....That's true too. And most stores want to suck every available bit out of a product before they mark it down.
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I love the dollar store! My go to spot for cards and balloons. You could get cards 2 for $1 or, the more nicer ones for $1. 
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 16
there are some very cheap card shops in my city - I feel a bit of a cheapskate getting cards from them but I often do
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 16
@boiboing yes very true - I never think about the price of cards sent to me
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
21 Jan 16
I know a couple who goes to the card store on their wedding anniversary. They spend some time going through the cards. Each select one for the other to read. After ther have read their cards they place them carefully and neatly back on the shelf. On the one hand it seems so cheap, on the other hand, how clever. The cards are invariably thrown away.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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21 Jan 16
Special cards, like anniversary cards, are cards which I never throw away. :)
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
21 Jan 16
@Poppylicious at one time I saved all my cards, dried and saved all of my flowers, saved all programs, ticket stubs etc. Then we had to put everything we owned into storage. I thinned out. Took ten years to collect new 'stuff'. And moved from. A six bedroom house, with a large living room, a larger family room and lots of large closets, into a two bedroom, no basement house with limited storage space. I culled. Moved again, had to pay for storage for another 5 months. Nope, cards I had not reviewed in five years didn't make the cut. The letters my husband wrote when we were dating...I saved.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
21 Jan 16
That's awesome! I get overly excited when I know an item is for a certain price and it scans at a cheaper cost.
@1creekgirl (41429)
• United States
21 Jan 16
I stopped sending Christmas cards years ago, but I make my own birthday cards on my computer .
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
22 Jan 16
From time to time I get a few surprise. But not so often living in Tahiti. I don't think they clear out so much here and lower prices so low. From time to time you can find specials and it's a good idea to pick them up. They sell out fast and it might be a long time before another one comes around.
@missjessicadawn (3286)
• United States
22 Jan 16
I work at a grocery store and if we have something that we need to get rid of we mark it down super low. The customers love it. :-)
@Ladypeace (2028)
• Singapore
22 Jan 16
I've purchased a pair of new look sandals for $4 instead of the $50 stated on the tag. The first thought which popped into my head was if the product had any defects. Happy that it wasn't but the store was having a stock clearance.
@navthunder (12)
• Page, Arizona
21 Jan 16
You never know when you will get a good deal. I am happy for you.
@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 Jan 16
Wal-Mart and The Dollar Stores here in the States, sell boxes of bargain Birthday Cards. Usually it is a box of ten with envelopes and the box costs a dollar. That is what I buy.
@Marilynda1225 (82799)
• United States
21 Jan 16
Usually cards are so expensive so it was good luck that your found one that was marked down
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 16
That was a bit of luck.So now you have saved £1.31 I wonder what you can buy with that eh? A sniff of a cork perhaps?
