Someone in this photo has a new toy and it isn’t Baby Z. So look for the quality of photography here on CDV.com to improve.

But the hero of the day was Dr. O’C and I’ve got to brag a little bit on my special lady friend. She watched a TV program a while back called “Don’t Get Done, Get Dom”, the premise of which was that one should assert oneself when negotiating the price of things; that the list price is always artificially inflated. Acting the dom, she’s already gotten us a better deal on Timmins’ trip to Oz and shipping our stuff. We had made the decision to go ahead and shell out for a digital SLR while we were in country and could pay with feeble American pesos, err dollars. When we went shopping today, Dr. O’C came armed with a print-out of Amazon’s price for the camera package we wanted. I had pretty much dismissed her chances of repeating her bargaining successes at Best Buy. I mean, this isn’t some shady fellow selling “Genuine Rolexes” in a market stall, this is a giant multinational chain store.* I was so convinced of her imminent failure that I wandered over to the music section to see what was big at the Best Buy. But as I was flipping through CDs, my ears perked up when I heard the sales boy say, “I’ll have to check with my manager, but I think we can probably do that.” What? And my jaw bounced off of the tile floor when I heard Dr. O’C reply, “Well, I think that you’ll need to beat that price or else we’ll just order it from Amazon”.

Long story short, Mistress O’C got it for $20 less than the Amazon price, $120 less than their sale price and $250 better than the list price. Those poor little Best Buy boys didn’t know what hit them.

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* They are also assholes who charge you 15% of your purchase price to restock an item even if you return it the very same day. All the more reason that I am in awe of Sinead today. Sticking it to the man.

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