Wow! This past weekend (after Black Friday) I was shopping for a reasonably priced 16GB Class 10 SDHC card to give as a gift at Christmas. After checking all the sales flyers and retail websites I settled on a deal at CompUSA. They were offering the Patriot PSF16GSDHC10F LX Series SDHC Card for $17.99 after a $10 rebate.
That in itself (to me) is a great deal. Well imagine my surprise when I arrived at the store and picked up a sales flyer at the entrance. There in print was the same card - but the stated price was $13.99 after a $10 rebate. Even better!
But hold onto your hats - I went to the aisle containing all the SD Cards and USB flash drives, found the Patriot 16GB card and was surprised even further! The placard posted next to the cards showed the $23.99 - $10 rebate = $13.99 price... but under that in red print it said $3.99.
What what what???? A customer standing nearby noticed me staring at the placard and came over. He too could not understand what the $3.99 meant. It just seemed too good to be true. We summoned a sales associate over and he went on to explain the cards are $13.99 after rebate, then pointed at the $3.99 and said "I don't know how they figure that math."
No problem - $13.99 is still a really good deal, so I picked up the card and headed to the register expecting to pay $23.99.
But sure enough it rang up as $13.99! I was genuinely excited - somebody must have priced it wrong! So now I've filed for the $10 rebate and in the end that card will cost only $3.99!
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