Deal or no deal

You guys... I think we just got the deal of a lifetime. Let me explain...

Tony's mom and his brother decided to go in together to get one big gift for Ari for Christmas, and Tony suggested a Radio Flyer wagon. We have a friend who has one for their kids, and we've always thought they are really neat. Tony described the kind we wanted--the large plastic one with the 2 seats that face each, with cup-holders.

Tony's mom called the other day and told us they had found one at Wal-Mart for $112. We thought nothing of that, because it sounded about right. She told us to look around up here, and if we could find it cheaper, let them know, and we'd work something out.

I hopped online, and found it on Wal-Mart's website for $84, though it was unavailable online. So we decided to go to the store in person. Tony also suggested that we try Toys R Us, and the way things worked out, we went there first. We found the aisle with all the wagons, and the first one we saw was the Radio Flyer Excursion. It had blue seats and an extra storage container attached to the back. It was priced at $99.99.



We liked it, but since it wasn't exactly like the one we'd seen, we looked a little further. A few feet down the aisle, I found the Radio Flyer Pathfinder.



This was the one we were thinking of--the exact one our friends have. I looked for a price, and didn't see a tag on the shelf. I turned the box, and saw "40.00" on a bar-code-ish looking tag. "Well, that can't be right," I said. We hunted down a salesperson, who directed us to one of those self-scanning price checkers. We scanned it, and sure enough, it rang up at $40. After she walked away, we just stared at each other in disbelief. "That can't be right," I said.

Tony shrugged. "It rang up that way. You want to buy it now?"

"Heck yeah!" I replied, not wanting to chance that they'd fix the price later.

So we bought it, no problem, and as soon as we got home, I looked up that exact model online...

Amazon: $78.52
Target: $79.99
Wal-Mart: $84.00
redwagons.com: $89.49
wagondepot.com: $128.36
Sports Authority: $139.99 (what in the world?!)

And, best of all....

Toys R Us website: $89.99

So by some miracle of mispricing, they were selling it for less than half of what they should have.

And if you're wondering, it was all in it original, unopened package, so it wasn't a return or anything like that.

All I have to say is... SCORE.

Oh, and also, I got bored last night...

That's all.