Nothing like shopping for big appliances that you can't afford to make you feel like all is right with the world. It's a very odd tradition, but yet tons of people shop this way. Well, probably not quite as bad as we do.
It started because I accidentally overpaid my sears credit card bill, so there happened to be about a $500 credit on it. How does one overpay a bill to the tune of $500? It's a long story, but basically it involves a miscommunication between bill payment and bill arrival.
So here we are, off to sears. I have been holding on to the credit until there was something big we needed, and we decided we might as well burn it up on a new lawn mower, since we had to borrow someone's to finish off the mowing season last year. You wouldn't think it would be difficult to find lawn mowers at Sears, but we searched all over that stupid store. Gardening centre was not open yet, not in with household stuff, finally we found a map and headed off in the right direction....
....and happened to pass the big appliance dpeartment. There was a washer there and they had it running, and as we passed by I said to SO, "Is that thing on? Because that is the quietest washer I have ever heard!" SO agreed, and with that, we found ourselves talking to a saleslady about a new washer and dryer. Now I need to mention here that those salespeople are GOOD. You see, we didn't really need a new set, ours, although very old, was still functioning. Even so, the price was good, and we walked out of there with a new washer and dryer.
I must say we did a fine job of using up the credit we had on the card, and then some. I think having the credit made us feel all superior or something. Now we have another monthly payment we can't really afford, especially with not knowing if SO will even have a job in a couple of weeks. So now I have a serious case of buyers remorse....of course, that could be the new stove we also tacked onto the purchase.....
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