Dog3 wrote:

> slammed when we got to the shopping mall. I had one gift to buy, for my 3
> year old niece. I was in this toy store (privately owned, not a chain and
> closed years ago)and saw this beautiful white carousel horse. It had rails
> like a rocking chair and the thing rocked back and forth. It was hand
> painted and it was incredible. I had it delivered. Well, around the first
> week of Feb. I got my AMEX statement. The horse was $2500 + shipping and
> handling. In my drunken state, I thought it was $250. Methinks it was a
> good investment though. She rode it constantly and still has it. The horse
> is all wrapped up and stored in a dry place at home. Her first born will
> also love it.

You don't have to be drunk to misread a price tag, but being relatively sober
might help you realize the error before you sign for it. I once drove my wife
almost 100 miles to buy a nice fur coat because it seemed like such a good
deal. It was a gorgeous coyote jacket and I was amazed that it was only $450.
I looked in some other places and their coyote coats were quite a bit more. So
off we went to see if the store still had the coat. When I got there I saw the
extra 0 on the price tag, $4,500, not $450.

It was just a few months later when we we visiting some friends on the west
coast. We stopped to buy some wine.Wine prices can vary a lot from one place to
another, so when I saw Poully Fusse for $4.95 I grabbed four bottles. I had a
big oops at the checkout, $49.50. I put them back and got something a little
more affordable.