Sorry if the tittle is a bit misleading, neither freebie nor discounts here ![]()
Since getting my new stash of pheros, I have been getting free stuff and even large discounts from various places. I mean they have practically paid for themselves already! Here is what I have gotten so far within the past couple weeks I’ve been wearing them.
Free drinks - Now I’m a guy, so usually free drinks at a bar or restaurant are pretty rare. Sure I’ll be out with a group of friends and one of them will buy a round, but this isn’t what happened. I was out to eat with my gf at an upscale Japanese restaurant and I ordered a small sake as my beverage ($6). When the waiter brought us our drinks he came to me with a very large container and said “this is our largest one, I won’t say anything if you won’t”. This large sake was $17 on the menu, over twice the price of the one I ordered. Yes the waiter was a man, but this definitely was not a sexual hit. This has never happened to me before, and I’ve been to a lot of restaurants. So I got to thinking, other than the pheros what could have caused this to happen? It could have been he was fishing for a larger tip, but that doesn’t make too much since because mainly the tip is based on the amount of the bill. It could be that the bottle of sake was getting low so they just decided to give the rest to me and call it a gift. Well that one made even less since just because of the shear difference in size, I mean the difference between the small and extra large was enough sake to make several more smalls. Anyways, I concluded it was the pheros and chalked it up as an $11 boost to my wallet courtesy of my little buddies. My mix that night was a314, IS and some scent of eros.
Free towel - I know this one doesn’t sound too amazing but hey it was free so I’m reporting it. I was at bed bath and beyond with my gf picking out some various things. After a few minutes of shopping I b-lined for the nearest massage chair, they usually have some set up on display. To my horror they did not have them, and as I was standing there a female manager came up to me and asked if I needed help finding something. She was maybe late 20’s caucasian and fairly pretty. After finding out they had been sold as display items I thanked her and went back to find my gf. A few more minutes of shopping and I feel a presence behind us, sure enough its the manager asking if there was anything she could help us with. This time the gf had some questions for her, she answered them and went about stocking items in our area. The rest of our shopping she seemed to be “stocking” close by. Come check out time, she (the manager) was hovering right behind us and even opened up a register and said “I can take you here” with a big smile on her face
. While checking us out she seemed very flustered. As if she couldn’t concentrate. Needless to say she ended up grabbing two hand towels and scanning them at the same time. So only one rang up. Now I am an honest man, and do not mind paying the $7 for the extra towel, but I didn’t recognize this mistake until I was home looking at the receipt. Chalk up another $7 for my count. My mix for that day was a314 + IH + ammo + IS
$100 discount - This is by far my biggest discount. Again, out with my girl, this time shopping for furniture. We were at a furniture store who was having a big labor day sale. The place was fairly crowded, so much so that we didn’t immediately get tackled by a sales person when we walked in the door. In fact, after spending time and deciding on a couch, we pretty much had seek out a rep to check us out. That being said, when we found one she did not seem to be in the greatest of moods. There were lots of children running around and parents/couples with enough questions to drive anyone insane. As soon as she came over to us, her mood seemed to be lifted and she immediately became very friendly and upbeat. She was in her late 40’s early 50’s and caucasian. We showed her the couch we wanted and she said great and took us over to her register to ring us up. I was making small talk about how busy it was and she mentioned that she makes up the majority of her sales for the year in this one weekend alone (fourth of july is also a big one). So shes ringing us up when she says, “oh looks like we have too many of those in stock, I guess I could knock off an additional $100 for you” At this point my jaw literally dropped. I mean we were at the check out ready to pay for the sticker tag, this was just insane! I still have absolutely no idea why should would have done this, she even had to call a manager to get it approved. I don’t remember my exact mix but I can pretty much say it included a314, IS and either IO, IH or ammo.
$50 discount - Ok, out with the gf again this time shopping for a bed. If you haven’t caught on yet, we are moving into a new place. There was a mattress sale at the local high school this weekend. One of the kids father owns a mattress company and was selling them at a discounted price to raise money for the schools hockey team. Anyways we checked it out and they had some really nice stuff right in our price range. We actually were trying to decide between two different ones when the owner came up to us trying to solicit a sale. We made small talk for a bit, I made a joke and we all laughed. I told him which one we wanted to buy and he brought us over to check us out. He leans over to me and in a whisper says, “you wouldn’t happen to have one of those coupons those kids were handing out do you?” I said no as I had no clue what he was talking about. “It knocks 50 bucks off the price, I’ll tell you what I’ll just say you had one.” Again, we were at the frigging check out ready to pay the price, I just can’t stop these people from throwing money at me! My mix that day was IG, spaceland and cttm2.
Total saved $168 so far.
Has anybody else gotten freebies or discounts? I would be interested in your stories.