Shopper's Index

[sylvar]

Items I intended to buy............   1
Time I arrived at Circuit City.....   5
People ahead of me in line.........  50
Stores visited.....................   3
Time I got home....................   9
Free CD-R discs.................... 200
Free CD cases...................... 100
Free 52x CDRW drives...............   1
Free megabytes of PC2100 DDR RAM... 256
Megabytes of free USB flash drive..  64
Price of a DVD/SVCD/MP3 player.....  30
Price of a leather desk chair......  20
List price of wireless hub......... 160
Price after rebate.................  10
Hours spent on rebate preparation..   3
Rebates envelopes filled...........  18
Dollars paid up front.............. 463
Dollars in rebates (approx.)....... 400
Savings in percent.................  86
Unhappy gift recipients expected...   0

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[ximinez]

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