With coupon in hand, I journeyed to Toy ‘R Us, as they are the world’s biggest toy store. Upon arrival I was greeted by a very friendly employee name Misha. She asked if she could help me. Since I wanted to hurry through I showed her my coupon and told her I was looking for a Pink Leapster and a couple of games. She told me no problem and took me to the spot where the Leapsters (regularly priced at $69.99) were kept. Unfortunately only the Green ones were there even though the computer stated that 9 were on hand. We tried to call Fullerton but they were busy. While waiting for her to check the back and perusing games that were not priced at the $18.74 web price, a nice lady told me she got her daughter an L-Max Leapster (same thing BUT it can also be plugged into a TV). Toys ‘R Us priced this at $89.99 BUT she said it was on sale at Leapster.com for $68 and all the games were $18.74. Most likely the regular model would ALSO be on sale. I thanked both her and the Toy ‘R Us lady named Misha and hurried home.
Arriving home, I unpacked the car and gave Kovu his bed. He immediately wanted to move it. I used the technique Travis taught us in class and said “Drop It” firmly… he complied then ran to show me the new piece of grass he pulled up… but I digress. Anyway I went to Leapfrog.com and saw that the basic game was the $59.99 price BUT the games were in fact $18.74. This seemed like a good deal to me, especially as I would get free shipping on orders $50 or more. I clicked to add the game to my cart and saw they were out of stock on the pink one… grumble, grumble. On a whim, I checked the L-Max (in pink) and almost wet my pants… $53.99. I clicked as quick as I could but was again thwarted by the evil out of stock notice.
Checking the Toys ‘R Us site, I had resigned myself to pick up the base pink game for $59.99 and a couple of games. However, while the pink game system WAS in stock and the games WERE priced at $18.74, none of the ones appropriate for Lindsay were in stock (and I didn’t 2 versions of DORA). I told Ryan (who was home by now, we were going to go to the other Toys ‘R Us. He expressed less than positive enthusiasm because Mireblood was helping him kill Advisor Rhat’rhork, an illusive Sarnak he needed to complete a quest (relates to Everquest II, an online game).
I sent my wife a call to gather her thoughts but she was unfortunately not there. Checking Walmart, Best Buy, and Fry’s all came up nil and just as frustration and the realization that I needed to get SOME work done today started to sink in, I struck GOLD. At Amazon.com they had the PINK L-MAX game system for $53.99 with FREE shipping. The games however were overpriced like the Toys ‘R Us store, but I was now on a roll and purchased JUST the game system without a second thought. Remembering that the Leapfrog website had all the games I wanted AT the cheap price, I acted and am now thoroughly happy with my purchases.
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