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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Price Match

這個Xmas沒買什麼，除了一些本來就要買的電子產品，還用了兩次Price match。
大部分的店家都也這種policy，只要你能show出比他們便宜的價錢，他們就可以給你一樣的價錢，減掉10%的差價。For example, I see something in Futurehsop that sells for $70, and Bestbuy only sells for $30. I can go to Futureshop to do a price match and get it for only $26 (an extra 10% of 70-30 off). Here is how you do it:

1. Do some intensive research online on what you want, and who sells it.
2. Make sure the stores sell identical products.
3. Go to the one that sells it at the HIGHEST price. Note: matching between big stores is easier because they usually have bigger price difference.
4. Find the product you want and take it to a staff telling him you found a price lower than this and ask if you can do a price match
5. Get a puzzling face from the staff. He will ask you to show him the price, so go to the website and show him that you are right.
6. He will say ok we can do it, and attempts to checkout for you. Usually it takes some time because he doesn't know how to do it. Wait patiently with a smile on your face and ask politely if many people do this. He will say no. This can hopefully relief the awkwardness while waiting.
7. He finally figures it out and prices it at what you have shown him. Now you will notice that he does not give you the extra 10% price difference off. What a noob, but let's forgive him.
8. Be strong and ask him politely if theres an extra 10% off. He will suddenly remember it or go ask other staff.
9. He will then try to make some calculation to figure out how much 10% difference is. Help him with the calculation. Be patient and smile if he can't get it right. And yes, you do want the extra discount no matter how small it is, it's the pride of consumers.
10. He finally got the price right. Pay for it, and thank him for the endeavor he goes through.

It's extra fun when you do price match between Bestbuy and Futureshop.

Monday, December 31, 2007

洋蔥培根義大利麵

今天中午看了別人的食譜突然覺得好餓，又不想出去，簡單的說就是懶到不想叫外賣，不知道為什麼後來決定自己煮(?)。感謝衣服大廚的指導，成功的做出好吃的義大利麵。

材料：麵、培根、洋蔥、白醬、蛋
做法：先開始煮麵，煎培根然後剪成小塊，把多的油倒掉，放下切好的洋蔥(很多洋蔥)，煮好後加白醬跟水，自己試味道，再把麵加進去攪拌，最後放一顆蛋黃。

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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凌晨五點
今天不想睡
覺得有點藍
深藍無底的感覺
其實沒什麼事
只是撿到了一些遺忘的片段
感傷嗎?沒有
是困惑,不知道要把它們擺在哪
有點不知哪來的憤怒
好想大聲說 i am fucking sick and tired of this shit
guess i am just tired of myself
want to swap brain with someone else

just ranting
im fine

公車票

今天在等公車的時候
有一個阿伯走來走去問別人"Are you paying for your bus ticket?"
很明顯的他是想要賣用過的公車票
其實一點也不稀奇
但我覺得他的方法很不錯
平常我們遇到的都是那種怪怪的流浪漢問你要不要買他們的票
效果很差因為我們不喜歡跟怪怪的人買車票
可是今天這個是先問你要不要付錢坐車
讓你先想到要付$2.25的公車費
然後再給你省錢的機會
我覺得他成功的機率會高很多
I think it's good marketing

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

現在一定要知道 Syndrome

讀書最大的敵人就是網路
特別是對會用網路的人
像我這種有"現在一定要知道 syndrome"的人更是如此

讀到一半會突然想知道一些有的沒的,該讀書的時候好像會特別好奇:
上次看到的那台canon的review不知道好不好?
imdb現在rating最高的documentary是什麼?
fifth element得幾分? Luc Besson有導什麼電影我沒看過?
long island iced tea是用什麼調的啊? 順便也wiki一下是誰發明的好了
最近有出什麼好遊戲? 考完可以玩
Sweden的平均溫度是多少啊? Norway有比較冷嗎?
如果把房間的大燈換成省電燈要幾年才划算?
台灣yahoo購物有不錯的東西嗎?
上網看看別人設計的t-shirt好了
104上面的廣告公司有哪些?
上次找不到的那本書再找一次好了
加幣的匯率現在多少? 這一年呢?
google map 看看金字塔長什麼樣

明明就都不是重要的問題
但在讀書的時候這些都變成了"現在一定要知道"的須知