Incompetence actually paid off…

Here is an interesting tale which has a happy ending, despite the incompetence we encountered.

The day before CT and I left for our honeymoon, we were shopping at the mall for items we needed for our trip and we popped into Sears to have a look around. We received several gift cards for our wedding, which is totally awesome! One gift card we received was for Sears.

Let me background this by saying that we only have 1 set of sheets for our bed so we had been looking to get some more. However, since our bedroom is in an African theme, we wanted something that would match the theme.

So, while we were browsing in Sears, they had one of those beds set up with bedding on it and the sheets were absolutely perfect! Leopard print!!!! We loved them instantly and checked to see if they had them in Queen. Nope. They only had 1 set and it was King. So, we asked at the customer service desk if more could be ordered. They were a little pricey at $120, but they were absolutely perfect for our bedroom and we had looked all over. Well, they looked into it and unfortunately, these sheets were being discontinued and they could not order any more from the supplier. They did however give us a raincheck because they were going to see if they could get some from another store. They said they would call us to let us know either way.

Since CT and I were leaving on our honeymoon, I asked my mom to check our messages while we were away to see if the sheets came in. I left her the raincheck, the gift card, and some cash incase they were able to get them in so that my mom could go and purchase them. Well, when we got back from our honeymoon, no call from Sears.

The next day I went into the store to see if they got them and just forgot to call me. They looked into it, and they told me that they had been discontinued and it was NOT POSSIBLE to get any more in. So, we were out of luck… or so it seemed.

Fast forward 3 weeks later… CT was done work a little early yesterday, so he thought he’d go to the mall to browse for a bit. While he was there, he noticed that they had a clearance section of bedding and had a peek. Much to his surprise, there were the leopard print sheets; the exact same ones we were inquiring about prior to our honeymoon! They had probably 10 sets or so, only 1 of which was in Queen size. So, he promptly gave me a call and I met him at the store (since I had our gift card with me). While he was waiting for me to arrive, he physically held onto the sheets so that nobody else would take them since it was the only one in Queen size.

Anyways, since they were on clearance, they were half price! Regularly $120 on for $60. And we had a $50 gift card, so the total we paid was $18. I was so happy that it worked out! Now I'm glad they were incompetent idiots and didn't call us because I would have been annoyed if I had paid full price and then found them for half price. Yay!