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The Stupidity! I can't believe it.

I really cant believe the education level of the customer service people I've been in contact with the last few days.
I've had a lot of chances with shopping around on baby gear websites to get the least expensive price. I did it when my sweet mother in law Theresa wanted me to pick a travel system (and I found one for $50 cheaper than Babies R Us had it) and I did it the last couple days when my mom wanted me to pick a crib bedding set. I found honestly probably over 30 websites that carried the same crib set, and I emailed every single website this message:

"Hello,

I am interested in buying this crib bedding set on your website:
www.(your website name).com/ my fav bedding

but it is for this price "$" at this website:
www.(better deal website).com/ my fav bedding

Are you willing to BEAT their price?
(or sometimes it was the same price at both sites...but still ask them to beat the price)

Thanks, Carly"

These are some of the responses I received in my inbox:

"yes"
(ok.....by how much?) ((and the response i got to THAT email was "ready our website." What the freak?? communicate people!!! They must not be fluent in english))

"Ours is the same price!"
(um, duh. thats why I asked if you would BEAT it)

"We will definitely match the item you have requested! As long as it is in stock at their website, the exact same product, and they are not going bankrupt."
(Once again...didn't ask you to match...I asked if you'd BEAT.)

"I dont understand what you mean by us beating that price. We will gladly match it for you."

Oh I will stop there. I dont know why 35 out of the 40 websites I emailed had no idea what I meant by them BEATING the price. Price matching does no good for me. Babysupermall.com and nurserydepot.com are the only websites that got serious with me. They fought back and forth and the offers went from 5% to $10 off...until one of them had to say uncle.
The final price was $20 lower than BabiesRUs...but still worth the work!
If I hear a friend trying to buy something online I'll look around for them online and find the cheapest one for them. It's kind of fun for me. Ebay is usually the most expensive. If you ever want me to look for anything I will probably do it! (I say that because I have lots of extra time, which may not be the case in about......mmm.... 8 weeks)

Oopsies...

Ok the pictures on the last post should be fixed. Not that it was worth the effort on my part, but I just HAD to post about something other than being pregnant. You all understand.
I look like a major retard in those pictures, but we started out with something really small (say...a woman product to hide when i went to the bathroom, cuz it was a dorm that you had to share a bathroom with like 18 other chicks)
and the girls snapped a pic and were rolling on the floor laughing..so then i moved to the flat iron...and then a small purse...and then something crazy like a garbage can. Which I must have thought was quite clean and new looking. I did shower soon after this though, if you were worried.

(oh, and with the can i was trying to make it look like a magician act...like it moved up my whole skirt and out the top. I was in high school. Thats my only excuse.)

Flashback Friday

With all these teenagers going to EFY and all...made me think back to those years I got to go. I went five times. Couldn't imagine my summers without EFY. 4 of the 5 times I went with my cousin Jessica. Some crazy pictures were recovered and I'm gunna totally post them no matter how embarrassing...














Yeah...I started out with something small...then it got bigger and bigger...
I guess I was pretty crazy hyper. This is right before I was a senior in high school...which was not that long ago.

Ma Big Boy

Little "Breck", as my mom likes to nickname the baby, is measuring in the 72nd percentile. There is also some extra fluid in there, so combination of a bigger baby and more fluid (both at normal levels) was the most relieving verdict. The ultrasound tech was like "Well, he aint the biggest kid in class, but he is certainly bigger than average".
Last night Josh and I went to D.I. to find some books on tape to keep him entertained on the 3 hours a day he is driving to & from work. A hispanic man who spoke little english kept asking me questions "boy or girl" and his wife had to translate for him. He finally took practice with the little english he knew and said "He....big?"
I feel no obligation to be polite to people after they get into that, so i just straight ignore him. Fortunately my husband is sane and laughed with him going "yep...he's a big boy! but she can handle it.."
**Update: I am not complaining that my baby is big. I am so happy that he is perfect and healthy. Just complaining/making fun of annoying strangers who make rude comments about it.
I must come off in my writing style that I am ungrateful...