My BBQ sauce incident and the new jacket.

Ok so before I start let me explain, my brother and sister in law call me every Tuesday or Wednesday to see where we should all 3 go for the day. So I just got home from town at 11:30am and my cell phone rings, It’s my brother and sister in law wanting to know where we should go today. I say “Since I have never been, want to go to Branson?” Trying to bug him because, well Branson is 2 and a half hours away from us. LOL. So at noon they show up, we are going to Branson. YAY!

We all get in his truck and start out, about half way to Branson we stop at a truck stop to stretch our legs and I really needed to pee. Well we grabbed some lunch and were heading back on our way when my sister in law dropped a thing of BBQ sauce on me, I had BBQ sauce from my elbow all the way down the side of my jacket and on my pants. No biggie really it wipes off with a wet towel. But she feels guilty and insist on buying me a new zip up jacket. So I take her up on it, hey why not I could use another one.
So once we got to Branson we start looking at all the little shops all the while keeping an eye out for a jacket. She wants me to get one from Aerospatiale (sp?) but I do not find one I like there. We go over to American Eagle, my first time ever in one. I find the jacket I want. 1 simple problem, no price tag on it. So I go up and ask the man at the counter if he knows how much it is. He looks for a price but can not find one. So he says “Where did you find it?” I said “It was in the back of the store stuffed into a pile of jeans and I have looked for them but I guess this is the last one.” He responds “Not a problem, I remember seeing them yesterday and I think they are 15 dollars” I say “Okay, thank you.” He responds “Not a problem, if you need any more help just ask.” I go back and tell my sister in law “This is the one I want.” She said “You sure?” I said “yes”
So we go up to the register and they guy rings it all up and it comes to 16 something, I wear it out because its f-ing cold outside. We go into another store and are looking when I put my left hand in the pocket, I feel something so I pulled it out. It’s a price sticker that belongs to the jacket. It was 80$! I almost shit! I couldn’t believe it! I said to my sister in law and brother “This jacket was marked for 80$, should we go back?” They both say “no” but I would feel so guilty doing this so I insisted on going back and telling the man. Well they want nothing to do with it so I take the receipt and go back. I tell a different man “You just sold me this jacket for 16$ and I found a tag in the pocket that says 80$.” he looks at me and smiles and said “Our mistake, keep the jacket.” I was like, No way this is a joke, no way they are going to let me walk away with an 80$ jacket that they sold to me for 16$. But sure enough they did. So all in all my BBQ sauce incident that was my sister in laws fault wound up getting me an 80$ jacket for only 16$. Pretty good odds I like to thank.
Bird

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you need to send a thank you note to your sister in law and while you are at it, send her a bottle of bbq sauce to throw on you the next time she sees you. lol!
great score on the jacket. congrats. good of you to go back and let them know. that was a good day for you.
 
I was happy with the outcome. I'm going to send her a nice thank you card tomorrow.
I would of felt so guilty for not going back. I guess it pays to be polite.
 
More importantly, you should send a note to the manager of the store telling him that you think his people handled the situation in the best possible way. In fact, they would not have been able to take that back since they set the price and you accepted it on that basis. But they did the right thing, and they should know that you appreciate it and will be a repeat customer because of it.
 
nicenycdick, I have there card all ready to be mailed. And I doubt I will go back very soon because of the drive. But still a nice note of thanks is on the way to them.
 
i think we should see a picture of this jacket. we could make it famous on here. that is sopme pretty good luck there, and the way they were so coll about it is amazing, if that was my shop i'd be pissed
 
Great that you had a POSITIVE experience with the jacket. I applaud you for being HONEST. As you can see it paid off!

I am pleased that you sent 'thank you" cards to your sister and to the store management. That is a good habit to develop and will serve you well as you travel along the highway of life. Thanks for sharing your happy experience.

RICKY_27
 

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