Ivo Janssen

It didn't start out like this on purpose, but today sure ended up being a Bargain Day. All owners of Bose QC2 headphones should read on.

In the morning I got a complimentary tire balance and rotate at Discount Tire for the Thunderbird, they have a life-time balance/rotate on tires that you buy there. After that, I got a free lunch at Chipotle because I had a coupon. So the day started out good.

In the afternoon, I headed out to the outlet malls in Round Rock. See, my Bose QuietComfort2 headphones that I've had for four years started to wear out real bad. The head band had snapped (I had glued it together but it looked crappy) and the leather cups had completely worn down, to the point that everytime I got off a plane, there was black leather confetti all over my head and shoulders. I found out that you can buy replacement cups for $35, but I was going to try for warranty replacement.

I got there all pumped up to put up a sad story and how I loved Bose's customer service and how I was wondering how we could work something out for a warranty replacement. The sales guy listened to my story and then revealed they had an upgrade program where I could trade in my old headphones for a brandnew QC2 model for only $50. So for only $15 more than just new leather cups I now have a brand-new headphone set, latest revision (sturdier, nicer color scheme and improved electronics), worth $300. Now that's a bargain.

To top the day off, I walked into the Levi's store and bought a pair of my favorite corduroys, not for $40 (the list price), not for $31.99 (the sales price) but for $16 (there was another 50% off for some reason).

So the tally is: $7 lunch, $40 balance/rotate, $300 headphones and $40 jeans, a $387-dollar value for only $66!