03-25-2005, 03:37 AM
I made a trip to Staples to buy my parents a new mouse. They are still in the stone age and outright refuse to bother buying an optical one. I figured I'd buy them one and make it a present. Everyone loves presents, right?
Well, it seemed that Staples had a really outstanding sale on a really outstanding mouse.
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This is a Logitech MX-510. The MSRP is $59.99, and Staples offered an instant $30 rebate and a mail-in $10 rebate, bringing the final price (pending the mail-in rebate) down to just under $20. How could I lose? This was a great deal. I bought it.
When I got home, I figured I'd try the mouse out just to be sure I wasn't going to be giving my folks a dud. The mouse worked just fine. In fact, it's completely awesome! It's a much nicer mouse than my 3 year old Microsoft optical. I've decided to be a very bad son and keep the Logitech MX-510 for myself and give my parents my old Microsoft one.
The Microsoft optical is still a nice mouse and has served me well over these past few years. It works just as well as the day I bought it and has survived 3 computers. It's 100x better than the noname ball mouse sans scroll wheel my parents use day after day. I feel pretty good about giving them my old mouse, but I really feel hella guilty about keeping the gift I bought for myself.
Have you ever bought a gift for someone else and keep it for yourself?
Well, it seemed that Staples had a really outstanding sale on a really outstanding mouse.
This is a Logitech MX-510. The MSRP is $59.99, and Staples offered an instant $30 rebate and a mail-in $10 rebate, bringing the final price (pending the mail-in rebate) down to just under $20. How could I lose? This was a great deal. I bought it.
When I got home, I figured I'd try the mouse out just to be sure I wasn't going to be giving my folks a dud. The mouse worked just fine. In fact, it's completely awesome! It's a much nicer mouse than my 3 year old Microsoft optical. I've decided to be a very bad son and keep the Logitech MX-510 for myself and give my parents my old Microsoft one.
The Microsoft optical is still a nice mouse and has served me well over these past few years. It works just as well as the day I bought it and has survived 3 computers. It's 100x better than the noname ball mouse sans scroll wheel my parents use day after day. I feel pretty good about giving them my old mouse, but I really feel hella guilty about keeping the gift I bought for myself.
Have you ever bought a gift for someone else and keep it for yourself?