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What’s the old saying about those who most pound the rules are those who most break them? Well, I am guilty of that because the other day I broke one of what I refer to as my Buzzy Rules. (Most of what I refer to as Buzzy Rules are those involving money as in “No way am I paying that much for that!”)
The Buzzy Rule I broke involved the cost of greeting cards which goes “I’m not paying $7 for a card that gets tossed in the trash can as soon as it’s opened.” On some very special occasions I may consider going as much as $5.99 for a card if it says what I want it to say but that’s a very rare thing. My usual ceiling on cards is $6.
So there I was in the card section of Weis looking for just the right one for my son Shea in recognition of his birthday. Shea has been working hard on getting his new house straightened up along with performing all the doo dahs of chauffeuring 3 pre-teens here and there. I’m proud of how well he has been managing all of this while working full time for a defense contractor and doing part time work either on the water or working with Brady on the weekends. Thus, for his birthday I wanted to find a nice card for him that said something along those lines.
After perusing the many card selections, I finally found one that said just what I wanted it to say. However, when I flipped it over to check out the cost I immediately ran afoul of the Buzzy Card Rule because it showed $6.99. I put the card back and then spent another 5 minutes looking for alternatives. However, I kept coming back to the expensive one. Finally, my impatience kicked in and I thought to myself “Sorry Buzzy. Sometimes you just got to say …….” (Tom Cruise – Risky Business (below.)
As to just why cards cost as much as they do, here is a good article that discusses various reasons (click here.)