Thoughtful gift thwarted by Dollarama price tag
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OAKVILLE – Kevin Walker’ seemingly thoughtful gesture for his girlfriend’s birthday on Sunday was obliterated when she noticed her gift was purchased from the discount chain, Dollarama.
The gift in question – a bath bomb set called “The Lavender Luxury Collection” – was initially well received, until his girlfriend, Julie Emerson, saw the $3 green and yellow price tag on the back of the box. Emerson reportedly started crying and saying that her 30th birthday was ruined.
“I can see why she was a bit upset, but it’s not like it cost a single dollar,” says Walker, who we should mention is a successful lawyer with family money. “It cost multiple dollars, plus some tax.”
However upon seeing Emerson’s reaction, Walker quietly stashed aside the Dollarama lingerie set and plastic silver bracelets that he had also purchased for her.
The birthday evening then spiraled into a series of debates concerning the quality of Dollarama products, their no returns policy, and what else in their home is secretly from the bargain chain.
“Listen, I’m not trying to sound elitist,” says Emerson. “But if it’s from Dollarama, something’s gotta be wrong with it, right? Like is this why our batteries keep leaking?”
“Honestly, it could be because they’re Dollarama batteries or it could be because I’m putting them in small electronics that were also purchased from Dollarama,” confesses Walker.
While Walker admits that the store’s electronics are questionable, his general stance is that the chain does sell “good stuff.”
“Not only do they sell brand names, but I saw the same bath bomb set at Loblaws for $35!” explains Walker. “You’d think Julie would be happy I got a good deal on it, not to mention the effort I went through to buy it for her,” says Walker, who later elaborated that by “effort”’ he meant going with Dollarama’s self-checkout rather than cashier checkout.
Walker ultimately blames Dollarama for the fiasco, insisting that they should not sell items with hard-coded price tags that cannot be removed.
“Those printed-on price tags are set up to make you fail. How am I supposed to get around that? Like what am I supposed to do, not buy birthday and anniversary gifts from Dollarama?” says Walker while Emerson weeps in the background.
Emerson’s birthday was somewhat saved when Walker presented her with her favourite chocolate bars, which she has always assumed are from “England or something.”
The Snickers and Mars bar knock offs, Titan and Meteor, are exclusively sold at Dollarama.
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Ah Kevin, Kevin, you will lose Julie if you do not dispatch with silly ideas such as 'it's the thought that counts'!
LOL!
I hope she at least got a nice dinner at Cracker Barrel
... you're easy.
I'm cheap but not easy
I was the opposite ... for about a week and then the word got out.
I was presented with a wedding ring appraisal after our first married argument. true story ...
I did not know the Gumball Machine company printed out price estimations.
at the time I thought that a slightly flawed woman wearing a slightly flawed diamond seemed logical ...
... a "slightly flawed woman" is more than equal to an flawless man.
Welcome to America.
You got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em
Know When to walk away and know when to run
Run Kevin Run
(Sorry to Kenny Rogers and Forrest Gump)
It's always all about the money.
It's far more about listening ...
And money talks. Is that the price for living in a liberal society?
The one thing I do know about money is it flows uphill. As to the price, it is shared sorta equally by my liberal, conservative and libertarian poisonalities.
I was dating this girl a long time ago and every time I went to her house I’d stop by the dollar store to buy some stupid knickknack and hide it somewhere where she’d find it while I was there. It made us laugh and was kinda fun. Then one day she just exploded out of the blue and screamed “stop buying me this stupid shit!” She dumped me a few days later and started banging a mutual acquaintance. What a cunt.
Yes you were!
Think what you may. The guy she dumped me for was a pizza cook at a liitle dive bar, I saw him there 15 years later doing the same thing. She got the ultimate booby prize.
Pizza and Bourbon are 'hard' to resist.