I heard about a good deal Office Depot was having this week on blank Maxell DVDs and even though I had 150 blanks left, 75% off list price was too good a deal to pass up so I ordered 200. As my friends know, I never pay more than 20 cents per dvd, often far less than that (with no stupid rebates, either). I’ve tried all kinds of media and really like Office Depot’s store brand, especially since they constantly go on sale for $7.99 for 50 every month or so. However, that being said, I couldn’t resist the Maxell’s they had on sale this week for $6 a 50 pack (which comes to 12 cents per DVD); a great deal.

After being notified my order was ready at the store for pickup I got in my car (sorry, no teleporter, it’s broken) and got my 200 Maxells (total = 25.48 w/the tax). Not bad at all! I thanked the cashier and headed out the door with a smile. After loading my nice find of cheap good DVDs, I remembered passing a few clearance carts and thought it best to go have a look.

Which is a good thing too, because what did I find? 3 100 packs of Imation brand DVD +Rs for $2 a pop and a 2 gigabyte Kingston Readyboost enabled thumb drive for $10!

I was a little shocked at my newfound booty and even asked the cashier if the prices were correct in the clearance carts, which she confirmed. “Yes sir,” she said, “we’re having a large clearance to get rid of some merchandise.”

Still a tad shocked at my even better fortune I lifted up the DVDs and said “these are really $2 each?” (head nod from cashier) “and this is really $10?” (another head nod.)

So I put the stuff on the counter, she rung up my 300 DVDs for $6 and my 2GB Thumb Drive for $10 and off I went even happier than when I picked up my 200 Maxell DVDs for $25 about four minutes ago!

I really don’t think I’ll be needing any more blank DVDs for a loooong time…

THANK YOU OFFICE DEPOT!

UPDATE: Went back to the same store two days later (today) and snagged 2 USB Hard Drive Enclosures (normally priced $35) for $2 each! Me likies their $2 cart big-time!