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Ed. note: This post is written by Mr. Crab Cake
My mother, Miss Crab Cake, and I were walking back to the car in Santa Barbara when I saw a shoe store that was having a going out of business sale. I suggested we go in, and Mom and Ms. C had no problems with it. After about 10 minutes, both Miss C and I had each found a $100 pair of shoes for less then $30. Mom was trying on some shoes when the salesman who sold us the shoes came over and gave me a few black boxes. He said, “Here, have a few of these. We are going out of business and I have thousands of ‘em.” I was curious, so I opened the box to see what our parting gift was. It turned out to be a nice key chain compass with a whistle. Miss C saw it and jumped at the opportunity to get some more.
She looked at the sales guy and said, “Well, since you’re trying to get rid of them, can I have 200?”
He looked at her strangely as if to say, “Did I just hear you right?”
She continued. “No, really, we are getting married in six months and it’s going to be a compass themed wedding, and we can use those as gifts!”
The guy nodded, disappeared behind the counter for a minute, and returned with 100 compass key chains.
She smiled and said, “No, really, I need 200.”
So he took a deep breath and turned back around to get another 100 compass key chains. He came back and placed two more boxes on the seat. He looked at them and said, “Looks like you’ll need another bag.” So as he turned to go get it, Miss C followed him and said, “Can I get another 50? You know, just in case we have more people come then we planned for.”
At this point, he was totally on board with us. I mean, he had to get rid of the key chains, and we were taking 250 of them off his hands. Mom bought her shoes, and we left with about $300 worth of shoes and 250 compass key chains in three bags all for under $100. What a deal, huh? Talk about right place right time!
- Mr. CC
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thats amazing..i wana hear more about this compass theme!!
Seriously, sweet deal! I would have loved to use these for my own wedding. I didn’t know you are having a compass theme!
WOW! Miss CC, way to keep asking for more! You are sooo spunky!
Love this post! It’s amazing how things work out!
this strikes me as kind of pushy and rude
You guys were in SB? I looove that place. Brother Glitter goes to college in SB. By the way, what a great score with the key chain compasses!
Did you not even offer to pay a little bit of money for the store’s merchandise? It’s one thing to accept a gift-with-purchase freebie and another thing to run off with 240 of the freebies when only making a single purchase 
I hope the guy’s manager didn’t get mad at him.
@erin: @jtg: I feel the need to defend myself. At first, I was totally kidding and didn’t think the guy (who was the manager, by the way) was going to give me 250 freebies. Secondly, he literally had thousands of them, cases upon cases stacked up all over the store and they were going out of business. And thirdly, we made three purchases!
And now I’m done defending myself and I won’t do it again.
@ Miss Crab Cake: Congrats- that is wicked! I’m sure this was a “Frequency”-type of give away and if you didn’t “take” it, it may have ended up in the trash! I think the fact your mom made several purchases appeased the sales guys/manager. And to be honest- had they not wanted to get rid of the stuff- there’s no way they would have given it to you for free. When was the last time a store did that? I think it’s awesome you asked for it, and then received it!
That’s awesome! I want to hear more about the compass theme too!
Ahhh, I didn’t imagine that he’d have thousands of something like that in stock.
That’s hilarious! How lucky!! You guys are awesome!
that’s a great deal! you gotta strike while the iron’s hot… so good going, miss cc!
Miss CC, you rock 
No need to defend yourself!
you guys came out with a great deal i really like your compass theme idea too.
In Miss CC’s defense, I worked in retail management and those most certainly would have ended up in the trash or the managers garage at home if he had not unloaded them before their store closed. Well done Crab Cake family. Shame on those of you condeming someone without a little background knowledge.
Wow, take about a score! So awesome that you lucked out like that.
That’s awesome! What a unique gift that will be and for FREE!!
tell me more about this compass theme….
I’m so jealous!! I would love to find an incredible steal like that! We are going with a travel theme and those would fit perfectly. Way to go!
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Mrs. Crab Cake, Columbus, GA
Age and Occupation: 25, Registered Nurse
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Director of Education and Living History for a museum
Engagement Date: April 6, 2008
Wedding Date: June, 2009
Blogging Since: November 26, 2008
Venue: Holy Family Catholic Church, reception: National Infantry Museum
About Me: I'm a perfectionist trying to balance two jobs, motherhood, my craft obsession, and wedding planning. I am obsessed with all things wedding, especially creative ideas for saving money and DIY projects. A Southern Belle at heart, I love anything southern, especially sweet tea, grits, afternoon thunder storms, crab cakes, and good old Southern hospitality. Mr. Crab Cake and I are planning a vintage inspired wedding with tons of Southern flare (can y'all say that with a thick Southern drawl?).
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