Shopping on a Hot Day
Since I'm currently between projects, I have employed myself in the useful endeavor of saving money! Shopping for an ergonomic keyboard and a new mouse followed this plan: 1. Go to Office Max and play with the display models, taking them off the shelf and tapping lightly on each one, grabbing the mouse and clicking the buttons repeatedly until I am satisfied that somehow I have learned something from these actions. 2. Go home and research the customer reviews on each model (nearly 220 of them) at Amazon.com. 3. Carefully decide my favorites and go back to Office Max to rule out the ones I don't want. 4. Write down prices to compare. 5. Go back home and put in my order at Amazon.com. I followed this very scientific procedure this week and bought a Logitech keyboard set for $44.95, including shipping. (The list price at Office Max was $129.00.) I don't think Jerry would exactly call my method scientific, but that's ok--I'm on the warpath now to find him some mossy oa