Pro Flowers is a rip-off

[sniffa]

They've been advertising for Mother's Day on the radio with a promotional coupon for a dozen roses delivered to mom for $20. I'm a suck son and didn't want to be bothered with picking up a card, filling it out (and possibly enclosing scratchies - mom loves scratchies) and sending it out a few days too late.

So I go to their website and look for their radio ad deal and can't find it. I end up ordering the $30 assorted roses and upon setting up the addresses and shit I'm prompted with a promotional code box so I assume I'm going to get my $20 roses.

My promo code reaped me a total of $7 off... which they then spent on a vase I declined to order. Total for $30 order with coupon for what was supposed to be $10 is $62.61

Order Details:
Assorted Mother's Day Roses $29.99
Glass Ginger $6.99
Radio Special - Free Clear Standard Vase -$6.99

Care & Handling $2.99
Saturday Delivery $14.99
Standard Express Delivery $12.99
Tax: $1.65
Grand Total: $62.61



I love my mom but not that much.

[flvegan]

1. Chances are excellent that your mom would understand.

My mom's gonna be pissed when she gets my gift, but I was going to get it for her anyway and Mother's Day is just a good excuse where she can't tell me not to.

Score 1 for flvegan.

[LeftyMom]

2. Ye gods, you're not buying her another Jag, are you?

Note to the peanut gallery: For once I'm not joking.

[flvegan]

3. Uh, no.

Subscription to MLB.TV for the season.

Sadly, I fear that the purchase of a premium luxury automobile for my saint mother will be a once in a lifetime event. Not that I'm not trying.

[LeftyMom]

4. Considering the upkeep, she's probably relieved.

You should hook your sainted girlfriend up one of these days. I heard she hasn't even got her birthday present yet, and that was almost two months ago, you slacker.

[flvegan]

5. Sainted girlfriend?

I read your "got oral at the prom" post. Sainted, indeed.

[LeftyMom]

6. I told you that years ago.

Anyhow, there's sainted and SAINTED, and damned if I'm going to pass up oral. I'm not that nice, and I don't really want to meet anybody who is.

Don't play innocent with me either, I know a few things about you, mister.

[flvegan]

7. I know, but any opportunity to throw it out there works for me.

And I'm an angel. Innocent...pure as the driven snow.

[LeftyMom]

8. You're

more than a little bit turned on by the idea.

I know you.