Maxing Out Office Max!

Today I ran into an Office Max store and grabbed their sales flyer.  Deeply discounted merchandise on the front of any sales flyer is considered a "loss leader" meaning these items are used to "lead" you in to the store and they are willing to take a "loss" on the items just to get you in the door!

Their hope is while you're in the store you'll buy something else in addition to the loss leaders to make up for the lost profit.  I don't play like that.  I just go in, purchase the loss leaders and quickly get out!  So here's what I got with regular prices in parenthesis:

• (2) SCHOOLIO Colored Pencils, 12-pack $.01each ($1.99) = $.02
• (3) Office Max Clear Zippered Binder Pockets $.25 each ($.59) = $.75
• (3) Sharpie Singles $.25 each ($1.79) = $.75

Out of pocket = $1.52 + tax
Merchandise value = $11.12
That's an 86% savings!