The Book Costs S$ 0.00 ?

It was Tuesday, so my lesson finished at 14.00. That day, I met Wilson while I was having my breakfast. He said that he wanted to buy a textbook. Since I had a NUS Coop membership, I could buy things at NUS Coop with 10% discount. We decided to go to NUS Coop at Central Forum after our late lunch at 14.00.

The books Wilson was going to buy are "Intermediate Accounting" and "Corporate Finance". Actually, he did not really want to buy "Intermediate Accounting" textbook. It was because his lecturer had an online assignment which uses the software(not so sure, for clarity, find Wilson) which you could get by buying the textbook(a nice way to get the students to buy the textbooks. She(or he?) is indeed a business' expert! ^^).

Wilson took the books and handed it to me. Thus, I went to cashier to pay the books. *Bip. *Bip. Two sounds indicated that the books were scanned. I found out that the books were so cheap. It was only about S$37(after discount). But, who cares? I paid and went out. I handed the book back to Wilson and asked, "Business books are quite cheap despite their fancy look." However, Wilson was confused. He then took the reciept and checked it. We soon found out an interesting fact. "Intermediate Accounting" costs S$ 0.00!

We were stunned for a few seconds. Wilson then rushed back to the Coop and asked his friends who had bought the book(we met them while we were inside). He then came out and told me what had happened. He somehow missed the instructions how to buy the book =='. The book we were taking was actually taken from the box. It was actually the book they haven't inputted in the database. As a result, it costs S$ 0.00. In fact, if you are going to buy that book, you should ask for the barcode at the customer service! Why? Because the so-called "software" you need is on the customer service, along with the books that have been inputted into the database. Well, accordingly, we returned the book into the box and bought for a new one. It turned out that the book is really expensive. It costs about S$ 45(after discount).

It was indeed a funny experience. See you in my next post! =)