Shopping Disappointment!

Can you believe that we've been without a TV for over half a year? When we were in Germany, the apartment came furnished with a TV, so we didn't need to get our own. When we moved to Japan in April, there were so many things to buy (dining table, fridge, shelves, bed, etc) that we decided that we would put off on getting a TV and get the necessities first. (apparently a TV isn't a necessity). Anyway, it hasn't been bad at all. We have Internet, so we watch movies on the computer. The time that we would use watching TV is now used to read books, play DS against each other, and play games. We haven't really missed not having a TV at all. But, I recently got a Wii for my birthday, and it makes it very difficult to play with no TV!!!

We were THIS close to getting a new TV over the weekend! We already have a TV picked out, we just need to price around to see where we can get the best discount. After visiting 2 Yamada Denkis, Kojima, and another smaller electronic shop, Kojima was able to give us the best deal. . . or so we thought.

We were pricing around for a flat screen TV and the matching TV stand. Kojima gave us a deal that was $300 cheaper than the other shops, so we decided to go back and get the TV! We were all excited about finally getting a TV and were thinking of when we should have it delivered, etc. HOWEVER when we went back, and asked for the same price, they were like "oh, sorry, we gave you the wrong price!" HMPH! Apparently the price they told us was for the cheaper TV stand, not the one we wanted! The correct price they quoted us was actually $100 more expensive than the other shops! We felt kind of cheated! We didn't end up getting a TV, but went home very disappointed. We decided to wait until the price of the TV of our dreams drops to within our budget.

So, needless to say, my Wii is still sitting in the box.