How $329.00 Became $539.04

This is my new ipad nestled in her pink suede case. Isn't she pretty? Ah, but what it cost me to get it here on my table is a story fraught with anxiety. So here we go with a fraughtful tale. (STEVE AND
REBEKAH: Look it up and expand your vocabulary!)
I had some fun money to spend and decided I would buy an ipad - or is it Ipad?? I asked my friend, Mary Lea to go with me to purchase one. We went to Best Buy and found what I wanted. Here was the first "fraught". The $329.00 ipad was smaller than the one I wanted. I wanted the one that cost
$399.99. Ok, I can deal with that. I'll get the $399.99 model. (Incidentally, it is 9.5"x7.5"). Now we move to cases. I do understand that I want to protect this $400.00 toy so we looked @ cases. Second
"fraught" - the cases range from $30 to $60. Wow!! I hit the middle price. That pretty pink suede cover
cost $49.99. Now I'm up to $449.98. That's still not so much that I wanted to back out. So I said "yes" to the pretty pink suede cover. Third "fraught" - You must buy a screen for the face of the ipad. "You must...." was said by the clerk and seconded by Mary Lea. "The reason for the screen is to protect the
glass of the ipad from scratches". "What would scratch it"?, I asked. "Fingernails and diamonds",

the clerk said. Right then and there I should have showed him this. This is the only ring with a stone in it that I wear. It is a peridot that is set down in a silver setting. Nothing sharp here. And....notice the nails? Cut as short as I can get them and not a bit scratchy! But I wasn't thinking straight so I said,
"Go for it". Guess what it costs. Go ahead, guess! $39.99!!!!! Now my total has risen to $489.97.
Fourth "fraught" - "It is not easy to install this screen so we"ll do it for you", the clerk said. Mary Lea
said it would be VERY hard for me to do it, and like a sheep led to slaughter, I went along with this last
suggestion.
This story does not end here. I paid the bill, noticing the total was $539.04. "Why is this bill so high?"
I asked. "It costs $14.99 to install the screen", said the clerk, with a sheepish look on his face. "Yeah, these screens are hard to get on,  BUT we'll do that for you" is what he had said. No words about the charge to "do it for you". Ok, ok, ok, I let the geek squad do it. But they didn't. While Mary Lea and I killed over 45 minutes waiting for my "screened" ipad, they tried two times to attach a screen only to find both were flawed. I got my money back for the screen and installation and we left.
I went back on Friday and said to another clerk, "Put a screen on my ipad with no flaws in it, do it in 45 minutes or you're getting the ipad, screen and case back!!!" 40 minutes later I got my ipad with a
flawless screen attached. Yay!
I must say my ipad is an expensive toy but, hey, you only live once......what's money for but to spend?......it's only money! How's that for justification?!?
I went to Yarn Envy with my lovely ipad in tow only to find it had to be charged. Duh!! We charged it and my knitting friend, Lynda, started teaching me how to use it. It takes some getting used to because
there is no mouse. You do everything with your fingertip. But....I  can do a lot with my computer so I'll get this ipad going in no time.