Another day shopping in NYC

We head to some electronic store in search of the cheapest place for memory sticks for the digital camera. We have been doing this for days now and we practically get thrown out of any store we go into as we bargain.

So we head into B&H electronics store and ask the information desk where we can find memory sticks. We are shown the way and when we arrive to the counter we practically throw ourselves over the counter because they are $70 US for a one gig memory stick. We grab a few without thinking about it. This is the cheapest price we will get.

The guy hands us a receipt for the goods. The way the store works and its beyond me why, you take the receipt to the check out and pay for it. Then you have to go to another check out to collect your goods. I suppose it stops people from stealing?

I decide to go buy some extra video camera tapes as I'm quite low on them. By the time I get back someones buying an IPOD. What the ? I was gone for like less than five minutes. Who buys an IPOD in 5 minutes? What kind of an impulse buy is this?

We pay for the goods and someone spends over $800 AU. So they decide to give us a free gift. What do we get? A free roll of film. Who still uses film? We just brough memory sticks for our digital camera what the hell are we supposed to do with film?

Back at the New Yorker the IPOD comes out and we spend the next 20 minutes playing with it. We plan to transfer all the photos from the digital camera over to the IPOD so we can free up some memory. Luckly we dont delete the photos. Long story!

It was getting time to leave New York so we head downstairs to the reception desk to ask about airport transfer. I approach the guy to enquiry about the transfer rates. The guy states $20 US per person by a shuttle bus. I realise this is a rip off and using a shuttle bus I would probably miss my flight by the time we collect everyone.

The guy proceeds "Did you want to book for the transfer now?" I reply with " I don't have any money on me now". The guy turns around and says "That's ok. You can pay me later. I can book the transfer now. What time is your flight?"

By this point I look completely lost and reply "I don't remember". I tell the guy that I'll come back down later to organise it. We storm off. The guy stands there looking at us. He must think what an idiot. Who goes to book a transfer with no money or flight details.

We race back to TKTS at Broadway to see if we can score some theatre tickets. We arrive to notice that there is a crowd outside so it must be open. After much thinking we decide to get tickets to watch STOMP.We purchase tickets to STOMP and catch the subway back to the New Yorker.

We decide to have lunch at Taco Bells today. Taco bells is in the same building as Dunkin Dounts. We enter and totally snob the old guy at the cash register at Dunkin Dounts. I've been craving for Taco Bells since it closed down in Sydney and this was my chance in getting some.

We reach the counter and order some tacos and fries. I've been looking forward to this for so long. We sit down and I feel like I'm in heaven!