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I used to own As Good As It Gets on DVD. Someone borrowed it a long time ago, I never got it back. That’s another rant.

Today, I decided the time had come to replace said DVD, so pointed Camino in the direction of play.com and made the appropriate search.

Success! £5.99 delivered, I was a happy bunny.. But you know how these kinds of sites can get, so I had a browse around. No BluRay offers on, but a massive “Mix n Match” sale on DVDs, CDs, Books, Clothing, and so-called Gadgets; 2 for £10!. “Ok”, I thought; “that sounds good - I wonder if As Good As It Gets is included in the offer”. Despite there being no signs of an offer on the DVD in my basket, I went to the DVDs section, sorted alphabetically and on page 2 I found it, As Good As It Gets - 2 for £10. Excellent! After much scrutinizing I decided on The Last of the Mohicans as my other choice.

The problem began now. I had the items in my basket, but the total was £11.98 - not the alleged £10. Knowing how play.com’s system usually applies offers, in the basket as opposed to at the checkout, I thought this odd. I added the As Good As It Gets DVD from the Mix n Match listing, and my basket value came to £15.99 - meaning that removing the As Good As It Gets that the search picked up brought the basket total to £10. The advertised offer.

Why do I not get the Mix n Match offer if I’m searching? Is this some form of low-cpu-usage green-computing scheme masterminded by play.com? Sounds more like dodgy marketing to me. Who in their right mind will search through 800 odd DVDs just to save £1.98? It happened by chance for me, but I’d probably check any DVDs on play.com that are reduced to £5.99 while that Mix n Match offer is on - they’re probably hidden in there somewhere! Sneaky bastards.

Edit: Obligatory “I love Louise, ‘cos she’s megas” *looks at date*