₤µ€λ! I Hate Being Honest!

Today I returned to the aforementioned Swedish store, where I selected:

2 pairs cheap lucite bookends, 99¢ each and

One pair snazzy steel bookends, $1.49 each.

"That'll be six-twenty-two." said the clerk.
"Um," I replied "I think you punched the steel ones in as a pair for $1.49."

Why do I insist on saving this place money? Over this weekend I could have saved the $3 to make it worth the gas I used for the second trip.