It's ammo, as in ammunition, not armor.

I don't see anything about armor... Am I blind or are you talking about the ammo?

Nerf Armor makes no sense, anyhow.

Nerf armor would be what? You're sister? The slow kid?

This should explain everything

@Darrone: An Abrams Tank. NO way nerf bullets are getting through that.

Not related to the deal, per se, but I highly recommend reading the reviews of the gun on the Toys 'R' Us site.

"good for civil war reinactment"

Okay, then.

Sorry, but I'm not quite sure I see where the issue is.

*Normal circumstance: Nerf gun + shipping = 11 + 5.04 = 16.04
*Deal which Chi applied for: Nerf gun + free shipping = 11 + 0 = 11
*Deal + ammo offer = Nerf gun + free shipping on gun + free ammo + shipping for ammo = 11 + 0 + 0 + 5.08 = 16.08
*What he was actually charged = Nerf gun + free shipping on gun + free ammo + reduced ammo shipping = 11 + 0 + 0 + 2.82 = 13.82

I figure I'm somehow reading this incorrectly but I'm not sure where. Can someone explain?

I want the Nerf gatlin gun.

I know this isn't totally related, but I'm totally done with the "* 'R Us" company. My friend was in Babies R Us the other day buying crib parts and the guy in front of her was being given a bunch of shit by this cashier because he had called ahead to do a return and she wouldn't let him. He had called ahead because it had been a gift and he no longer had a receipt. He had the gall to try to return something receiptless because his future child had been stillborn. When he had called, he had spoken to management and they had approved the return. The cashier, Sara, was totally unsympathetic and rude the entire time (even if the return couldn't have been processed, being rude to a customer is ALWAYS out of line). My friend proceeded to call corporate while in the store and they offered her a coupon. Nice.

So, even though I used to go there to play Japanese demo copies of Zelda games as a kid, I think I'll steer clear from now on. Plus, weren't they on here a while back for something about poor bathroom safety?

@vjmurphy: well not until you perform the thumbtack mod on all your nerf darts like I did. works way better than suction cups when hitting skin now.

@vjmurphy: Or makes perfect sense!!! I can see it now, the possibilities...

I thought all the "Toys 'R' Us" stores were either closed or converted to "Babies 'R' Us," and that "Toys 'R' Us" is now an online-only business. If so, there can't be any store within $2.82 worth of gasoline's drive away from him. There aren't any at all!

@phoenix6666: In just adding ammo to my cart, it asks for $4.03 in shipping. In fact, it almost seems like he's getting a better deal on the shipping, unless I missed something.

@ajlei: I think there was a post awhile back about a bathroom stall collapsing on a mother and toddler. Babies R Us always struck me as overpriced and too proud of themselves when we last went in.

@PsiCop:

Maybe in your area... the one by me was still open last time I checked. I think I would have heard something if they were closing every store nationwide.

So uh... what's the problem here? Does this guy really think that if he bought the ammo by itself it would have cost $.04 to ship? I doubt it. They charge you shipping for the free ammo, the same as if you bought it by itself.

@PsiCop: there's one about 18 miles from me at a local snooty upscale mall [which i find incongruous, this being toys R us and all]

@PsiCop: I bought my nephew a birthday present from Toys 'R' Us, just last week...

@TheBursar: I was thinking the exact same thing. Makes more sense than anything else I've heard today!

the times square one is still huge and still crowded, although in today's climate i wouldn't be surprised if it were replaced with, um, another stupid sephora…

@ajlei: Fails R' Us.

@undefined: i just picked up a bunch of transformers from the one in Orland Park. they were around 8 dollars a figure. i love that toys r us very clean.

@PsiCop: must be your area, i see them here in NC.

@tonalanswer:
Agreed.

There's no free shipping on the ammo, and he's getting discounted shipping on it because he's combining it with another order.

Nothing to see here. Move on.

All this over less than $3?

@temporaryerror: My brother's got it, it's friggin sweet. The Longshot (the "sniper rifle") is fun too.

I still long for the days of the Nerf Bow and Arrow though.

UI agree with the other posters, I don't see a problem here.

Maybe they should change the title.

"Reader gets good deal, still complains about it".

@PsiCop: They closed 87 of 700 stores 3 years ago. There's still plenty of them around. Considering they also bought FAO Schwarz like 3 weeks ago, I'd say they're still around.

@vjmurphy:

Wouldn't nerf armor be a contradiction?

Or a Tshirt...

@PsiCop: I know of 3 for sure in the Chicago area.

Normal cost of gun: $11
Normal cost of shipping for gun: $5.04
Total normal cost: $16.04
Savings with free shipping: 5.04, or 31%

Normal cost of gun + ammo: $17
Normal cost of shipping gun + ammo: $5.08
Total normal cost: $22.08
Discounted shipping: 2.82
Total discounted price: 13.82
Savings: 8.26, or 37%

Can someone explain to me how that "pretty much screws you over"?

So what your saying is, he got half price shipping on a free item he got when he purchased another item with free shipping? Hhhmm, i think a call to the bbb is in order. Maybe we should launch an investigation into unfair business practices and publicly humiliate the CEO, who is undoubtedly sitting in the back of a limousine with a cuban cigar and a tumbler filled with 30 year old scotch laughing with his mistress and business partners about his exploitation of the unwitting masses of toy buyers. "The epitome of evil" the headlines will say, as he is disgraced and exiled from society.

@temporaryerror: i had that for a while. not worth it, always jams up. also, the longshot spring degrades pretty quickly. the maverick and recon cs-6 rock the house during most late-night raids.

@YouInTheBack: LMAO @ Nerfy cubicle gopher war.

@WillG: Heck toy manufacturers will sell anything, since it's all pretend killing people anyway. So even if armor isn't justified in reality, you can still sell it as part of the "Nerf battle experience".

Yeah, the math in the comments seems right. The only problem I can see here is if the advertisement didn't clarify that the extra ammo deal does not include free shipping on the entire order - something I'm sure the fine print states. Savvy consumerist readers read fine print, don't they? Otherwise, I'm seeing that he paid an extra two bucks for a few hours worth of harassing neighborhood cats. Worth it.

I don't think it's all that inaccurate. He got free shipping on the item for which he was promised free shipping. He then got an offer for a free item. He accepted. That free offer does not include free shipping, which is 95% of the time separate from the price of the product. Much like the price on the tag doesn't include tax, it usually doesn't include shipping.

Stop complaining.