每天读一篇英语小故事：The Bargain CD Set (2)

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　　Sidney reread the song list and artists. He noticed that the classic song
“Moon River” was sung by Danny Williams; Sidney thought that the original artist
was actually Andy Williams. He told Gita that he had his doubts. She told him
not to buy it, but he decided to take a chance on it—after all, it was only
$11.99. What could they lose, he joked. When they got home and played the CDs in
that set, both of them were disappointed.
        　　“When are you going to learn to listen to me?” Gita asked Sidney as she
rapped him in the head with the box of the CD set. Sidney told her that he would
take it back to see if he could exchange it. “Of course not!” Gita said. “The
receipt says that you cannot return an opened package.”
        　　Sidney took it back anyway; he hoped that he could charm the sales clerk
into giving him an exchange. He couldn’t. She said that the only thing she could
do was buy the CD set back from him. He said that that was okay with him,
figuring that she was going to pay him $11.99 plus tax. She typed the title of
the set into her computer. A few moments later, she told him that she would be
able to give him 70 cents. “You mean seventy cents for each CD?” Sidney asked.
“No, 70 cents for the set,” she replied. Sidney laughed. He was getting ripped
off by two different companies for the same item. On his way out of the store,
he decided he would regift the set as an office Christmas present.