There is always a work-a-round in Peru...

This happened in one of Lima's large department stores. If you have been following our buying adventures you know that we have been  out pricing house hold things and today was no different. While we were looking at bedding for the guest room, (if you visit us you will be so comfortable in the guest bed.) Up till now we have just been looking and checking prices, but today things were on sale! Laurie found the right sheets and pillow cases and it was a two for 1 sale!
Okay, here's where it get interesting...off we went to the check out counter. The women behind the counter said, "Do you have one of our credit cards?", Laurie answered, "No we don't have one of your cards". "Well, the sales person replied, if you don't have one or our "tarjetas" then you can only get one set of sheets at the regular price. By now Laurie is sad and upset. They were just what she wanted and the savings was great. Then the sales lady noticing Laurie's sad face, said, can you pay with cash? Yes was the answer, and I can still get two sets for the price of one, Laurie asked (she was very puzzled by this time). Yes was the reply. So Laurie handed over the cash to the sales lady and we waited. .......nothing happened, the sales lady waited on another shopper, still waiting. Then the work-a-round happened. Another shopper came up and after some conversation with the sales person, the shopper turned to Laurie and asked if Laurie wanted to use her tarjeta to get the 2 for 1 sales price. After a little thought Laurie realized that this is how the sales person gets around the "no card" problem. They ask one of the shoppers if they would charge the two sets of sheets and the sales person gives the shopper the cash that Laurie had given her. The kind shopper gets points on her tarjeta, we get two sets of sheets, and the sales person gets a sale.
The department store is happy and no harm done. Neat. no?