Best Coupon Ever

Have you ever seen the movie, The Jerk, with Steve Martin?  There's a fabulous scene- one of the most memorable in the whole movie, where he's working at a carnival/circus as a "Guess Your Age/Weight" hawker.  One potential patron walks up and asks what he can win if Martin's character can't guess correctly.  And, well...just watch the clip...

Fantastic, right?

Chiclets, anyone?

Well, I was given a coupon by BabiesRUs that is just about as good:

our gift to you! (evidently, not the gift of grammar...of course, "Babies R Us"...I shouldn't expect much.)

save $20 on your purchase of $50 or more

Sounds great, right?

But the fine print:

Offer available in store only.  (I believe, again, that should be "in-store".)
EXCLUDES ALL TOYS,
baby food,
diapers,
formula,
wipes,
Unbeatable Price items,
Ameda,
Baby Jogger,
BOB,
Bugaboo,
ERGObaby,
Mamas & Papas,
Maxi-Cosi car seats,
Medela breast pumps,
Motorola,
Nap Nanny,
Pediped,
Peg Perego,
Phil & Teds,
Quinny,
Robeez,
Thyme Maternity,
electronic toys,
netbooks,
tablets,
video game hardware,
video games,
Apple products,
FAO Schwarz toys,
Buyer Protection Plan,
gift cards,
photo studios,
phone order,
Special Orders,
assembly fee,
breast-pump rental fee (uhm, how do you want to spell breast pump?  It's spelled differently twice here!),
delivery fee,
and shipping & handling fee.
Not valid with any other "R"us total transaction offer, on prior purchases or at Macy's Express.
Valid USA only.


So, I think it means that you can buy some BabiesRUs-brand socks and nose suction bulb, because with all these exclusions, there's not much left in the store to buy.

Oh, wait, I think it doesn't exclude you from getting a bunch of gum at the register, because we all need $50 worth of gum

"R"Us Stores:  just list what we CAN buy with this fantastic offer.