To celebrate my birthday, Office Max is selling the APC 1000VA UPS Battery Backup for $30 (reg.$129.99), but OM is sold out all over. I tried Circuit City for some price matching in person at StL Mills, but was denied since CC couldn’t find the item on OM’s site, and the salesperson was unable verify matching model numbers over the phone.

There are a few people who were fast enough to grab them from Office Max, and those successful in finding the price matching stores, but thanks to the lack of success so far, I’m not optimistic about my own chances at this point.

Regardless, I’m attempting CC in Brentwood tomorrow with an order placed online for in-store pickup. When I show up in the morning with OM’s ad, Circuit City can either do the work to price match, or can deal with the instant return of the item.