Caveat emptor went with his daughter today to the BOSE at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan to try to get CE's daughters headphones repaired. We were told they were two generations old and they could no longer troubleshoot the problem but they did offer usa replacement headphone of the new generation model for a 50% price reduction. Then as a further enticement the salesperson informed us that the noise cancellation model could be available for $200 instead of $300. Here is where the problem began we took him up on the deal and went to the cash register and found out that actually it wasn't going to be $200 it was going to be $240BOSE won this battle because we proceeded with the transaction. caveat emptor buyer beware