But I saw it first ...
Amazon is having a sale on DVDs. I found myself browsing through the long list of discounted titles while on the phone with Daniel. I found a birthday present for him and then came upon the Val Lewton Horror Collection which has long been moldering on my wish list. I was excited about it being within my price range and then Daniel and I had the following conversation (paraphrased for conciseness): “I’ll buy it.” “Are you sure? Because I’d be happy to buy it …” “But I’ve wanted it for a long time.” “But it would go well with my classic horror collection.” It was an exchange that would have only been made complete by us each having our hands on either side of the box, attempting to gently wrench it free of the other’s grasp. This went on for awhile, but ended abruptly when I found another long standing wish list item marked to half-price: the Tennessee Williams Film Collection is mine, all mine.
Indeed, I learned that there would be a Val Lewton collection from you; and, on the day of that later, paraphrased discussion, I learned of the discount from you. And I had, by rights, to yield to whichever decision you made.
On the other hand, until the day that you discovered the discount, I wasn't told that you might buy the collection, and I'd begun planning to get a copy (if I could find it at a good price) during the earlier conversation in which you told me that a collection was forthcoming. And it really does fit well in a collection of horror films that I'd begun long ago. You made the right decision.
Had I known that, it would have made a better gift for you.
I'm not at all sure of that.