Well, it happened. Went to take the tarp off the boat last week and my vest had blown up. I'd left the darned thing on the floor of the boat by accident and spilled a lot of water on it while taking off the tarp. Well I'm not a bargain hunter when it comes to these things but I went to CTC and saw that there was one left (33 gram, 1/2 inch) marked "liquidation, $12.99" . Grabbed it, went to the cash where they rang it up at 17.99. I didn't complain..just came back home and re-packed the vest. That was still $10 less than regular price.