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Do yall remember when something being "On Sale" actually meant something?
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:48 am
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:48 am
When I was a kid a "Sale" actually mean there was a discount...and it was for a specified time or until sold out....today everything is always on "Sale" with standard 10%-20+% offered all the time.
Anyway, yall nerds can GFYS
Anyway, yall nerds can GFYS
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Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:50 am to sidewalkside
Now they prop the prices up 300% and then put it on sale for 200% price
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:50 am to sidewalkside
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When I was a kid a "Sale" actually mean there was a discount...and it was for a specified time or until sold out....today everything is always on "Sale" with standard 10%-20+% offered all the time. Anyway, yall nerds can GFYS
JC Penny actually changed their pricing a few years back to what those “sale” prices were. Their sales actually went down. They went back to the old pricing and then having it on “sale” and sales went back up.
Basically people are stupid.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:52 am to sidewalkside
Local furniture store had a "$5,000,000 liquidation sale" but all the prices were written with a big slash through them and a new price of 50% off. When I go the manufacturer's website the "sale price" is the same as the price online. 
Posted on 5/10/24 at 10:53 am to BigBinBR
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Basically people are stupid.
Actually, it was because people were smart. They waited for the discount.
The corporations realized this, so being greedy, the lied and propped the prices up so that a “sale” would still bring them profits.
The people weren't stupid. The corporate conglomerates are evil.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:04 am to GeauxTigahs92
quote:I've noticed that often things in-store are higher than their online price so in that case the store price was actually a "store" sale price.
Local furniture store had a "$5,000,000 liquidation sale" but all the prices were written with a big slash through them and a new price of 50% off. When I go the manufacturer's website the "sale price" is the same as the price online.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:21 am to sidewalkside
Kohls is infamous for “sales”
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:22 am to BigBinBR
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JC Penny actually changed their pricing a few years back to what those “sale” prices were. Their sales actually went down. They went back to the old pricing and then having it on “sale” and sales went back up.
Basically people are stupid.
I can always tell when I walk into a JCP because 3/4 quarters of the store was always "on sale", based on huge signs they always had everywhere.
Mother in law used to love to shop at JCP, because of the "sales"
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:22 am to sidewalkside
On sale for regular price. Where you been
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:31 am to sidewalkside
"On sale" means "for sale."
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:37 am to sidewalkside
Can’t imagine my life being so dull that I contemplate sales.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:38 am to theunknownknight
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Actually, it was because people were smart. They waited for the discount.
Not really. The prices were already at the discounted level, they just didn’t say “sale”
Like he said, people are dumb
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:40 am to sidewalkside
I hate it when a venue says “tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 am.” It’s not like you’re getting a deal because those tickets stay the same price weeks later if they’re still available.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:44 am to sledgehammer
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tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 am.” It’s not like you’re getting a deal because those tickets stay the same price weeks later if they’re still available.
Doesn’t mean the same thing
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:45 am to sledgehammer
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I hate it when a venue says “tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 am.” It’s not like you’re getting a deal because those tickets stay the same price weeks later if they’re still available.
That just means its the first time they will be available for purchase...not being sold at some discounted price.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:47 am to sidewalkside
Brookshire's has cooked beef tips for $8.99 each. THen, when the "buy one, get a second for a penny" sale, they yank the price up to 12.99 so you get 2 for $13 instead of what should be 2 for $9.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:56 am to chinhoyang
Wouldn't the proper comparison be 2 for $13 versus 2 for $18???
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:57 am to sidewalkside
Yep. Nothing is really on sale anymore
Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:58 am to sidewalkside
Used to be 4x 12 pack of coke was $10. Saw it was on sale other day buy 2 at 8.99 get 1 free…
Posted on 5/10/24 at 12:28 pm to theunknownknight
Yep. I’ve seen price increases on BOGOs at Winn Dixie and Rouses. Not getting anything “free.”
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