Before the stores became nazi's about it, my p's would give us the receipts for everything so we could go back to the stores between xmas & new years & get the 'cash' back for everything that was now on super sale. I guess for my p's it made sense. Get us kids out of the house for several hours waiting in giant customer service lines for a few bucks.
They were tired of you kids listening at the door while they were banging so they purposely bought the stuff the salespeople told them, "you know, this will be on sale next week . ." "Martha, buy one for each kid on a separate receipt -stat woman!"Before the stores became nazi's about it, my p's would give us the receipts for everything so we could go back to the stores between xmas & new years & get the 'cash' back for everything that was now on super sale. I guess for my p's it made sense. Get us kids out of the house for several hours waiting in giant customer service lines for a few bucks.
Discover's price guarantee thing used to be sweet (as recently as last year). Find a black friday price that you want. Buy it two weeks before, then file a price match claim with Discover. I assume that they caught on that consumers caught on and cancelled it.Before the stores became nazi's about it, my p's would give us the receipts for everything so we could go back to the stores between xmas & new years & get the 'cash' back for everything that was now on super sale. I guess for my p's it made sense. Get us kids out of the house for several hours waiting in giant customer service lines for a few bucks.
So important for decent inventory/size selection!
I scratch my head at Macys business methods. My cousin worked at one and she said that even when people were shoplifting, they weren't supposed to say anything. And people were allowed to return worn stained clothes as if they hadn't been worn (often prom dresses). And these stackable savings, using multiple savings, I have no idea how they made any money.
They also used to have a credit card that made people tens of thousands of dollars a couple years ago.
I had an old neighbor that worked at Marshall Fields here in Chi (now bought by Macy's brand). She said that the markup on their clothing is ridiculous. She said that even when their stuff is on clearance they're still making bank.
Yeah, and they're all still going under, cause retail stores are fucking expensive. It's not like that ends up as actual profit at the end of the year...
