http://studenomics.com/personal-finance/the-sale-trap/ Wed, 23 May 2012 15:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://studenomics.com/personal-finance/the-sale-trap/#comment-40 Studenomist Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:32:04 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=158#comment-40 Today I received a call from a friend saying that we should go to a certain store because sweaters are on sale. My obvious comeback was that I have enough sweaters for the winter. The response was that of a usual sale trap victim. The person was happy about the sale price. This is one piece of advice that my friends will never ever accept and many will just brush it off as me being cheap. What can I say? Maybe I am in the wrong by only having 6 sweaters when I should really have 16 sweaters. Today I received a call from a friend saying that we should go to a certain store because sweaters are on sale. My obvious comeback was that I have enough sweaters for the winter. The response was that of a usual sale trap victim. The person was happy about the sale price. This is one piece of advice that my friends will never ever accept and many will just brush it off as me being cheap. What can I say? Maybe I am in the wrong by only having 6 sweaters when I should really have 16 sweaters.

]]> http://studenomics.com/personal-finance/the-sale-trap/#comment-37 Aya @ Thrive Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:48 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=158#comment-37 This article reminded me of a "sale trap" that I came across recently. A select shop that I've stepped into a few times but have never purchased because of the ridiculous prices is having a going out of business sale. It turns out that even though they claim "everything is 50-80% off," some bloggers have written about how the store deliberately fixed the price-tags so that even after 50-80% off, the consumer was actually paying the original price. It also makes me think of how things in general are traps, dvds on "sale" are not that cheap considering how expensive they are ($100 box sets?!) in the first place... This article reminded me of a “sale trap” that I came across recently. A select shop that I’ve stepped into a few times but have never purchased because of the ridiculous prices is having a going out of business sale. It turns out that even though they claim “everything is 50-80% off,” some bloggers have written about how the store deliberately fixed the price-tags so that even after 50-80% off, the consumer was actually paying the original price.
It also makes me think of how things in general are traps, dvds on “sale” are not that cheap considering how expensive they are ($100 box sets?!) in the first place…

]]>