The "Sales" madness takes place from time to time throughout
the year.
While some shops have specific times of the year they make offers,
others make announcements a day or two before any planned sale. There are other
shops that are very sporadic in making offers, they do not announce these as
such but constantly reduce prices. There are also those that have the "Sales" sign displayed permanently
throughout the year.
For example:
NEXT has "Big Sales" scheduled every year.
M&S also has "Big Sales" and intermediary ones which may
or may not be announced.
Fashion shops, among others, sell off stock at the end of every season, apparently, to
make space for new stock for the coming season. When closing down or expecting huge supply, some shops also
make offers to reduce stock.
Overall, offers can vary from half price to buy 1 get 1 free, buy 1 get
1 half price, buy 3 at the price of 2, 20%-70% reduction, etc.
While the offers look very genuine and attractive, does one really have time to compare
prices before and during the Sale period to know the saving? Definitely not! Maybe by
chance!
At the shops or online, I keep checking and evaluating to find out if
there is an actual reduction for every individual item, which is difficult to
determine.
For those shops that have permanent "Sales" signs outside or
boldly inscribed on the door. Three things come to my mind: they are lying
about the offer, only trying to lure customers to buy or their goods are not good
enough. For me, this does not give a good impression. With that sign constantly
there, I believe that they can only attract people new in the respective
areas.
What is your opinion and experience?
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