Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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29 December 2010
10:1686749#1
Is it just me or are the sales a bit disappointing this year? I trudged around our local shopping centre for much of yesterday and came home with two tops and some Christmas cards. I did much better online. Glutton for punishment I'm trying another large shopping centre today to see if I fair any better.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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29 December 2010
10:4086753#2
I hate shopping at the best of times and for me the sales would be pure hell.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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29 December 2010
10:4286756#3
Sales are a cynical ploy by retailers to get people to spend money they can't really afford on things they don't really need. They used to be a good way of shifting seasonal lines cheaply before the next lot came in. Nowadays shops pile the shelves with stuff bought in just for the sales.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
29 December 2010
15:2386775#4
Your right Peter, Some items genuine sales items but lots specially make items just for the sales.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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29 December 2010
18:0286791#5
Retailers, like any other business, need to make a sale, otherwise they'd have to close; reducing their profit margin in sales should help increase their sales/transactions.
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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29 December 2010
18:5586798#6
Actually Roger, that's the way it used to work. Now they sell any old cheap tat at good margins during the sales.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
29 December 2010
20:0886802#7
Way back in the 1960's Harrods of Knightbridge used to buy in china for their sales so it is not a new thing.
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Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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29 December 2010
23:0686809#8
I didnt buy anything in for my sale at all
but i know some companies do, and I can understand that, they dont want to disappoint consumers and at the same time dont want to take less than ticket price for certain goods
think there are only about 4 wedding dresses in my store that arent in the sale, 10 prom dresses and 25 bridesmaid dresses as they are new stock and i am not allowed to by the manufacturer.. but that aint bad!!!
If you saw the amount of dresses I do have, then you would see thats really not a lot!!