Reduced Price? OR NOT?!

You know how you go to the store and they have those little signs that stick out?
"REDUCED PRICE!" or "SALE PRICE"

Have you ever looked underneath it?
I have...
I want to know just how much I am saving...
Okay, you might think I am weird, but still, I want to know...
Well, let me just tell you...
Half of the time, the "original" price is THE EXACT SAME!

That just gets me going...
Oh, that is a great deal!
I will save so much money!

Take today for example..
I went to the store...
I went for one item, it was on sale...
Sale ends on November 25th.
Of course, my luck..
SOLD OUT!

I went and asked for a rain check then.
The guy looked and said that it was not on sale, that was the original price.
I said thanks and left.
BUT
When I got to the car, I got a bit perturbed.
If it was not on sale, then why was there a BIG GREEN sign sticking out that said...

SALE PRICE VALID UNTIL NOVEMBER 25?

Why?
Why?
Why?

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 15, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    i agree. and the "going out of business" sales that some stores have every month...what's up with that?!

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  2. Can Can (Mom Most Traveled)November 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM

    I notice that too, or else the "price drop" at places like WalMart is only a few pennies.

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  3. AudreyONovember 16, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    It's really an interesting marketing ploy. I have people tell me all of the time that Walmart is the least expensive. But time and time again I find prices lower than Walmart. They marketed themselves as the low price leader and everyone believed them.

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  4. Liz MaysNovember 16, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    That is so unfair! Sometimes I see sales on food at the grocery store and then I look under the sale sign on the shelf to see the original price and it's only 1 cent less. No thanks!

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  5. Lorie ShewbridgeNovember 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    My favorite is when they put something on sale, and the price for a bigger or smaller size is actually less than the "sale" price.
    I always check the Unit price to make sure I am getting the best price.
    I guess everyone is trying to make money, so they need to screw it out of us... too bad.

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