I see what you did there. Price gouging

[RayvenQ]

Place where my mum worked was pretty notorious locally for having "Closing Down" sales, except they never closed down, and then finally they got around the law or whatever by still having those kinds of sales, but not mentioning the word closing down or going out of business, just making it look like (i.e "EVERYTHING MUST GO" etc etc). I don't know if they actually gouged the prices, but still, was unusual behaviour.

[PepperElf]

Quoth RayvenQ

Place where my mum worked was pretty notorious locally for having "Closing Down" sales, except they never closed down, and then finally they got around the law or whatever by still having those kinds of sales, but not mentioning the word closing down or going out of business, just making it look like (i.e "EVERYTHING MUST GO" etc etc). I don't know if they actually gouged the prices, but still, was unusual behaviour.

i think those often happen because the "closing down" sales generate enough income to get back on their feet. at least for furniture stores.

[Aethian]

We have everything must go sales around here but most often that means they want to clear everything out for the new season and whats left goes to discount stores. How I got some chairs I love and how I want to get a sofa...when I finally have money.

[Jack7957]

Quoth PepperElf

I picked one of the tours to compare prices. The tour site priced it at $27.05 for adults and $22.05 for "internet special". The venue charges $22.00 and offers a 15% discount for AAA.


I figure the tour site is probably buying up bulk tickets to get the "group rate discount" and then charging MORE than the flat rate, just to pocket the difference.

When I was down in Australia I wanted to do the Harbour Bridge Climb in Sydney. I booked directly rather than through the cruise line and saved almost $100US off the price.

Quoth EricKei

This sort of thing happens all the time when a store has a going-out-of business/liquidation sale. All of those 50~90% price signs are referring to discounts off of (say, for books) cover-price retail or higher, and not necessarily any price that the original store would EVER have charged. This is because, in part, because the original store has already sold off all of its product (usually really cheap) and the *liquidation company* is setting those exorbitant "base prices". Note -- not the cashiers' fault, either

Best app for any smart phone is one of those UPC/barcode readers for shopping comparisons. (I use Red Laser on my crapPhone) One example is when an electronics store was going out of business, I was looking at their DVDs. When even with the 30% discount, the DVDs I was checking were cheaper at the Best Buy nearby.