A set of four Chicago knives for seventeen cents at Kohl’s, and a $100 cashmere sweater for $5 at Sears.
I don’t think I win this thread but I got a $92 swimsuit for $15 at TJ Maxx. Most flattering swimsuit I’ve ever had.
I got my prom dress on a pretty good deal. It was already marked down 60% and then when I tried it on it had a tear in one of the seams. not one that showed much, but a tear none the less. It was the last one on the rack, too. I complained and they took another 50% off of it. It was originally about $110. You do the math cuz I don’t wanna. Good deal though. Still have the dress though I can no longer zip it up because my boobs are bigger.
the store where I bought the wedding rings for me and my wife was going out of business and was practically giving stuff away, got $2000 worth of rings for $750 and out the door
a certain local mattress store was going out of business quite some years ago, and had a sale going on.
i needed a new box spring and mattress. i had 800 on me in cash. they sold me a 3,000 combo for the 800 cash without even blinking. i still have that combo today. so well built and padded, all i do is turn it periodically.
That seems just silly. Why not mark it down to match the rotgut price? I’m sure people would be ecstatic at that. At a buck a bottle, I’d have bought out the stock…
Joe
When I was in college, I happened by Woodfield Mall the day that the Wizards of the Coast store was going out of business. Every book in the store was two dollars, and I spent around fifty dollars. Gaming books went for anywhere from 9.99 - 30.00 at the time. I made out like a bandit.
$300 worth of stuff at Best Buy for $0.
They were having a promotion with Microsoft Network where, if you signed up for 3 years of dial-up internet access with MSN, you would get a $300 shopping spree. The catch? In California and Oregon, state laws made it possible for people to cancel the services after signing up. (In other states, it was a binding contract.) I walked out of the Best Buy and called to cancel a week later. They had to stop the promotion a few days later because word had gotten out about FREE STUFF.
I still feel a bit guilty about it. But shame on them for not doing their homework.
I bought a Indy Colts Bob Sanders jersey last week for $9.95, cost more for shipping than it did for the jersey. I’ve always been a fan and don’t care if he isn’t on the team any longer. The only part that sucks is that I deliver to the place they ship from and I could not pick it up for free.
I got a plain black skirt that went with any kind of a blouse for four dollars because it was the display model. I wore it for years.
Did the sweater have a red dot?
I work at a thrift store.
I recently completed Xmas presents for the niece and nephews. They are all getting A&F hoodies. Two each. I paid less than $10 for 8. They look new.
I was poor as heck but went to buy a new $80 citronella spray bark collar for my dog, for the sake of my neighbors. It rang up as a $9.99 refill bottle. No, I didn’t mention it to the cashier.
ETA: I’ve gotten tons of new or barely used clothes, shoes, etc from high-end brands at a teeny fraction of what retail cost was - but I don’t really count that as a ‘deal’. It’s just knowing where and how to shop.
Blimpie paid me $5 to eat one of their subs when I paid with a ten and got change for a twenty. Judging from the poor quality of the sandwich, I feel it was a fair transaction.
I got a $450 Guess leather jacket from J.C. Penny for $60. It happened to be a 105 degree day in July, but what the hell.
On two separate occasions I’ve found hundred dollar bills on the floor of casinos. You couldn’t give that back if you wanted to. “Excuse me, which one of you lounge lizards dropped $100?” I used to think that was an amazing coincidence, but really with people quickly counting scads of cash while often drunk, a casino is the #1 place you’d find cash on the ground.
I loudly called out a vendor selling knockoff Cuban cigars in Cozumel, so he gave me ten for the one I had just paid for to shut me up. They weren’t terrible; they just weren’t Cubans.
In 2011, believe it or not, a bar was running a weekday special on Genessee Cream Ale (an unoffensive C+ ale): $1. A glass? Nope. A pitcher. Surely, small pitchers? Nope, full size dollar pitchers. That was an interesting Wednesday. Oh, and the owner bought pizza for everyone at the bar.
$7 for a pair of Airwalk Clip-Tech cycling shoes (original price $150). At Marshall’s.
The $2000 couture Italian evening gown I scored at Loehmann’s. After the markdown, 50% off clearance discount, and a coupon, I paid all of $120.
A stunning, form-fitting red Victor Costa evening dress, at a resale shop near a posh part of town = $17
Sterling silver knife from my silver pattern (65 retail) for .99 at a Dillard’s outlet store. Went to pay for it, and found that it was “on sale!” for 25% off = $.74
A beige silk blouse with a stain on the collar at a resale shop. The stain came right out, first washing, and I wore that blouses for years = .10
A red button down shirt, same sales rack as the previous item, minus one button (moved one of the redundant cuff buttons to replace it) = .10
A 3 year old Ford Thunderbird - We totally busted a used car dealership that had rolled back the odometer, by producing a copy of the unaltered title, and pointing out the 30,000 mileage discrepancy. They were so horrified at being caught, and afraid of getting in serious trouble, presumably, that when I suggested they give us a 50% discount on top of the already reasonable price, they just did it. What a deal! = $3499
A friend I was with at a casino got in trouble once for picking up quarters that had been dropped on the floor. The security guy said something about those being tips for the casino workers. Only time I’ve ever been in a casino so I have no idea if that’s standard.
Not in a store, but an online store:
Jacket I want is £45. I am prepared to pay it. However I get a 20% off voucher code in a newsletter.
I go to the site, and there’s a 40% off sale on all items.
To my surprise they will also honor the voucher on the sale. So the jacket now costs £21.60 when I get to the online checkout.
Unfortunately there’s a problem with the checkout. So I call their customer services department, who run the order through manually. While doing this, they apply the sale and voucher codes again.
Therefore my fancy jacket ended up costing £10.37. Free shipping too.
Ten years ago, my husband and me went to Ikea to get a couch for the living room. We found the perfect couch. I don’t know the discontinued make anymore; for the sake of the story, let’s call it the Amistad couch. We selected the brick red fabric for the cover, which we were told was a less common color selection.
The sales guy said the couch would take about two months to be made to order. The costs would be 1500. We signed the contract, paid up 500 bucks, and headed for the exit.
We passed the as-is section on our way out. My husband wanted to go home, but I love Ikea shopping and wasn’t quite done yet. So I left my husband impatiently waiting outside while I darted in for a quick look around. Near the back of the section was:…a brick red Amistad couch, the in store model, looked brand new, for 250.
My facemust have been some sight when I called my husband in. Within a minute, we had agreed that I would sit on the couch and snarl and hiss at anyone who approached it, while my husband hurried back through the Ikea maze to get our buy changed.
The couch is still going strong !