I’ll check. The thrift store across the street from my office has a policy of “Everything 50% off Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m.” It was originally $10.
I returned some DVDs that my brother got me for Christmas because they were duplicates. Two seasons of Carnivale I’d bought myself and season 2 of Entourage which he’d already given me. I spent IIRC $60 for Carnivale (and nothing of course for Entourage) and returned the three sets for over $150 in store credit at Barnes & Noble. I picked up the complete series of “The Flash” and the first two seasons of “Kids in the Hall” and still have $21 left.
I recently got a pair of skating boots for $125 that are normally $450. It was a close-out with one size left: mine.
I know the $125 might sound like a lot, but $450 isn’t nearly as expensive as these things get.
I’m a bargain shopper when it comes to clothes—I never pay full price. Some recent finds:
Short-sleeved wool jacket (super cute): $7.50 (orig. price $42)
Workout pants: $3.97 (orig. price $24.50)
Lacy black blouse: $3.97 (orig. price $30)
Black wool peacoat: $7.50 (got this one at Goodwill; I recognize the brand from a local clothing store where similar coats sell from $50-100).
I think that one of our local grocery chains is going out of business. My girlfriends dad called us on Friday night saying he was leaving Dominicks and that everything in the store was on sale. I thought that it might have been only the store by him, but the one by us also had damned near everything in the store on sale. I was getting bottles of wine at half price, steak and chicken at 70% off, boxes of snack crackers for a $1, all sorts of nice deals.
When it was all done I spent around $60 for $120 worth of stuff.
It’s more likely remodeling - they did that in my area a few years ago - they closed a few of the stores, revamped them, and reopened. The last one I’m thinking of was over by Town and Country Mall in Arlington Heights. Now it’s bigger and better than ever (but dayum - when they were emptying it we got some UNREAL deals!!)
Speaking of Dominick’s, I got, for a listed on the package price of 12 bucks, two 2# plus pork roasts and eight pork chops - and THEN it had a 50% off sticker on it. We are rich with pork now!
My folks were trying to get from Cleveland to Phoenix for a vacation and they had me do some ticket finding work for them. At first dad was really pushing for first class but mom wouldn’t have it because it was something like $1600 extra to go first class. They were also having a hard time finding non-stop tickets.
One Saturday I was poking around and ended up going to the Continental site, where I found them tickets for about $600 apiece, non stop.
The big “deal” was that for the regular price, the return flight seats ended up being first class anyway!
You might be right, these Dominicks are downright tiny and dingy for what I was used to their stores being like, but since the two stores closest to me have gone out of business (both on Randall road, one became a Caputos and the other is just vacant) I guessed that it was more of the same for these two.
I got a mattress for my son. I talked the guy down to about 60% off list price. I paid $240 for a $575 mattress. I still can’t help but think that he got the better of me.
I just bought a Dyson DC07 vacuum cleaner, regularly $400 or so for $217 including shipping. It’s a refurb but otherwise “new”.
I needed a new one, the one I have now just isn’t cutting it anymore.
It got it from w00t.com.
Couple months ago I went to but some fake plants for set dressing for a play I was producing/directing. Went to a craft store and found a matching pair that were priced $30 each. Not great, but not horrible and within by budget. So I brought them to the register and the girl was having trouble scanning them. Then she said, “Hmm, I don’t think we’re supposed to be selling these anymore.” I gave her a confused, “but I really want to buy them” look, so she said, “I’ll just charge you a penny each.” and rang me up for 2 cents. I was like :eek: gave her two pennies and walked out with the best bargain I ever got (for reasons that are still murky to me).
The recent killer thrift-shop find was a 14" Calphalon skillet for ten bucks. Looked like it had never been used. Regular price on this is $175.
Speaking of Calphalon, I picked up two beat-to-death Calphalon pans at a garage sale for five bucks. One was so well-used that the inside was approaching a natural gray aluminum color. Shipped them off to Calphalon, and a month later, they made good on the lifetime warranty by shipping me two new pans worth about $250. The nifty thing is that those particular pans are no longer made, so I got an upgrade to their “One” infused surface.
My all-time score was a 50" Panasonic plasma TV for $850. A local store had it for sale on Black Friday at $1999, but was out of stock. Store B did not have it on sale, but does price-matching plus 10% of the difference, and since they were selling it for $2399, they had plenty in stock. So, I order it for in-store pickup, planning to handle the price-match another day when they weren’t mobbed with Black Friday shoppers. When I went back, I brought the receipt and Store A’s ad. On the same page, they had a 42" model for $1199. The frenzied and halfway clueless clerk takes the ad, pecks away at the register, only to get a lot of beeping and asks a co-worker for help. C-W looks at the ad and my receipt, tells the clerk what to enter. “It says I need an over-ride!” C-W says “You need to page for an MOD” The manager-on-duty comes over, looks at things, flashes their badge at the register, and scrams. The clerk hands me the adjustment receipt and the ad. I thank them and wriggle my way away from the busy register area, avoiding the glares of everyone that’s had to wait while I dared to conduct business that required waiting for a manager to come by.
I glance at the receipt, and am thankful that my brain stem keeps my feet moving inconspicuously while the rest of my brain processes the numbers on that little slip of paper. CREDIT TO VISA 1428.89- :eek: “keep moving…keep moving…the door is over there…keep moving” I just got my TV for more than half off! Three different people at the store looked at and signed off on the deal, so I don’t feel particularly guilty.
There’s a recall. They explode if you look at them funny. And some of the names they call you? Downright rude!
I picked up my Gibson Les Paul Custom for $1190, brand new, at a Mars Music that was going out of business. I could have turned around and sold it the same day on eBay for $2000. Not that I would ever do so.
I like to buy broken Ipods on Ebay.
I just got one in the mail yesterday.
A 30 gig Ipod Video. Great condition.
40 bucks.
Cost of repair.
Free.
Loose battery connector.
If I put another 15 bucks worth of accessories into it I can sell it for at least 100.00.
I got a coupon in the mail from Vons for $2.00 of a can of shaving cream. When I went to use it, not only was the shaving cream on sale, I got even more savings because I have one of those frequent shopper cards. Once it was all added up, they paid me $1.20 to take the shaving cream off of their hands.
OK, I’m officially jealous. I want a Dyson!
As I mentioned not too long ago in another thread, I recently got a $200 business suit for $17.99. I love end-of-season clearance sales.
I got hired at a new job and due to scheduling conflicts I was immediately given two weeks off with full pay.
A beautiful new address book. The book dividers and cover are reproductions of Tiffany glass from the MET. The store was going out of business. I paid $3 for something I’ve seen retail at $20.
He did. My brother sells mattresses and it’s a total racket. Those mattresses cost vs. the listed price have no connection with reality, much like jewelry. Theres a super low price that they *have * to sell them at, anything over that is commission for the mattress sales person. They start them at insane prices just to look like they’re willing to haggle and cut you a deal. The sales guy probably made at least $40 off of you, but hey, it’s their job.