Going out of business sales quite often are no bargain!

The signs might bring me into the store, but the price tag is still the deciding factor to me. "how much" on sale isn't the issue, it is "can I afford" that sale price. Doesn't matter how much it has been marked down, if it is out of my price range, it stays right there on the rack. I often wonder if they don't mark stuff up really high on the tag so that they can say "50% off" nad then it gets marked down to an "affordable" price and with that sale going on, people buy it thinking they got a bargain... when they didn't... the tag was just hyked up in the first place!!! Kohl's is really odd like this. When they first opened, they had great sales as the tag said a reasonable price, and then the discount off that. But now, that "regular price" is so high, then they mark it down 50% and that sale price is still out of my budget and it didn't used to be that way. I dont' even bother with the sales at some stores - they need to mark down, their marked down, mark downs before I can even consider it! Then again, my daughter found a bargain - a $249 coat marked down (yes it was on the Black Friday day so that helped) and she got it for $49 after all the discounts. SO bottome line, you shop price tag, not item, I guess!

That makes sense. A good number of years back I worked in a store for a guy who was stuck with a couple of items he wanted to get rid of. He didn't believe in sales as he was greedy. I kept telling him he should have a sale on those 2 items. He just wouldn't budge. He was complaining about those 2 items one day & I popped off that I had told him how to get rid of them was sorry he was too stubborn to even try it. In the course of my rant, I commented he could increase the price & put up a "SALE" sign & he'd get rid of them. He decided he was going to prove to me that I was wrong & told me to have my Sale. I increased the price by 50 cents & put up a sign saying "SALE" & listed the price. We weren't open 10 minutes before the first item sold. I repeated the process. About 15 minutes later, the second item was gone. After that he had a lot of sales when he wanted to get rid of something. It works!!!

i know what you mean... but then again, if you wait till the last two weeks.. then there is rarely anything else in the store worth buying nayways! lol its all crap to begin with so after a few months of going out of busniness.. there isn't much left to choose from!

I believe it. I was just in Circuit City the other day which has been bought out by liquidators. My daughter had a gift card and we were hoping she'd find a great buy. Nothing seemed to be much of a bargain at all. Thanks for the tip on the money saving website. I will definitely check it out.

It's the first time I've known about it. Thanks for the informations. Now i know that the next time I buy bargain items it should be the last two weeks to really buy in a very price. It is nice to know such buying tips.

I see I thought this type of businesses are only here at my country but now it is all over the world. My view bargain very very uncomfortable but here bargain is must if you go to fixed price shop you are going with risk. Very few honest sellers are selling a reasonable price. Thanks to share this good information.

Thanks for the tip dragon54u. When I buy something usually I do some windowshopping by visiting various online stores before buying. Sometimes you are surprised in the descrpancies between various prices. The only problem when there is big sales for example in clothing warehouses, you ll find good clothes but not of your size.

I recently had that happen. I bought something on clearance thinking I was getting a good deal then when I got home I ripped off the sticker and underneath laid the truth. I don't usually go even after Christmas shopping until much later...seems that some of their bargains are like you said...not a real bargain!

What gets me upset are the high-end stores that have a continual Sale. 70% off everything in the store. You go there looking for a buy, only to find everything 'on sale' is still outrageously over priced. Another trick is the,'buy one get another for half price'!It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one. Up the price a bit and presto, the stores makes money and sells twice as much. I refuse to go inside these stores, but I notice the parking lots are full. Whats this saying about the intelligence of the American Shopper?

most of thsoe going out of business sales are not real bargains. They are run by professional liquidators and trying to maximize prices for the going out of business stores. I like to go to them, but not until the third or fourth week will you really start to see any bargains in my opinion.

There's an antique furniture store across the road from where I live that has had a going-out-of-business sale for over a year. Obviously, they were not that pressured to get done with it. I think liquidators do sometimes exploit bargain hunters. I have to say, though, recently a well-established art supply shop went out of business and got some amazing bargains, and ended up buying a few things I would never have been able to afford otherwise. Of course, I was very sad to see them close. If it's a shop that you buy from anyway, then sometimes a few bargains don't add up against the gap they'll leave.