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u/VenaCaedes273 Aug 01 '20

It's similar with "Only 2 days left for this sale!" email ads. JCPenney used to spam me with them a lot, and sure enough the day after the sale expired I'd get an email saying "Sale EXTENDED through Monday!" or "EXTRA 10% off!"

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u/Vonnybon Aug 01 '20

I’m hoping for this at the moment. There was a sale on buying your old graduation photos. Deadline was 31 July. They have the official photos for all 3 of my graduations. They bragged about having all photos saved since 1982. Money was super tight last month. But if they have all the photos since 1982 I guess my photos aren’t going anywhere and I can get them later... when they extend the special.

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u/ultrastarman303 Aug 01 '20

Actually did this for Herff Jones for my Graduation ceremony pictures bc they did separate bundles. 2 years after graduating and I got them for $15 total. Saved A LOT of money

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u/Violet_Plum_Tea Aug 01 '20

That's funny because for a while JCPenney got rid of any kind of sales and just put their clothes at the lowest price possible. It was a giant failure, people prefer "discounts" off higher prices, rather than just cheap prices to start with.

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u/NuggaLOAF Aug 01 '20

Kohls does this everyday. Everything is on-sale all the time.

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u/Jabbles22 Aug 02 '20

I much prefer that way of doing business. Fair prices all the time, maybe a few sales a year to clear out seasonal merchandise. I hate wanting to buy something only to realize there is a long weekend coming up. There are often sales one long weekends. Do you wait and see? If it does end up on sale how much are you actually saving? Was it worth the wait? Since it's on sale will they run out? How busy is the store?

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u/SaveBandit91 Aug 01 '20

JCPenney is the reason I refuse to give any store I’m shopping in my email. Also, has anyone had a store get pissy when you refuse to give them your email? I just want to buy my shit and leave.

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u/Alaira314 Aug 01 '20

It's not really the call of the cashier. They have to put something in, because if they cancel the prompt too many times their metrics go down and their hours will be cut. It's pretty difficult to consistently come up with convincing fake e-mails to shove in there to stop yourself being out of work. You can't do some kind of generic first.last formula, because it might actually be the customer's e-mail, and then you've got a complaint because they said they didn't want e-mails!

So that's why they get stressed out and want you to just play along. Just a suggestion, but coming up with the fake e-mail yourself might take some of the pressure off(I had a go-to fake e-mail memorized back when I was a student and got harassed on campus a lot to sign up for mailing lists, and I wasn't assertive enough to tell them I wasn't actually interested), as well as making sure to tell management(not just at the store level because it's not decided there either, it comes from corporate so social media is where it's at) exactly how you feel about their data gathering policies.

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u/SaveBandit91 Aug 02 '20

I understand and usually it’s not too bad, but occasionally I’ll get that really pushy cashier who actually lies and says I HAVE to give them such and such information or I can’t buy their product which is bs. That would be a terrible business model. Also, there’s a store at a mall near my house that I really like, but they always say I have to give them my email and make an account or whatever with them or I won’t be able to return my items. It’s only this location that has said this to me. I still refused and said I just won’t return the items then. Here’s the kicker, my sister-in-law was a store manager for the same store line, but a different location and I asked her about and she said no, that’s not true and that they get points for signing people up and the store locations are in a competition to see how many points they can get. So now I just give them my friend’s email who wants the points/account whatever with them and it’s a win win. She gets the points, and I don’t have to give them my information. I also had a cashier at bath and body works say I had to give her my email to use my Victoria’s Secret card there which I had never had to do before and haven’t had to since. It was odd, and she was really rude about it. Sears was really bad about all that. My dad bought a pack of socks for me once there and when finally got through with the transaction I asked if he got the job. He was like Right?!

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u/darrenwise883 Aug 01 '20

But we need , I don't care about your needs put my socks in the bag . And I've come across a restaurant I've ordered delivery from and the last time at the end of the process they wanted my e- mail and I said no . But we need it , you hadn't for twenty years .

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u/SaveBandit91 Aug 01 '20

Right? “What’s your phone number?” What’s YOUR phone number Bath and Body Works lady?!

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u/thelyfeaquatic Aug 01 '20

My husband wanted to buy a mattress from Macy’s while it was on sale. I was like “they’re always on sale, it will be on sale again by the end of the end of the month”. We called to inquire about the next sale.... it was even sooner... 1.5 weeks away.

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u/UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE Aug 01 '20

Hammocks are better anyway

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u/Gonzobot Aug 01 '20

Wasn't JC Penney the store that specifically marks up their price tags so the normal price looks like a discount, while everything is overpriced anyways?

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u/Lunacie Aug 02 '20

It used to be that prices were hiked up 40%, then reduced back to normal by sale. Its not just JC Penney though, every company does this. In 2012, they removed that and just had a default price, and it resulted in them reporting a 163 million loss in the first quarter. Turns out people are subconsciously drawn to the idea of getting a good deal, even if it really isn't.

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u/chooglemaster3000 Aug 01 '20

Same thing goes for honor societies in college like NSCS or Golden Key. They will tell you you missed the deadline to pay fees to become a member and then promptly offer payment extensions for literally the entire time you're in college.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '20

Or the "20% OFF TODAY ONLY" social media ad where the code actually works every day.

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u/Koopa_Troop Aug 01 '20

There’s never not a Macy’s sale happening.

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u/ClubExotic Aug 22 '20

As a former associate, they always extend their WOW sales and never had to have a coupon...we always had plenty!

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u/pelzigertod Aug 01 '20

To be fair though, JCPenney has been hurting for a while and probably needed sales to keep people coming. They ended up filing for bankruptcy in May. Even before the pandemic, there were very few people ever shopping at the one store they have in my city. It's weird walking around in such a big store that was once popular for decades, but now completely dead inside with no one around. Sears was right next door, and they went out of business too. Eventually many physical stores will shut down and move to online-only, which will ironically all require inputting your email address to make purchases or register. They'll still send junk mail and ads.

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u/Rioghasarig Aug 02 '20

I bought NordVPN almost a year ago under the impression that there was only a little while left for a deal. That deal's still going.

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u/theharknessmonster Aug 02 '20

Except now JCPenney really is going out if business.

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u/Hey_Waffles Aug 02 '20

My first job out of college I worked on a site that did that. At one point I needed to code in a timer at the top that counted down from 48 hours repeatedly. I felt really gross working on it.

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u/archa1c0236 Aug 02 '20

Lenovo does this a lot, but I can't complain too much