What Is The 'Original Price' After Kohl's Marks An Item Up?
When Scott found socks on “buy one, get one half off” sale at Kohl’s, he picked up a few packages. The sale signage stipulated that the discount was off the original price…but was that the original...
View ArticleDell Ends Weird Gift Guide Pricing Game, Lowers Camera Price $100
It’s the strangest thing: remember our post yesterday about Dell’s gift guide catalog and the camera prices that didn’t line up? Dell still hasn’t called us back or anything, but all of a sudden the...
View ArticleWalmart Doesn’t Advertise Their Roll-Forward Pricing
Walmart is famous for lowering prices and calling them “rollbacks,” but sometimes the opposite happens, too. Reader Ben spotted this example of roll-forward pricing at his local Walmart on a clearance...
View ArticleTarget Math Means You Pay Extra For Cardboard Box, Less Choice
Bulk buying is good. When you buy multiple food pouches that come in a single box, for example, it makes life easier for cashiers and maybe for you when you unload your groceries. That’s what Jared...
View ArticlePrice Tags Might Be A Strange 150-Year Anomaly In The History Of Commerce
In the past, most recently in 2013, Coca-Cola has experimented with the idea of vending machines that adjust prices according to the temperature. The idea really bothers some people, but fixed prices...
View ArticleMacy’s Disclaimer: Sale Item May Have Never Sold For ‘Regular’ Price
Part of the game that department stores play with their customers is holding rotating sales to let is think that we’re getting a real bargain. Are there items that were never available for the “retail”...
View Article22% Of Prices For Funerals With Cremation Don’t Include The Actual Cremation
The Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule requires disclosures and price breakdowns to protect consumers who, unless they’re pre-planning their own funeral, are operating on a time crunch and are...
View Article‘Target Math’ Continues To Spread, Infecting Lowe’s & Walmart
The discount chain Target is very good at many things, which include designer partnerships and building tiny stores. It’s very bad at some other things, which include selling groceries and putting...
View ArticleSigns Vs. Reality: These Panties At JCPenney Are Not 3 For $6.99
Have you ever picked up items on sale, only to have them ring up for a lot more than you expected at the checkout counter? Here’s a real-world example from a JCPenney store of how that happens. “Does...
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