One Day Sales - Is this a little cheeky?

tightus_wad

LOL - all these moral issues!
20% issue - I'd take it back and rebuy if possible. If not (i.e. open duvet) buy another and take that back on original receipt.
Then I'd have a lovely nights sleep knowing that the company is STILL making a profit.
Dunno if I'd bother in the original case (saving 2.5%) unless it was more than the cost of my time + petrol + parking (so lets say £15 or so) - so that means it would be around £500 worth of stuff to take back - in that case I think I'd have negotiated more than 2.5% discount in the first place...
Just my rambling opinion - no offence ment to n e one!

scottishminnie

jenniewb wrote: »

I used to work in high street fashion, people did this at christmas all the time, to the point where in most stores, refunds are not allowed on boxing day.

Wouldn't feel too concerned, shops expect it and I would imagine they add it into the costs. Next as far as I know are the only store to mark their items with a perminant pen so you cannot get the same refund on it. And some stores also mark items with a "damaged stock" stamp for similar refund reasons.

If stores really wanted to, they could protect themselves, trust me, being a retail assistant is so porely paid, you jump 10 feet high for overtime, and marking labels with red pen would be a very easy job to do.

I think stores need to stop with the odd 20% day "sale" (can you imagine if thats the discount they offered after christmas- no one would shop!) and just do 20% off full december. Its fair for everyone then- I wouldn't be suprized if customers resent the stores now for having 1 day "sales" when they have just gone out and bought something! they may decide not to shop with the store for a long while- far more harmful then getting a refund on a few items.

Retailers add in atleast 30% profit, and normally more, I would not worry about a big fat cat not getting his bonus this year!

Jennie

You can read my mind. I'm pretty hacked off with M&S and their one day offers - seems to me the stuff is at least 20% overpriced the rest of the time and since I'm not prepared to faff around either waiting for the one day promo or paying through the nose I've decided to boycott those retailers. I'm thoroughly sick of the gimmicks

jo1967

I agree - I just think all the stores offering 20% off obviously overprice things coz lets face it in these times they still have to make a profit and they still will be - only less!!

Roland

One of the papers was reporting that there were queues at M&S refund counters during the 20% sale. Customers were returning goods that they had already bought to then rebuy at the sale prices.

jackieblack

andyroberts1967 wrote: »

I did this once also with a carton of Um Bongo and a packet of Garibaldi biscuits. The lady in Harrods was most perturbed!

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