Double-Digit Deals

by Jean Crawford
Published April 29, 2009 in New Ideas, Retail

I love to shop. I know it’s best to shop a sale and use coupons, but at the end of the day if I really want something I will buy it and find a way to justify the price-dividing it by the number of projected times I will wear it, calculating a per-day-usage cost, etc. As Stuart Elliott wrote in the Times earlier this week, not only are shoppers today looking for a good deal, they’re looking for a steal. Where the normal sale used to be 50% off consumers are now holding off for much higher percentages, going above and beyond what I imagined a sale could ever be!

While I understand shoppers practicing patience and looking for the best bargain I’ve cut back on shopping for a different reason-SALE OVERLOAD. I can’t walk down the street without seeing huge banners and percentage signs left and right. How do I know which deal is really the best? How can I possibly keep track of every sale? Are there any cheat sheets in the store to quickly calculate the lowest price for me so I can compare it to the competition? Instead of waiting for the right percentage off, I hate to admit I’m waiting for the sales madness to cease.

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