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For Dora at Trustpilot
7th January 2012

Are sale discounts genuine?

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A customer asked

There's no such thing as a sale.

I work in retail selling carpets and flooring, the prices they've dropped from aren't what they're worth.

The only true discount you may get is the extra 10% or 20% but they'll make it up elsewhere.

This annoys me no end prior to working for a larger name I was a small independant but due to an accident could no longer fit the floors, and sub-contracting cost me a lot of money.

But customers even though they could see the same carpet cheaper in my store would go to the larger stores because they had a "sale" on.

Oh yeah great advice mate been reading most of the pages and am well impressed.

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admin Answered 6 months ago

Hi Richard,

So glad this topic has been vindicated by someone in the trade.

A research paper this week from Price Waterhouse Coopers has shown that in the last week of June (2012) 73% of stores were advertising Special Offers.

This was up from 40% three years ago.

Like you point out some Sale prices are pretty worthless and it amazes me that some people still fall for it.

Please see our full article here on sales.

Thanks for adding your comment but if you need any further assistance please don't hesitate to contact our office on 0161 437 4419.

Kind Regards, John and Ryan.

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