Tuesday, July 12, 2005

No Sale!

In my excitement over seeing James Pollack with a huge chip stack in the WSOP main event, and my haste to finish up some paperwork before a conference call today, I completely forgot to order my Jos. A Bank two button olive suit trio.

For those unfamiliar with Jos. A Bank: they are a men's clothier who sell good suits at resonable prices, however the characteristic element of this company is their constant "clearance sales" which run 50-70% off the majority of items in their stock. Most online clothiers have similar clearance sales, but unlike say Brooks Brothers, who's great sales are usually quarterly or semi-annually, Jos. A Bank runs some sort of clearance sale nearly every week.

What made this particular sale special was there were offering an additional 20% off clearance items, making a complete suit with an extra pair of matching trousers (the trio) a whopping $159.99, which regularly "retails" at $495. But alas, even in the wake of my bitter dissapointment (and the end of the sale) they started a new sale today and the same item is still only a remarkably low $299. Which essentially tells me one thing... the actual retail price for that trio suit is $299.

1 Comments:

At 9:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've always wondered how they get away with that. For something to be listed as a percentage off a retail price, don't you have to sell it at that retail price at some point in it's existence? I swear their new suits are debuted on sale.

 

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