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   simpsonfan2 said, 5 months ago

   What are those supposed to be?
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   Alexikakos said, 5 months ago

   They’re old-fashioned price tags.
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   I’ve stood in line for exactly one Boxing Day sale. Never again. It just wasn’t worth it.
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   Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago

   @simpsonfan2

   Snowman dolls? I fed my cat people food tuna rather than join 200,000 of my close friends to make a cat food run.
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   Frogman_tg said, 5 months ago

   $100, $150,$200 = regular price $39 huh.
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   trimguy said, 5 months ago

   One place I worked for, they would double the price then take half off.
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   Vegas Viper said, 5 months ago

   And you better start thinking about all the returns…
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   Rx71Wm29 said, 5 months ago

   Frogman_tg;
   $
   The actual regular price, that the dealer paid, is $3.90! He just marks it up to $389.99 for most of the year. But, beginning in October, he marks all his “merc” down to $39.99 for the Christmas rush!
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   Tsali Queyi said, 5 months ago

   I used to work for Montgomery Ward. On the night before a sale, we’d have to work late putting higher prices on all the merchandise so they can claim the “sale” price was lower. I’m sure it’s still done today.
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   lookinside said, 5 months ago

   @Tsali Queyi

   Not at MW! They destroyed a friend who was nearing retirement, only to have his pension reduced to a single cash payment, when they closed the doors. My friend died a few years later, leaving his disabled wife with nothing.
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    David Henderson said, 5 months ago

    @Tsali Queyi

    That is SOP. Every place does that and has been for years.
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    Zuhlamon said, 5 months ago

    Isnt’ Boxin Day supposed to be a day to box up all the various trinkets while swilling mimosas, nog, ale (etc) and watching football or futbol or hoops (etc)?
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    TrapperJohn said, 5 months ago

    @simpsonfan2

    They’re widgets of course.
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    Miba said, 5 months ago

    rofl, never actually worked retail, have you? From November 1st though sometime in January we are in complete hell. No, it does not stop after Christmas. At least for grocery stores. You can not imagine the insanity that comes with new years. Have you ever sold 800 gallons of 2% gallons of milk in one day? Not counting all the other kinds? All the other party products people want? No? Ok, then don’t sit there saying there’s nothing to do after Christmas, cause trust me, there is. Plus there’s all the cleanup from the hell month, oh, I guess you normal people wouldn’t know what the hell month is. That’d be November.
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    burleigh2 said, 5 months ago

    Well… and Returns Day, of course. ;-)
    Also, this could be taken 2 ways… inflated prices before Christmas or discounts on all the leftover Christmas junk that nobody bought. ;-)
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    kaecispop said, 5 months ago

    @Tsali Queyi

    That would explain why there is no longer a Montgomery Ward in my town.
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