At Value Village (a thrift store), items are priced with colored tags. They are left on the racks for a few weeks, go through a week at 50% off, and then spend

At Value Village (a thrift store), items are priced with colored tags. They are left on the racks for a few weeks, go through a week at 50% off, and then spend one day at 99 cents before being removed and discarded. That last markdown to 99 cents occurs regardless of the original price. Computer desks, leather jackets, sewing machines -- they go for 99 cents on that day. I observed a unique phenomenon on 99 cent day: there was usually a crowd when we opened the store, and they moved quickly and bought a lot of random things. After some reflection, I figured they were probably resellers.