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> It's tempting to jump on sales that are presented as steals. But when it comes to online shopping, you can't trust every sale price (or review, or seller) you

> It's tempting to jump on sales that are presented as steals. But when it comes to online shopping, you can't trust every sale price (or review, or seller) you see. Surely this isn't limited to online shopping. In the days of yore, when I sold PCs at Circuit City, my store would put together package deals where you bought a PC, monitor, printer, etc. The prices for the package deals were the same as if you bought everything together, but we'd put it all on one tag, at a single price, and also show the total you could get in mail-in rebates from the whole package. Because it was advertised as a package, people assumed it was cheaper, oftentimes.

bombcar 3y ago
When the bacon cheeseburger is on sale, it can be cheaper to buy it and ask them to hold the bacon than to just buy the cheeseburger.
- xav0989 3y ago
  McDonald's was notorious for that. The Cheeseburger/Double Cheeseburger was often cheaper or included in deals&promos, while the Hamburger/Double Hamburger wasn't. I was challenged once as to "why don't you just buy the hamburger if you want to hold the cheese", I asked them to ring it with the hamburger and it came to a higher total, so I asked to ring it as I originally asked instead.
thesuitonym 3y ago
The main difference is you were just showing the price and the rebates and letting people assume it was cheaper. Dell was giving a false price for the monitors and actively telling consumers that there was a discount.
quantified 3y ago
Going out of business! Everything must go! It's not limited in any way for any thing that can be sold.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  I grew up near a store that had been going out of business for over 20 years.
  - rprospero 3y ago
    Was that "Value City Furniture's Third Annual Going Out of Business Sale"? I remember those from my childhood, though I understand that one of those finally stuck.
    - JohnFen 3y ago
      I'm not familiar with that. No, this was a mom & pop furniture store.
JohnFen 3y ago
> and also show the total you could get in mail-in rebates from the whole package That's a very sleazy thing that I'm glad I don't see nearly as much anymore. I still avoid shopping at places that I've seen do this in the past.

bombcar 3y ago

When the bacon cheeseburger is on sale, it can be cheaper to buy it and ask them to hold the bacon than to just buy the cheeseburger.

xav0989 3y ago
McDonald's was notorious for that. The Cheeseburger/Double Cheeseburger was often cheaper or included in deals&promos, while the Hamburger/Double Hamburger wasn't. I was challenged once as to "why don't you just buy the hamburger if you want to hold the cheese", I asked them to ring it with the hamburger and it came to a higher total, so I asked to ring it as I originally asked instead.

thesuitonym 3y ago

The main difference is you were just showing the price and the rebates and letting people assume it was cheaper. Dell was giving a false price for the monitors and actively telling consumers that there was a discount.

quantified 3y ago

Going out of business! Everything must go! It's not limited in any way for any thing that can be sold.

JohnFen 3y ago
I grew up near a store that had been going out of business for over 20 years.
- rprospero 3y ago
  Was that "Value City Furniture's Third Annual Going Out of Business Sale"? I remember those from my childhood, though I understand that one of those finally stuck.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    I'm not familiar with that. No, this was a mom & pop furniture store.

JohnFen 3y ago

> and also show the total you could get in mail-in rebates from the whole package That's a very sleazy thing that I'm glad I don't see nearly as much anymore. I still avoid shopping at places that I've seen do this in the past.