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I think chasing the discounts may be part of the excitement of shopping for some people. Someone was explaining how Kohl's does things, and it is completely in
by dubya 14y ago
I think chasing the discounts may be part of the excitement of shopping for some people. Someone was explaining how Kohl's does things, and it is completely insane, like there is an optimal one-hour window for buying certain things when the Power Hours and Door Busters and various other promotions combine with your double Kohl's Cash to get your Docker's socks for 85% off if you give them an email address.
- Deinos 14y agoWow... that sounds like wayyyyy too much effort...
- monkeyspaw 14y agoI heartily agree, personally. But people often like games because of the hoops they have to jump through, not in spite of them. Shopping is a game to many people. You can't "win" unless you get a lower price than other people.
- sharkweek 14y agoWhile anecdotal, I can personally confirm this. my wife LOVES shopping for "the deal" -- it's all a game to her. I tease her a lot because there are countless times where she comes home with widgets that we don't immediately need, but were purchased solely because of their discount %. For her, something at a low price point to begin with appears cheap, however you take that same item and slap a high MSRP on it with a 50% discount down to that same first price point... now we're talking!
- btilly 14y agoAll that you need to do is turn it into a real game by having a website which let's you compete against your friends and strangers for who got the "best deals". Turns it into a game that the retailer is bound to be very happy about.
- mattm 14y agoA friend of mine (a woman) posted on Facebook once saying how she had saved $X by using coupons. I replied that I saved more than that by not buying the stuff in the first place. She couldn't understand what I was talking about.
- GHFigs 14y agoRetail is the original massively multi-player role-playing game.
- MartinCron 14y agoI don't like to chase down discounts, but I am totally addicted to treasure hunting in thrift stores. When I get a beautiful vintage suit for a few bucks, I feel like the smartest guy ever to put on clothes.