Kohls claiming a sale when the item is still full price!

[Callie]

Sorry...why the heck do they have it saying SALE?
Biggest scam ever
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/jun...Lily+Rose+Sequin+Tube+Dress++Juniors+Plus.jsp

 

[tvguy]

Hey it happens.

My favorite is the local chain grocery store puts something on sale in the flyer in the newspaper, and it's an item my local store has never carried.
Then they have to special order it for all the rainchecks.

My wife's nephew managed a grocery store that was part of a chain in another state, he said you "tell what the boys in the warehouse ordered too much of" from the sale flyer. There was usually a couple of items that he never carried in his store in the ad because nobody bought them.

 

[DaisyLynn]

Looks like a mistake to me. I wouldn't call it a scam. The price is marked, just seems the verbiage is off.

 

[Albort]

posted this awhile ago... same concept...

 

[sissy_ib]

Sorry...why the heck do they have it saying SALE?
Biggest scam ever
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/jun...Lily+Rose+Sequin+Tube+Dress++Juniors+Plus.jsp

Sale $60.99
Original $88

I'm guessing they changed it since you posted this as that is a discount.

 

[DebbieB]

posted this awhile ago... same concept...

What's wrong with that? Many stores have a better price if you buy multiples.

 

[Albort]

What's wrong with that? Many stores have a better price if you buy multiples.

SALE!!!: 3 for $3 or $1.39
Regular Price: 3 for $3 or $1.39

 

[RitaE]

Sale $60.99
Original $88

I'm guessing they changed it since you posted this as that is a discount.

Since it is Kohls though they probably never actually sold the dress at $88. That's pretty much how they operate with high regular pricing and then nearly everything is always on sale.

Why do they do it? Perceived bargains.

 

[Ceila]

SALE!!!: 3 for $3 or $1.39
Regular Price: 3 for $3 or $1.39

In my local grocery stores, they always change the shelf price to reflect the sale price, often resulting in there being 2 signs for a product, both reflecting the discount. So, what you are looking at are 2 sales signs, not a regular price and a sale price.

 

[crashbb]

In my local grocery stores, they always change the shelf price to reflect the sale price, often resulting in there being 2 signs for a product, both reflecting the discount. So, what you are looking at are 2 sales signs, not a regular price and a sale price.

I don't think so.

Look carefully at the bottom right of the "sale sign". It says:

Sale!
Reg 3/$3.00
or $1.39 each

Why would they post that the regular price is the same as the sale price, if the regular price is actually something else?

Admittedly, I've also never seen a store change the shelf price to reflect the sale price.

 

[cornflake]

Since it is Kohls though they probably never actually sold the dress at $88. That's pretty much how they operate with high regular pricing and then nearly everything is always on sale.

Why do they do it? Perceived bargains.

This. Kohl's has the most ludicrous pricing structure ever. I won't even go in the place.

They sell junky, cheap crap, at like 4x what it's worth, on perpetual "sale" for three times what it's worth, then with some voodoo combination of using their cc (so they get more $), their coupons, etc., it'll end up being only 2 or so times what it's worth.

It's still junk, it's still way overpriced junk, but somehow it's now perceived as a great bargain because it's "60% off! (the price it never was, to a price it shouldn't be).

 

[msjprincess]

Did the ad change?

Lily Rose Sequin Tube Dress - Juniors' Plus
sale $60.99


original $88.00

 

[eliza61]

Since it is Kohls though they probably never actually sold the dress at $88. That's pretty much how they operate with high regular pricing and then nearly everything is always on sale.

Why do they do it? Perceived bargains.

 

[luvmy3]

This. Kohl's has the most ludicrous pricing structure ever. I won't even go in the place.

They sell junky, cheap crap, at like 4x what it's worth, on perpetual "sale" for three times what it's worth, then with some voodoo combination of using their cc (so they get more $), their coupons, etc., it'll end up being only 2 or so times what it's worth.

It's still junk, it's still way overpriced junk, but somehow it's now perceived as a great bargain because it's "60% off! (the price it never was, to a price it shouldn't be).

I'm not going to disagree about the quality, some of the brands they carry are better than others but it is possible to get great deals there and not end up paying 2X what the stuff is worth.

I just ordered my dd 5 dresses to try on for Homecoming, 2 of them were $6.40, 2 were $10.88 and one of them was $19.20. Granted they were on clearance and I used a discount code but I can't get a formal dress for those prices anywhere else, these were a great bargain. You have to know how to shop Kohls, if you don't then yes you are going to end up paying way too much for something.

 

[pyrxtc]

I took a picture at Walmarta while back of a sale they had on boys jeans. Regular marked price was $7.88 and the sale price was $8.99

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I caught Kohls once and I guess I was a little too loud about it. Was surfing the shoe department and took a good look at one pair. The display shoe had one of those electronic tags on it, reading "$64.99" with the sale tag above it proclaiming something along the lines of "20% off - sale price $51.99." However, the actual box of shoes below had a sticker price of $59.99. Idiot me...I laughed and called over to my mother to show her. Then when we walked away, a sales associate went running over, grabbed the display shoe, and left the department rather quickly...

 

[Jeafl]

This. Kohl's has the most ludicrous pricing structure ever. I won't even go in the place.

They sell junky, cheap crap, at like 4x what it's worth, on perpetual "sale" for three times what it's worth, then with some voodoo combination of using their cc (so they get more $), their coupons, etc., it'll end up being only 2 or so times what it's worth.

It's still junk, it's still way overpriced junk, but somehow it's now perceived as a great bargain because it's "60% off! (the price it never was, to a price it shouldn't be).

Not everything at Kohl's is junky, cheap crap. I bought a KitchenAid stand mixer there for far less than anywhere else. They also carry brand names like Food Network, Calphalon, Levis, Carters for kids and others. You just have to be a smart shopper there and know ypur prices. I have gotten some incredible deals there over the years.

 

[Callie]

Yes, last night it was 88 dollars full price and on sale

 

[Stitchfans]

Since it is Kohls though they probably never actually sold the dress at $88. That's pretty much how they operate with high regular pricing and then nearly everything is always on sale.

Why do they do it? Perceived bargains.

Exactly!

 

[LilyWDW]

Yes, last night it was 88 dollars full price and on sale

Most likely their system simply had not updated with new prices as of last night. Considering the weekend sale was Friday-Sunday, it would make sense that price updates would have happened over night Sunday to Monday. You just happened to catch that page before an update had been fully made.