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I ordered a set of sheets from them mid-April, for $37.50 on sale.
The week after I got them, I get an email from Macy's about a 30% off sale. I check out the sheets because I liked them. They are now retail $90 marked down to $60
The next week they were having another sale but not on sheets. The sheets now show retail $150
The Company Store had the sheets I was looking for but after 5 months of continued delays I cancelled my order. They were cotton percale and I was getting two fitted twin XL and a king flat for our split king. Perhaps they have resolved their shipping issues.
Unfortunately, when Home Depot bought company store a few years ago, their quality seems to have gone down hill. We used to outfit quite a few rooms with them.
I ordered a set of sheets from them mid-April, for $37.50 on sale.
The week after I got them, I get an email from Macy's about a 30% off sale. I check out the sheets because I liked them. They are now retail $90 marked down to $60
The next week they were having another sale but not on sheets. The sheets now show retail $150
Today, retail $150, deal of the day sale $52.50
Is this normal for them?
Not sure if this applies, but I worked in retail in the 70's in SoCal, and the kind of thing you describe was normal until the state put a stop to it. In the chain for which I worked, they would have "permanent" sales but changing the details to something like you described. Anyway, the rule was something like clearance items had to be at the "before" price for at least a month before being marked down, and it it was a "sale" (temporary) price, the item had to be sold for a certain amount of time at the "regular" (before) price before being put on sale again.
I don't know if a rule like that still applies, but for many retail chains, I am convinced that sales are actually the "right" price with the before price inflated to make it seem that customers are getting a deal.
Not sure if this applies, but I worked in retail in the 70's in SoCal, and the kind of thing you describe was normal until the state put a stop to it. In the chain for which I worked, they would have "permanent" sales but changing the details to something like you described. Anyway, the rule was something like clearance items had to be at the "before" price for at least a month before being marked down, and it it was a "sale" (temporary) price, the item had to be sold for a certain amount of time at the "regular" (before) price before being put on sale again.
I don't know if a rule like that still applies, but for many retail chains, I am convinced that sales are actually the "right" price with the before price inflated to make it seem that customers are getting a deal.
I felt that with the $90 marked down to $60 week but listing them at $150 is just crazy! Hopefully I catch them at under $50 again.
I just noticed they ship direct from vendor so I wonder if that makes a difference. Does that mean Macy's does what Amazon and Walmart do these day? Allow third party vendors to sell through their sites?
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