Kohls ALWAYS has sales.
On what, you ask? EVERYTHANG.
"Holy meerkat labia, this shirt was originally $89.99 but now it's only $11.99!? I NEED DIS."
But do you really?
Do you -really- need dis?
You don't, my friend, because it's not really that great of a sale. Kohl's notoriously marks up the "original" price to make the discrepancy between the two much more appealing.
Take that shirt for example. Pretty much everyone is going to fling their shit for a 'savings' of $78 bucks.
Conversely, that same shirt with a tag that reads "Orig. 14.99" on sale for $11.99 might illicit a response more like this:
"Take your sad peasant shirt and shove it up your big box ass, Kohl's. I'm a savvy bitch and that aint no savings."
It's effective, albeit obnoxious, but it becomes a glaring problem on the rare occurrence when an item goes off a mark down sale and onto one of their stupid ass BOGO 1/2 off 'deals'.
Picture this:
You stumble onto a rack of sweaters you really like. You have it in the back of your head that there's no need to look at the price on the tag since there's always whacky, crazy sales flopping about at every turn and you go to try it on.
You're hot--fuckable, even--in this thing. This sweater has magically transformed you from a forgettable 4 to a fondle-worthy 7.
You throw it in the cart and scramble back to the rack to look for different colors in your size when, all of a sudden, a rogue "BOGO 1/2 off" sign appears.
"Wh--what?" you choke.
Your shaky fingers manage to unearth the armpit tag and within a split second, every single one of your fondling fantasies deflate faster than an ill-prepared souffle.
"SEVENTY FUCKING DOLLARS WHAT THE EVER-LOVING SHIT?!!?"
Welcome back to the Forgettable 4 club, you plebeian.
Now, it's not -all- bad. There really are good deals to be had if you're willing to dig through mounds of itchy, rejected sweaters and merchandise from seven seasons ago on their actual clearance racks. I snagged a pair of jeans here just yesterday for five bucks that had been a customer return (the 'gift receipt' was still crammed in the ass pocket).
In the end, their tactics both make me laugh and irritate the hell out of me. They also have a habit of putting those electronic tags on an area of scattered merchandise that often doesn't include the appealing items on the rack. You think you're snagging a polo for fifteen bucks, it rings up for $35 because it was the one brand in the mix that wasn't on sale, and you're too sheepish to ask them to put it back. Shitty, shitty.
My advice? Keep your eyes wide open and dig, dig, dig. Don't fool yourself into thinking they're trying to pass these amazing out-in-the-open deals onto their consumers and you'll be fine. read more