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Originally Posted by BornToFly
oh, nope, she got back what she paid for them. Which was like $25 each peice, top and bottom. Totaling roughly $50. Then once returned, the clearance stickers printed out, which was $6.50-so she asked, is this what they are now? Cust Service said, yea, it's crazy, since this is an online item, that we do not sell IN STORE, is goes on the clearence rack at $6.50. Online they are still $25.00
So, she bought those back right away. Then got a hard time returning the others. They "had" to go on the clerence rack so everyone got a chance at them. But she stood waiting for them by the clearence rack, and grabbed them as soon as they hit it.
Knowing this, I need a new suit, but can't afford $50. But I can afford $13.00. So do I buy it online, and return it in hopes for a almost $40 savings??
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If you really can't afford $50, then you definitely shouldn't buy them online with the intention of taking advantage of this loophole, because you never know when the loophole is going to be closed (the store might have implemented a new policy the very nect day). There's absolutely no guarantee that you'll get the same deal.
The store may refuse the return (just because they accepted your friend's return, doesn't mean they'll accept your return). I've discovered that many stores have arbitrary policies. I've had a store refuse a return, then I took it back again (with different sales staff) and had the return accepted.
Even if your return is accepted, you may not get the same opportunity to wait at the sale rack (they may decide not to put them on the sale rack for several days, are you going to go to the store and hang out all day, every day until they are put out).
Morality aside, this whole venture is a gamble, and if you don't have the $50 to "risk" then you shouldn't play "the game." You also have to consider what your time is worth, and how much you've "really" saved in the end.
If you CAN risk the $50, are willing to take the gamble, consider your time of lesser value than the possible reward, AND don't see anything morally wrong with it... (boy that's a lot of if's).
I think there's a lot more risk involved than I personally would be willing to take. I also can't afford a $50 suit, which is why I wouldn't take this gamble, because if the store refused my return, I would be out the $50 I couldn't afford anyway.
I've bought my last two swimsuits (both skirted two piece) for under $20 each - and I did it by stalking the bcoutlet.com and onestopplus.com website. By checking it every day or two, I waited until a suit I liked was marked down to a price I could afford.
I also registered on the sites (which sent coupons for discounts and free shipping to my email) and checked my email for those discounts and checked the site's facebook pages for coupons.
Combinining the clearance price and the coupon code, I was able to pay less than $20 (and that includes the shipping costs).
