Cyber-Monday is here!!!!.....so....

[DrPizza]

jc penny tried the low pricing all the time thing and it failed.
http://business.time.com/2012/05/17/why-jcpenneys-no-more-coupons-experiment-is-failing/

Except, it wasn't low pricing, it was medium pricing. My wife, who shops fairly frequently at JCP (we have *very* few choices within 1/2 an hour of us) knows her prices. "These used to be regularly $40, but they were on sale every other week for $20. Now, they're $30, and they don't do sales." That's when my wife stopped shopping at JCP (and now that they dropped it, she's back.)

Honestly nowadays Amazon charges sales tax and most places pricematch Amazon so why no go B&M? For the last year I switched almost all my electronics purchases from Amazon/Newegg to Frys/Best Buy because of pricematching. Best Buy is nice because they give you reward points for money spent without having to sign up for a line of credit. That always makes it a little cheaper than Amazon/Newegg.

It's pretty hard to have a good experience at a store when you go there to purchase something you specifically want. You can have neutral experiences, and you can have bad experiences. You either get in, get what you want, and get out, unhassled by staff, and not annoyed by other customers, especially those in line in front of you; and not have to wait in line a long time. That's a neutral experience. Or, you can deal with pushy salespeople trying to get you to purchase extra warranties or trying to upsell you on crap. And, get stuck in a long line, with people counting out the exact change, rummaging through their purse to find the checkbook *after* everything's been rung up, etc.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Honestly nowadays Amazon charges sales tax and most places pricematch Amazon so why no go B&M? For the last year I switched almost all my electronics purchases from Amazon/Newegg to Frys/Best Buy because of pricematching. Best Buy is nice because they give you reward points for money spent without having to sign up for a line of credit. That always makes it a little cheaper than Amazon/Newegg.

I have to get in my car, drive there find parking, walk in, and look for what I need.

With Amazon, quick search and it's sent to my house in 2 days. Unless I really really need it at that moment or right away, I won't go into a B&M.

And actually, the only B&M I go to now is Costco.

 

[jlee]

Still easier for me to do a B&M return if the store is one that I frequent anyway.

lol k. I find it pretty easy to tape a label to a box and set it outside the front door.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I have to get in my car, drive there find parking, walk in, and look for what I need.

With Amazon, quick search and it's sent to my house in 2 days. Unless I really really need it at that moment or right away, I won't go into a B&M.

And actually, the only B&M I go to now is Costco.

this is actually why there's so many arbitrage opportunities on amazon. people are loyal to amazon. prime shipping. great customer support. plus you have access to a lot of items you might not be able to source locally. i think their review system is part of it too but there's a lot of poorly rated items that sell also.

 

[highland145]

lol k. I find it pretty easy to tape a label to a box and set it outside the front door.

lol

 

[Carson Dyle]

Except, it wasn't low pricing, it was medium pricing. My wife, who shops fairly frequently at JCP (we have *very* few choices within 1/2 an hour of us) knows her prices. "These used to be regularly $40, but they were on sale every other week for $20. Now, they're $30, and they don't do sales." That's when my wife stopped shopping at JCP (and now that they dropped it, she's back.)

Yep, I did the same thing. Macy's and most other department stores are exactly the same. You go there and you seldom buy anything unless it's "on sale" because it's on sale every other month.

I seem to recall that there's a federal or maybe a Colorado state law governing whether or not you can actually call a price a "sale" price. It states something along the lines of: the regular price has to be in effect at least 1/2 the time.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I have to get in my car, drive there find parking, walk in, and look for what I need.

And you wonder why you weigh 300 lbs.

 

[poofyhairguy]

It's pretty hard to have a good experience at a store when you go there to purchase something you specifically want. You can have neutral experiences, and you can have bad experiences. You either get in, get what you want, and get out, unhassled by staff, and not annoyed by other customers, especially those in line in front of you; and not have to wait in line a long time. That's a neutral experience. Or, you can deal with pushy salespeople trying to get you to purchase extra warranties or trying to upsell you on crap. And, get stuck in a long line, with people counting out the exact change, rummaging through their purse to find the checkbook *after* everything's been rung up, etc.

I never have a bad experience. That is because from step one into Best Buy I act like I own the place, and I will push or boss people around until I get what I want.

In fact, it is almost therapeutic in a way. It allows me to have an outlet for my inner asshole when I do encounter the pushy salesperson, the dumb person in line, or the checkup person who swears they can't pricematch. I especially love the last one, as I almost know every button they need to push ("If you knew what you were doing you would start by clicking here...").

Without this outlet I would probably be an asshole to people who deserve it less, like my wife, people on this forum, or random people in India who pickup when I call customer service lines.

 

[Red Squirrel]

They should call it Regret Monday, because you sometimes see better deals for all the stuff you got on Black Friday. :biggrin:

 

[AznAnarchy99]

And you wonder why you weigh 300 lbs.

LoL far from it. My laziness does not correlate with my health and workout habits.

 

[ponyo]

lol k. I find it pretty easy to tape a label to a box and set it outside the front door.

Return shipping is not free unless the item is defective/damaged or it's free return item like shoes. So while it might be easier to return an item to Amazon, it's expensive to return nondefective item for refund. I much prefer B&M return than internet return.

I had to pay almost $8 on shipping to return a small item today.