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rupert_pupkinrupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975
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I've always praised shops Holland & Barretts and Body Shop for having good deals, good loyalty systems and for the shop assistants actually trying to save you money

But I've been thinking about H&B, it's always buy one get one for a penny or BOGOF and they're always sending me loyalty vouchers - I just got £6 this month and £1.50 from a previous month. There's no catch, it's just a free £7.50. I don't think I've ever paid full price for anything

Are they acknowledging that they're prices are too high to start with, is it a cynical ploy, or are they struggling and trying to attract new customers? Or are the owners just very nice people? It's business after all

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    bbclassicsbbclassics Posts: 7,806
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    DFS always have a sale going on too. Do people really change their sofas that often? :p
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    DFS have a half price sale on this week but hurry, it ends this Sunday!!

    I just wonder if some poor bugger has ever paid full price.
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    bbclassics wrote: »
    DFS always have a sale going on too. Do people really change their sofas that often? :p

    As I was typing:D
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    rupert_pupkinrupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975
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    Lol, DFS aside are there any shops that always have good deals and send you vouchers? I don't even spend much there, probably £20 a month. I can't imagine many shops would send you a voucher every month

    I don't work for H&B by the way
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    ianradioianianradioian Posts: 74,938
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    Dfs.
    I've never known them have a week off sale
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    duckyluckyduckylucky Posts: 13,864
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    Carpet Right have a persistent 30% off
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    TerraCanisTerraCanis Posts: 14,099
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    Bear in mind that the definition of a sale is that the shop is selling stuff.
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    Keiō LineKeiō Line Posts: 12,979
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    DFS have numerous "events" such as "summer clear out" with time limited discounts which many assume are sales.

    The law does prescribe how many times a shop can have a "sale".
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    juliancarswelljuliancarswell Posts: 8,896
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    Oak Furniture Land.
    More like neverendingsaleland
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    JurassicMarkJurassicMark Posts: 12,876
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    Don't know if it's classed as a sale, but Sports Direct seems to have 30% / 50% / 70% discounts throughout their stores all the time.
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    Keiō Line wrote: »
    DFS have numerous "events" such as "summer clear out" with time limited discounts which many assume are sales.

    The law does prescribe how many times a shop can have a "sale".
    There's always a small print notice about the item having been sold at a higher price in certain stores for a set period.
    Which is why I wonder if some poor sucker ever bought it at that price.
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    Toby LaRhoneToby LaRhone Posts: 12,916
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    JurassicMark wrote: »
    Don't know if it's classed as a sale, but Sports Direct seems to have 30% / 50% / 70% discounts throughout their stores all the time.
    That's a little bit like Wetherspoons shifting vast amounts of ale (but close to expiry date) at knockdown prices.
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    scruffpotscruffpot Posts: 4,570
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    wasn't it always a up to 70% discount at the Officers store ... when in fact the clothes were never worth that full price.

    Also the watch and handbag dodgy named perfume stores that appear around christmas time
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    HypnodiscHypnodisc Posts: 22,728
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    rupert_pupkin wrote: »
    I've always praised shops Holland & Barretts and Body Shop for having good deals, good loyalty systems and for the shop assistants actually trying to save you money

    But I've been thinking about H&B, it's always buy one get one for a penny or BOGOF and they're always sending me loyalty vouchers - I just got £6 this month and £1.50 from a previous month. There's no catch, it's just a free £7.50. I don't think I've ever paid full price for anything

    Are they acknowledging that they're prices are too high to start with, is it a cynical ploy, or are they struggling and trying to attract new customers? Or are the owners just very nice people? It's business after all

    H&B stuff costs peanuts to make, and is overpriced from the start.

    So, yes to the BIB.
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    MustabusterMustabuster Posts: 5,975
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    DFS only have two sales a year. They're just both 5 months long.
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    BRITLANDBRITLAND Posts: 3,443
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    DFS thread

    the thing is, what if DFS, for one day didn't have a sale?

    Nah, never going to happen
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    bingomanbingoman Posts: 23,938
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    M&CO seem to have never ending Sales:o
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    ninz39ninz39 Posts: 638
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    Shoe zone always seen to be having sales as well, the works also gets quite a few in
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