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ngdawg · 08-20-2007, 03:47 PM

"Beware the fine print!"
Retailers all do it. Case in point: Department store ad, in bold letters will say, "Laura Ashley quilt sets, $39, regularly $79". Cool! But look again. All the way on the bottom of the page in itty bitty print will be "Discontinued styles only, Twin size." And then we had to run to the registers where an angry customer holding a queen-sized quilt set was insisting it was $39, not $149 or whatever....
It's to get you in the store, period. And, it's to prevent what you planned to do, which is stock up on a single item and leave. I used to be able to go into a supermarket and fill up a handbasket and walk out having spent less than $1....they got smart and don't allow that any more.

08-20-2007, 03:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	"Beware the fine print!" Retailers all do it. Case in point: Department store ad, in bold letters will say, "Laura Ashley quilt sets, $39, regularly $79". Cool! But look again. All the way on the bottom of the page in itty bitty print will be "Discontinued styles only, Twin size." And then we had to run to the registers where an angry customer holding a queen-sized quilt set was insisting it was $39, not $149 or whatever.... It's to get you in the store, period. And, it's to prevent what you planned to do, which is stock up on a single item and leave. I used to be able to go into a supermarket and fill up a handbasket and walk out having spent less than $1....they got smart and don't allow that any more. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.