Sale hacking

The Consumerist has a tip about price codes at various retail stores regarding their deals. If you check the price for a given product, it will vary based on where it is in its “sale cycle”.

“The popularity of yesterday’s “Target Price Drop Hack” post helped rustle out some other retailer’s secret pricing codes:

Sears: 99: regular 98: No coupons or sales 88: closeout 97: clearance/discontinued 93: refurb/open-box

CircuitCity: 98: local price match 97: open box item 96: limited stock item, either oop (out of production) or so new that supplies are not regular yet 95: clearance oop product

OfficeDepot: Prices not ending in 0,9 or 5 are final markdowns.

Target: 9: full price 8: clearance 4: final markdown

RadioShack, Gap, many retailers: 7: final markdown”

~ by Skennedy on January 24, 2007.

8 Responses to “Sale hacking”

  1. That’s awesome, thank you for the head’s up. I used to read The Consumerist, but forgot to keep checking at some point.

  2. That’s awesome, thank you for the head’s up. I used to read The Consumerist, but forgot to keep checking at some point.

  3. Got a link to the article?

  4. Got a link to the article?

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