real turf fan
May 14th, 2009, 08:50 PM
A fairly well known Knoxville furniture store has spent many $$$ advertising that they are closing their store.
Mr. Turf and I have been there twice in the past year, watching the prices on two leather sofas. We haven't bought either time, because we thought, given the construction of the sofas, that $3800 was too much for either.
So the big sale signs are up.
You guessed it.
The sofa has a "Sold" sign on it. But the sale tag that we had grown to love has disappeared, and was replaced by a tag that said $8400. To that was appended a "Half off" and the new price $4200. The salesman on the floor pointed out to my husband that there was an additional 10% off.
Which takes their special sale price to very close to what it was before this nonsense started.
Just in case you wondered about the special markdowns.
Mr. Turf and I have been there twice in the past year, watching the prices on two leather sofas. We haven't bought either time, because we thought, given the construction of the sofas, that $3800 was too much for either.
So the big sale signs are up.
You guessed it.
The sofa has a "Sold" sign on it. But the sale tag that we had grown to love has disappeared, and was replaced by a tag that said $8400. To that was appended a "Half off" and the new price $4200. The salesman on the floor pointed out to my husband that there was an additional 10% off.
Which takes their special sale price to very close to what it was before this nonsense started.
Just in case you wondered about the special markdowns.