do you watch and wait for price drops?

sdkitty

sdkitty

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I shop for the best deal but almost never wait for a sale (unless I know it's imminent). Right now I've been watching some shoes that are on Amazon, zappos and Nordstrom. The prices have changed somewhat but they are also saying they're almost gone. Main reason I haven't puled the trigger is I'm waiting for some (another style/brand) I already ordered. Want to see if they work before ordering more.
If you wait for a sale, what's your strategy? If you wait for season change, then the item might be gone or it's not that useful due to weather change.
 
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CrazyCool01 said:
You should add the item you are after from any website to your shoptagr list and you get notified via email when it goes on sale. These days the app even gives you coupon codes. Really good !
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I signed up yesterday.....today it popped up on a website and said do you want to save this item? I clicked for yes and it said there seems to be a problem.........
in the meantime, I've gone ahead and bought some shoes I was watching. Got zappos to give me amazon price
 
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TBH, I found Shoptagr annoying. It kept reminding me every few days that the price had dropped of an item for a month. Yes, I know this. You said the same thing 3 weeks ago. I deleted it.

I stalk coveted items the old fashioned-way. I go to the website a few times a week. If there's a sitewide sale, I go twice a day. I have gotten better bargains using my intelligence instead of AI. YMMV!!
 
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I have always had success with stalking designer items online when they go on sale. In December I was stalking a Fendi cape coat daily. I was sure the black one was probably not going to ever be put on sale but I put it in my Saks cart anyway. When I went online that day, there it was 50% off in multiple sizes. I have never checked out so fast in my life. I went back to the Saks website to check my order status 3 hours later and it was completely sold out. I would have been so upset if I logged onto the site too late and found that it was 50% off and I missed it! But that has happened to me too. It is all timing.
 
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Yes. I have purchased plenty of sale items online usually after midnight when most vendors update their websites. I have came across merchandise that was marked down in error and if the vendor caught the error immediately they will snatch the merchandise out of your cart and website at the same time.
 
#13
No, I’d just buy it. If you’re prepared to wait in the hope of a further reduction and risk losing it, it suggests you don’t really want it? And if you don’t really want it, why buy it, even if it is on sale?
 
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Pessie said:
No, I’d just buy it. If you’re prepared to wait in the hope of a further reduction and risk losing it, it suggests you don’t really want it? And if you don’t really want it, why buy it, even if it is on sale?
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I wasn't willing to wait any more so I did buy the shoes from zappos. Within a week or so, they had been reduced but not by much. Don't know if it's worth asking them if they will give me the reduction.
 
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