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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
There is really no point in replying to this, because nothing is going to change your views/morals.
Local, privately owned stores do survive off local business. If no one shopped at them, they wouldn't last. Same with big department stores. If no one shopped at them, they wouldn't survive.
Here is what you are doing to them though. Adding traffic through them making them appear busy. Taking sales associates & dressing room time away from actual customers. They have to build more change rooms to handle the demand, and they also have to hire and pay sales associates to handle the demand. All costs money. I'm sure you and everyone like you also puts everything back, exactly how it was so the sales associates don't have to.
Also with your $320 true religion jeans.
[tangent]Do you work for them or something? you seem to bring them up quite a bit in this thread. You're the only person I know who claims to like jeans and still considers them to be quality. [end tangent]
You bought them for $200 with what I'm assuming is a $50 coupon that you receive. Or did you use one of your 30% ones?
So you either actually bought them for $250 or $296...
I agree that the $70 difference is a lot. Still is quite the exaggeration from the $230 you originally stated.
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1st off i bring True religion up because its a name brand that most people are familiar with .... I believe True Religion is quality denim , like i said in previous posts i have had a pair for 3 or 4 years that still look great albeit a lil big for me its still quality denim.... secondly they point isnt whether or not i used a coupon or an online deal or not ... i still only paid 199 or 250 CDN compared to 318USD/398.75CDN....... do you think the online stores arent making money selling them at 199 even with a coupon? I know it does not cost a large retail outlet 118 usd/148cdn to have an hourly associate to show me where a dressing room is and fold the jeans that i dont buy....... i dont understand where you dont see that these stores gouge people in every which way ...
There is a local store here in Oklahoma that sells these brands and i have become friendly with the owner since i have been going there. I was talking to her a few weeks ago when they had their Spring Sale and she as giving me a hard time cause i bought a Diesel Tshirt on sale for 12.99.... She said you need to buy these sooner i am only make 3 bucks off this. Well they sold for 59.99 originally and she bought these tshirts for 10 bucks a piece..... She said thats the way it is in the clothing business and brick and mortar stores can keep charging it until people stop buying it ....
Oh and no i do not work for True Religion