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Sale price?

Judaline — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:05:56 GMT

This morning I saw a cute pair of shoes, so I looked for more info. It said they were on sale. 110.00 usually, but sale price 99.00! Hurry, going fast. (I don't think so.) Then it said, 9% off!!! I mean, this is a sale? Why don't they do a real sale. This to me would be embarrassing to even post it.

Re: Sale price?

Iwantcoffee — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:17:05 GMT

The shoes are sold at a discount, that is a sale.

These Clark Cloud steppers are 66% off

https://www.qvc.com/clarks-cloudsteppers-casual-lace-up-sneakers---audreigh-sky.product.A655008.html

Re: Sale price?

CalminHeart — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:21:14 GMT

Q has a lengthy reputation of knocking a couple dollars off and calling it a sale. I ignore those kinds of sales.

Re: Sale price?

CalminHeart — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:21:53 GMT

@CalminHeart wrote:

Q has a lengthy reputation of knocking a couple dollars off and calling it a sale. I ignore those kinds of sales.

Re: Sale price?

kaydee50 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:27:19 GMT

And unfortunately I see HSN doing the same thing--knocking $5 or 10% off an item and calling it a "sale" although they do still have some really good sales.

Re: Sale price?

sunshine45 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:27:26 GMT

@Iwantcoffee wrote:
The shoes are sold at a discount, that is a sale.

These Clark Cloud steppers are 66% off
https://www.qvc.com/clarks-cloudsteppers-casual-lace-up-sneakers---audreigh-sky.product.A655008.html

wow @Iwantcoffee

thank you! great price and i love cloudsteppers!

Re: Sale price?

We rescue cats — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:28:14 GMT

Yes, I agree....so as soon as a "sale" email hits my inbox it is deleted without opening. Sort of like the parable about crying wolf...do it too often and I no longer hear it.

Re: Sale price?

Iwantcoffee — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:36:23 GMT

If shipping is $11.00 it's too expensive, but for a discount it's not enough.

Re: Sale price?

Catch71 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:52:05 GMT

I have had a full priced top in my wish list for over 60 days waiting for a price reduction. My color and size has stayed available so people are not buying at full price. The other day I noticed price had dropped! When I looked carefully before I put it in my cart, I noticed they took $5. off. I did not consider that a sale and it wasn't freeship. Needless to say, it's still on my wish list.

Re: Sale price?

elated — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:33:46 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
@Iwantcoffee wrote:
The shoes are sold at a discount, that is a sale.

These Clark Cloud steppers are 66% off
https://www.qvc.com/clarks-cloudsteppers-casual-lace-up-sneakers---audreigh-sky.product.A655008.html

wow @Iwantcoffee
thank you! great price and i love cloudsteppers!

The ratings were very low on this shoe, i.e. sizing was a problem.

Re: Sale price?

rockygems123 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:54:06 GMT

@Judaline wrote:
This morning I saw a cute pair of shoes, so I looked for more info. It said they were on sale. 110.00 usually, but sale price 99.00! Hurry, going fast. (I don't think so.) Then it said, 9% off!!! I mean, this is a sale? Why don't they do a real sale. This to me would be embarrassing to even post it.

@Judaline

When I was going through the sale items at Talbots it tells you how many you have viewed and how many remaining. Total sale items were close to 5,000.

This is a true sale with lots of inventory, lots of sizes available.

50% off the sale price, 25% additional.

Some $100 items ended up being $21. For quality and availability.

Now that's a sale.

And they do it twice a year.

Re: Sale price?

spabar — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:36:22 GMT

I've seen QVC air a "sale" price item where the difference was $1.02. 🤦🏼‍♀️