When I was younger a Sale seemed like a spontaneous event. Then my ex-wife worked for Sears in the purchasing department. They were planning sales for a year in advance, including picking the items to “put on sale”.
Boxing Day Sales have become a big part of the Christmas selling season. Stores like Sam the Record Man in Toronto made them a must go the event. Door crasher specials are still fun for the young and vigorous. I like mine on the web.
One of the worst Boxing Day sales is audimidi.com who are normally savvy web vendors.
Ten…Nine…Eight…aM’s Countdown Sale Starts December 25!
We’re kicking off the countdown….take 10% off your order on December 25, 9% off on December 26, 8% off on December 27, and so on. Act fast- the sooner you use the coupon the more you save! Offer expires December 31, 2008. Use coupon code COUNTDOWN08. Exact discount dependent on time and date of order placed.
A whopping 10% discount and it gets worse every day. Pass.
The best site is Future Shop.
They have been mailing me flyer announcements for days, telling me to get in the queue. You get your choice from 6 different flyers: web only or in store, Boxing Day only, all week, etc. Future Shop flyers are html or flash and each item has more info, buy or wish list choices. Everything is convenient and easy to find.
There are fantastic bargains in-store but the web ones are decent as well.
Future Shop will do tens of millions of dollars in business this week because they put the time and effort into making it easy for their customers to spend.
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