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What To Do When There Is No Tag/Price
On The Item You Want
On The Item You Want
Every thrift store I have ever been in has the same policy:
No Tag, No Sale
What this means is if the tag has been lost, stolen (yes there are some people out there that thinks removing tags is very funny) or accidentally put out without the price, it will not be sold.
This policy has put there to protect the store. Believe it or not, but there are people out there that will try to take advantage of any body, even a thrift store. The usual way to do this is to rip of the tag and then tell the clerk it was priced at 50 cents instead of 3.99.
There are a few ways to get around this.
1) As for a price check. What this will do is get a person from the back that is pricing that day or a manager to come to the register and put a price on it there. This doesn’t always work. The best time to try this is if there aren’t any lines at the registers or a lot of people in the store. If you interrupt a busy manger they are less likely to give you a price and more likely to stick with the No Tag, No Sale Rule.
2) Play dumb. Go to the register with your unmarked item and pretend you didn’t know about the pricing policy and offer to pay about 25-50 cents more than like items in the store. This way they figure you are honest (most cashiers know general pricing) and may give you a break.
3) This last one only works if you are a buying a lot of things. You wait until the cashier gets to the item and pretend to be as amazed as the cashier is that there is no price. Pretend to look
This policy has put there to protect the store. Believe it or not, but there are people out there that will try to take advantage of any body, even a thrift store. The usual way to do this is to rip of the tag and then tell the clerk it was priced at 50 cents instead of 3.99.
There are a few ways to get around this.
1) As for a price check. What this will do is get a person from the back that is pricing that day or a manager to come to the register and put a price on it there. This doesn’t always work. The best time to try this is if there aren’t any lines at the registers or a lot of people in the store. If you interrupt a busy manger they are less likely to give you a price and more likely to stick with the No Tag, No Sale Rule.
2) Play dumb. Go to the register with your unmarked item and pretend you didn’t know about the pricing policy and offer to pay about 25-
3) This last one only works if you are a buying a lot of things. You wait until the cashier gets to the item and pretend to be as amazed as the cashier is that there is no price. Pretend to look