{"id":17586,"date":"2025-03-27T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T06:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/?p=17586"},"modified":"2025-03-27T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T06:54:57","slug":"always-checking-prices-even-if-it-is-being-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/always-checking-prices-even-if-it-is-being-cleared\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Checking Prices Even If It Is Being Cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am still waiting for all the liquidation prices to drop more at the Hudson Bat store here and this was a great example on how you need to avoid just buying things emotionally based on a sales sign.  I was looking at this upright lamp which was listed at about $30 at the store with a 15% discount due to the liquidation. Didn\u2019t seem tat great of a deal of course so I am holding out.  However, I did look online at the general prices to see what would be considered as a good deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17588\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/always-checking-prices-even-if-it-is-being-cleared\/anko\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1073,644\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1743118498&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"anko\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-300x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-1024x615.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/anko.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finny enough, on the same company site they had the exact same product listed at $22 for the regular price and $18.70 after a 15% discount.  That was a classic example I thought on how many times the initial liquidation prices at stores are bumped up to the point where it\u2019s not a deal at all.  Imagine this for items that are more expensive.<\/p>\n<p>I think shoes are honestly the only stuff I have seen where the prices do seem to be a good deal overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still waiting for all the liquidation prices to drop more at the Hudson Bat store here and this was a great example on how you need to avoid just buying things emotionally based on a sales sign. 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