The winter 2022 sales kick off today, Wednesday January 12, at 8 am. A godsend for good business, provided you know how to go about it.
This year, the 2022 winter sales will be held, for six weeks of national shopping, until Tuesday February 8 next.
But to make the most of the discounts that will flourish in stores and on the Internet, it is better to know your rights well, and to be fully prepared to face the fights between consumers on the shelves.
This, of course, while making sure to keep your distance, the pandemic context requires.
Your wardrobe you will sort
It is out of the question to go hunting for bargains with a flower and a gun. First, a strategy. She begins by knowing what her real needs are. A quick tour of your own closets is therefore essential to make a complete inventory of your wardrobe, from coats to socks.
An essential exercise for spotting past mistakes (improbable clothes bought during the last sales but never worn), making room for the next clothes by discarding has-beens, and knowing your resources. History not to fall for red jeans before realizing that he was already sleeping in triplicate in the closet.
Your measurements you will take
In the race for broken prices, there is no room for amateurs: it is better to know your size and measurements perfectly before you go shopping.
A tip that will allow you to save precious time between two stores, but also to know if the diet followed in recent months has worked well. But in any case, it is always better to try on a garment before purchasing it.
Your list you will establish
After the strategy, the course of the operation. A good buyer establishes a list of his purchases before boarding: the big pieces first (suit or suit, coat, designer shoes …) then the basics (t-shirts, underwear, DVDs. ..).
A good way to remember nothing, to do the sales for someone else without getting tangled up, and to prepare for your journey, like during a visit to the supermarket.
Your schedules you will adapt
The best parts will be taken by storm from the first days. To avoid spending three hours in a single store, timing is essential: visits to the store early in the morning, or during any evening hours, are therefore to be favored, unlike lunch breaks.
And for those who can, an afternoon or even a day of RTT will do.
Your budget you will respect
The danger would be to be reached by buying frenzy. A precise budget, based on needs and available finances, is therefore essential. The most spenders will have to draw in cash the maximum amount they wish to invest, to force themselves not to exceed it.
The right outfit you will wear
You don’t go to war for good deals in a 10 cm heel, or in a special polar jacket. To prefer: a comfortable outfit and not too hot to move forward without getting tired.
In this new shopping session marked with the Covid-19 seal, masks, hydroalcoholic gel, even up-to-date health passes, are even required.
Those most addicted to saving time will even go so far as to choose velcro shoes, so as not to have to undo their laces each time they are fitted. This fighter’s outfit is completed with a bottle of water and a snack, to keep you going during the effort.
The new collection you will forget
The merchants are already preparing the sequel, and not all in-store products will be on sale. This is the trap of the new collection, the worst enemy of sales enthusiasts.
The solution: not look for the cool jacket or the crisp skirt at the entrance if they are not at reduced prices.
The prices you will check
This is the main attraction of the sales period: the prices broken by traders in order to sell their stocks. – 70%, – 50%, – 30% … The price jungle has taken root, but you need to check the labels carefully so as not to be fooled by a false good deal.
The law obliges merchants to clearly display the reduced price, but also the reference price from which the discount is calculated. And this cannot be higher than the lowest price practiced in the last thirty days preceding the sales.
The guarantees you will get
Discounted pricing does not imply discount entitlement. A product on sale generates the same guarantees as in normal times. The seller can set up the “neither returned nor exchanged” system for his products, provided that it is clearly displayed.
But the sales do not exempt him from having to take back the goods which present, after the purchase, a manufacturing defect that the customer had not seen.
On the Internet you will exchange
The Web has many advantages for comparing prices or making scouting, but makes it impossible to have the product in hand and try it before buying it.
The regulations therefore sided with the consumer so as not to reserve unpleasant surprises: he holds, for any item purchased on the Internet, a right of withdrawal. This possibility of making an exchange or being reimbursed is valid for seven days from the date of delivery.