These experiences I had were both at Dick's Sporting Goods, but these deals can happen at any sporting goods store that doesn't specialize in fishing, but rather basketball and things like that. Now I am going to tell you two stories about my experience at Dick's Sporting Goods. Here is the first:
One day, my father and I decided to take a stroll through Dick's. We are looking around until I get to the rods section. I saw four Abu Garcia Veritas Rods (MSRP: $100). I looked at the tag and it had a red price tag on it, indicating that it was on sale and the price said $70.00. Not the biggest sale in the world, but I was in the market for new rods and I liked these rods. I decided I was going to purchase two rods. When we got the the cash register, the tags were ringing up at $35.00 because all red tags in that department were half off. So in the end, you saved $65.00. This deal was obviously too good, so I picked up the other two rods as well. Instead of spending $400 on four rods, I only spent $140. I was a happy camper that day.
Now for the next, not as exciting story:
Just recently, My father and I went to Dick's again, and we were looking around. My father was in the Fishing department while I was looking for shorts because I needed some for fishing. I saw a few clearance racks all bunched up. I saw some shorts there, so I decided to take a look. As I was looking, I saw a few G. Loomis shirts. These shirts retail new for $25.00, but the tag said $15.00, so I told my father, and we took 6 shirts with us to the register. The woman there said "Wow, this is a good deal; 10 dollars off and buy one get one half off"! That's when my Dad and I looked at each other and knew we were going back for more. By the end of it, we had 10 shirts that we purchased for $12.00 each instead of $25.00
Moral of the story, check out your local sporting goods store often if you want to get good deals! Do you guys have any stories like this? I'd love to hear them!
