Comments on: Your Help Requested http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/07/26/your-help-requested/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:10:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Danny http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/07/26/your-help-requested/#comment-177 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/07/26/your-help-requested/#comment-177 You may be right. I thought it would be fun to use a little bit of effort from a good number of people to get a lot of information to see how it played out. I wondered if retailers would have more incentive to lower prices on other shopping weekends because that is when they needed to lure shoppers. For example, two weeks ago I saw a flier from one of the mega-office supply places, and they had a box of Crayola Crayons on sale for 15 cents instead of the regular $1.69. I wondered if they would have deals that good during the sales tax holiday weekend. Plus, there is the study from Florida concluding that some of the benefits from their sales tax holiday were eaten up by higher prices. Good thought about the comparison to the day after Thanksgiving though. Sure would be interesting to have some real-life information to see how it plays out. Want to put a little bit of effort into helping us get some info? You may be right. I thought it would be fun to use a little bit of effort from a good number of people to get a lot of information to see how it played out.

I wondered if retailers would have more incentive to lower prices on other shopping weekends because that is when they needed to lure shoppers. For example, two weeks ago I saw a flier from one of the mega-office supply places, and they had a box of Crayola Crayons on sale for 15 cents instead of the regular $1.69. I wondered if they would have deals that good during the sales tax holiday weekend. Plus, there is the study from Florida concluding that some of the benefits from their sales tax holiday were eaten up by higher prices.

Good thought about the comparison to the day after Thanksgiving though. Sure would be interesting to have some real-life information to see how it plays out.

Want to put a little bit of effort into helping us get some info?

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/07/26/your-help-requested/#comment-176 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2006/07/26/your-help-requested/#comment-176 There is no incentive for the retailers to raise prices since the sales tax holiday doesn't take any money out of their pockets. My experience in GA and NC is that you can find some terrific sales--much like the day after Thanksgiving. Loss leaders to get you into the store with the hope that you will buy other things as well. There is no incentive for the retailers to raise prices since the sales tax holiday doesn’t take any money out of their pockets. My experience in GA and NC is that you can find some terrific sales–much like the day after Thanksgiving. Loss leaders to get you into the store with the hope that you will buy other things as well.

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