What to do and what not to do during sales, so as not to regret the money spent
'25.11.2019'
Source: RBC Style
In November, sales information crashes on almost every billboard. Different publications offer shopping lists and rules of behavior, from the reading of which the fear of missing out on something important only intensifies. We have collected five famous myths to dispel them.
Do not buy items similar to the ones you already have
Quite common advice gives RBC Style. “You don't need third jeans and a fourth white t-shirt!” But why? If you wear, say, straight jeans of a certain brand, why not buy one more of the same ones at a discount? The clothes wear out, no matter how carefully you care for them. If you are close to the idea of creating a basic wardrobe, you know that in the foreseeable future continue to wear these jeans, you can buy for the future. And if you want something unusual, jeans, a T-shirt, a jacket - and you never know what else - you can customize. Cutting, coloring, decorating with embroidery a thing bought at a discount is still not so scary.
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Do not buy trending things, they will go out of fashion even before you pay at the checkout
No, it’s not about the fact that the fashion is cyclical and everything will return sooner or later. The fact is that not many trends really go out of fashion. Leopard and snake prints, cage and flowers, 70, 80, 90, 00 - this can be written from season to season. Each time, the question is not what exactly “returned” (or didn’t go anywhere), but how to wear it right now. If you have long been thinking about a leopard coat, pleated skirt, army boots or boots, they should at least be tried on. When, if not on sale?
Hurry, the most running sizes are taken apart in the first hours, minutes, seconds ...
On the one hand, this is true. If you know for sure that you need a thing and its purchase fits into your budget, you should make a purchase quickly. On the other hand, the entire fashion industry works to ensure that we all do not remain bloated and undressed under any circumstances. A thing lost at a sale is no worse than a wardrobe stuffed with unnecessary clothes. Behind “Black Friday” comes “Cyber Monday,” then Christmas discounts, January, and there are not many discounts in the middle of the season. Plus, sudden sales on certain categories of goods, a discount on your birthday (yours or the brand’s founder), brand days - if you set a goal, subscribe to store news, create lists of your favorite goods and agree to notifications of price reductions, you can buy nothing at all full cost.
If in doubt, give yourself time to think, weigh the thing at the checkout, take a walk
Firstly, you are unlikely to be weighed down at the box office, this service is rarely provided during the sales period. Sales were invented in order to get rid of goods faster, and not in order to give potential buyers a walk. Secondly, time is also a resource. It is better to spend it on revising the wardrobe, compiling a shopping list and budgeting, than walking in circles around a pair of shoes in a store where doubts and fear of missing out on benefits literally rush in the air, and it’s very difficult not to give in to these feelings. If something is embarrassing, it is better to abandon the purchase: the flaws that you see now will not go anywhere, and new ones may appear in the process of wearing.
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Strictly stick to the list.
Of course, it is better to stick to your list. Blindly trusting the lists of "things that you definitely need to buy at a sale" is not worth it. Usually they are made up with an eye on a kind of "universal wardrobe that every woman needs." But this does not exist. What if you don’t wear pencil skirts? And you absolutely do not need black boats? But then you need a ski suit, a diadem for the New Year's outfit and you have long wanted a sweater or at least a scarf with deers, preferably from decent material, but not for the full price? These things are worth adding to your personal list, immediately noting how much you are willing to spend on them.
