Lids

So, I mosey into this store (first off, let me say that in Mall St. Vincent, there is a Lids store and a Lids Locker Room, this review is for the latter store) I walk in there and head to the clearance area. I found a few NFL jerseys that I liked, that were clearly marked on sale for twenty bucks! There is also supposed to be an additional 30% off the lowest tag price. I’m thinking this is pretty sweet! The sales clerk tells me when I approach the register, that these jerseys are in fact, $ 40. Forty bucks! When they are marked at $ 20! He tells me they are supposed to be $ 40 a piece. I asked why doesn’t he scan them to see how much they are, you know, do a price check, just to make sure? He says he doesn’t have to do so, because he knows these jerseys are forty bucks. (???) Okaaaaay. So, I’m thinking to myself, look, I’m not married to those jerseys. I don’t HAVE to have them. I was just buying them because of the MARKED price ($ 20) plus the 30 percent after that was a really good deal. He tells me, 30 percent off of $ 40 is still a good deal. Yeeeeah, but not as good as 30% off of $ 20! The price is now more than double from what I was planning on paying aaaaaand in addition to the multiples of jerseys I was going to purchase, I was also going to also free that store of a t-​shirt or two in their clearance stock. Instead, I walk out empty handed and they lost a sale. In Business 101, I would think that making money… any money, especially off of dated clearance stock that need to move, and at least gain somewhat of a recoup on a product, is better than not selling it at all and letting it sit there still taking up space and gathering dust… but that’s just my theory. Oh well. Lids-​Locker Room, I give you a sports-​related rating of… BOOOOOOOO!