Juicy Couture Up To 70% Off + $10 Off

For a limited time — a little over two days as of this posting — you can get Juicy Couture for up to 70% off from Secret Style.  If you enter my e-mail address (lily@brokeinamerica.com)  in the Sponsor field you get $10 off of your order.  The $10 is the referral fee which I would have gotten if you ordered something.  Instead, I’ll let YOU have it. 

I took a look at what they have.  They had dresses and tops only.

I personally am not a designer-label kind of person but I thought someone who would love to have some designer duds on the cheap might appreciate the link.

Photo:  blingyourself.com

Ask and You Will Get Some Money Back

My daughter got an Aeropostale hoodie for Christmas, but it was too small for her.  Armed with the gift receipt, we headed to the nearest mall with an Aeropostale store.  Luckily for us we found an exact same hoodie in a bigger size.  I noted that the hoodie was already in the bargain rack along with other winter clothes, giving way to spring items.  At the counter the sales clerk was about to do a “like for like” exchange but I asked her:

“Is there a price difference?”

The clerk kindly obliged me and checked.  There was an $11 difference!  She could not give me cash back, but gave me a store gift card with that amount.  Of course my daughter happily turned around and found something else to buy in the store,

$11 might not be much in this case (although that is half a tank of gas for me).  However, it is money that you are entitled to.  Why not take it?  Some store clerks might tell you that it is not possible to give you money back.  Just point out that it is just like you are returning the item for a full refund and buying the same item for its current cheaper price.

My daughter noted that the clerk did not volunteer to check for a price difference, and admitted that she would never have thought to ask about it either.  I hope she learned a valuable lesson there, just as she did when we went clothes shopping with $50 and a coupon.

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