By Sandra Block
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
When is a sale not a sale? Most of the time, according to Consumers’ Checkbook, a nonprofit consumer organization.
After tracking prices at 25 major retailers over 33 weeks, Consumers’ Checkbook concluded that the same “sale price” was offered more than half the time. Worse, some retailers’ sale prices never changed, Consumers’ Checkbook found.
Some of the worst offenders included Amazon, Nordstrom and Wayfair, which promoted sales that were usually misleading, Consumers’ Checkbook said. Walmart and Best Buy promoted sales that were often misleading, Consumers’ Checkbook found, while Target’s sales were sometimes misleading. Of the 25 retailers surveyed, only Apple, Costco, and Bed Bath & Beyond offered legitimate sales, Consumers’ Checkbook said….