Got a coupon in the mail for Delia's Cleaners and who doesn't love a coupon. It had 30% off on cleaning with the exception of certain items which did not pertain to my items. I entered and asked how much a blouse would be. The young lady said $5.25 and up. I had two blouses and one pair of pants. She looked at one blouse and said, "Oh, this is a premium blouse so this will be $7.10." I then showed her my coupon. I expected 30% off the quoted price wouldn't you?? She goes to the register with my coupon, punches in some numbers and says, "Oh, the premium blouse is $10.25, but with the coupon it's $7.10". I smelled scam all over the place. I said to her, "So before I showed you the coupon, it was $7.10. After the coupon it was $7.10. Does that sound right to you?" With that I took my stuff and went back to my old dry cleaners which is further away but at least are honest about quoting prices. They don't do coupons but I would rather deal with honest people than people who send out coupons with no intentions of giving you a real price break. This is a convenient location since I shop at Fry's and Big Lots which is in the same shopping center. If Delia's had given me a real discount and had done a good job with the cleaning, they would have gotten 100% of all my cleaning including quilts and bedspread which I usually dry clean before it gets colder.
I just don't like the bait and switch or the maneuvering of pricing to make the public believe they are giving you a deal. Everybody loves a deal but nobody likes a scam.