It isnt the raised prices, it is that you get avtual sale prices.
For the most part they can’t sell the item at the higher price so it isnt a major profit generator until the sale price. So they need to sell at that point, if they cant show it as a sale but still need to hit that point they will sell it at the “sale price” initially.
They need to survive a month trying to sell something at inflated prices to then discount it. That generates losses for them - storage, space on the shelves, delayed new stuff etc. It’s long enough to force them to actually discount shit.
So you get to have the raised prices for an extra month? What do you enjoy about that?
It isnt the raised prices, it is that you get avtual sale prices.
For the most part they can’t sell the item at the higher price so it isnt a major profit generator until the sale price. So they need to sell at that point, if they cant show it as a sale but still need to hit that point they will sell it at the “sale price” initially.
They need to survive a month trying to sell something at inflated prices to then discount it. That generates losses for them - storage, space on the shelves, delayed new stuff etc. It’s long enough to force them to actually discount shit.
I enjoy that they’ve had to raise prices above what consumers might pay for an entire month if they want to play this trick on me.