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August 16, 2007
Barneys, you got us once again
Mid-day today as the market was down 330 points my stock portfolio had probably lost a couple grand over the course of a few hours. I never took the pain of actually looking to see. Fortunately the market recovered nicely, which gave me all the excuse I needed to high-tail it to the first day of the Barneys Warehouse Sale, where reports of first-day bedlam had trickled out since about 9AM. Racked writes:
We were in and out of the Barneys Warehouse Sale in under an hour, and now that we've had some time to refuel and hydrate, we're ready to reflect on the experience. It is so easy to get swept up in the mania of this event. You walk in and there are racks and racks of designer clothing and shoes. All around you, people are frantically grabbing up garments and dropping trou. It feels like a frantic, now-or-never-type deal; no time for indecision. ... And though the place was claustrophobically packed with the usual toe-stepping-on, shoving-prone crowd and prices were still pretty high, we still caved and dropped a few hundred dollars. Barneys, you got us once again.
While the sale may well have lost some of its luster--prices on the first day are the same as they've been since July in the stores--there were still a few bargains. After getting locked-out of the Prada Sample Sale when I I didn't sign-up immediately at 8AM Monday, I was happy to score a $69 pair of wool Prada slacks.
Posted by adrianjo at August 16, 2007 11:54 PM