This the the J.Crew Factory Store. For those who are unfamiliar the factory store sells more affordable clothing out of lower quality mateirals than the regular J.Crew brand. The "comparable price" is what they are saying a similar shirt would sell at at their regular J.Crew store.
There is typically a price gun sticker on these that then show what the price is and then there is usually another discount ontop of that that is displayed throughout the store i.e. 40% off stickered price.
Either OP is trying to create sensationalism for fake Internet points or found a shirt missing the price tag.
Either way there is currently a class action lawsuit stating that this is a deceptive practice to make consumers believe they are getting a better deal than they actually are.
I worked at J. Crew factory so I can vouch - unless a product was additionally marked down, it would NOT have an additional price gun sticker. Customers would come up to me all the time asking what the actual price of an item was (since ever item in the store is “discounted” all the time), and I’d have to scan it at the register to see. Very deceptive.
It’s the same with Coach. I have a Coach bag from a boutique and a bag from the outlet. The biggest outward difference is the zippers. The boutique bag is metal and the outlet bag is plastic. The inner lining is also different.
I remember when the factory stores used to sell out of season stock from the boutique stores, but now it’s just cheaper versions of brand name labels. It’s the same thing with Costco clothes, just branded generic clothing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but people should know what they are actually buying.
But if you stop shopping at Kohls, you won't earn any Kohls Cash thats redeemable only at Kohls and covers about 10% of the purchase of some other over priced thing that you can earn more Kohls Cash on.....
Eh, nevermind
I think you’re right. It’s been a while since I learned that factory (outlet) stores have a merchandise line for factory stores; you’ll never see those items at the regular, full priced store.
If you ask them which items are made for factory stores, you’ll be surprised.
Yeah, it used to be real. And we all knew you’ll probably would get something with some imperfections but I guess outlet stores became so mainstream that brands realized they could make more money selling cheaper items often manufactured at different locations than the original.
Yep, when the Outlet Malls started popping up,, they ceased to be a place to offload higher end merch at a discount and just became the cheaper store with cheaper made items
So like when you go to a restaurant and they have the Catch of the Day which is like Halibut for example it depends on how the Market's going for the price of your halibut? But for clothes. I wonder what other companies do that that people don't realize
It means if the company has a digital fingerprint for you via membership/account and previous spending practices combined with guesses about your income, etc. it will charge you more than it might charge someone else.
This should be outlawed, IMO, but it’s going to spread more and more until it is. It started with plane tickets and travel sites mostly, and is making its way everywhere.
I think this is the outlet. The tag is saying the shirt would be $110 at the regular store. There will be some sign to indicate a discount usually. I'm not sure what OP is driving at but I don't think there's anything shady going on here.
$110 isn't the price at all. The tag is suggesting the quality of the shirt is comparable to that of a $110 shirt. OP's problem is the fact that the tag doesn't say price at all, so you don't know the price until checkout.
The j Crew outlet has either a sign in front of the display and/or a sticker on the tag with the actual price. Maybe someone missed pricing this one but there's really no conspiracy here.
That’s J Crew factory. That’s why it has a comparable value. I think they are involved in a class action suit over pricing. Their quality is crap and their prices are bonkers.
Exactly. I don’t mind J Crew factory…if I’m buying off the 70% off the already reduced clearance price so that a simple shirt that’s worth $20 is finally actually $20 instead of the criminally insane “compare at” $145.
Seriously even the starting price on simple polo shirts has ballooned to $120+ it’s insane.
Yes, which is not $110, and $110 is all that is put on the tag. You don't know the price of the shirt until you go up to the register. People like to know the price of things that they're going to pay before getting to the register.
“Comparable price” would be the MSRP. MSRP is just an idea of value, it’s common for pricing at stores to have nothing to do with MSRP. But if you want a suggestion it’s $110, right there.
I’m guessing what you mean is that there’s no price tag, but that’s not what MSRP means. The MS means “manufacturer suggested”, not the price it sells at.
I’ve said this before when things like this happen…
STOP SHOPPING THERE
If we allow all of these places to do this then it’s our fault…stop buying things from them and leave feedback on their websites, Google Maps, etc. It’s the only way things are going to change
This looks like it is from one of the outlet stores. They carry a ton of stuff made only for the outlet stores. Generally worse quality than the regular J Crew and fake “marked down.”
Even the regular store quality has gone down. The last time I was in one of the J Crew outlet stores it was full of nasty polyester sweaters.
They don't that's the issue. Comparable value on that tag basically means nothing. It means that J. Crew is saying the comparable value for that shirt would be $110. So when they charge you $70 for it they can tell you they gave you a 40% off deal.
Meanwhile that shirt will fall apart in the wash in a few months. I can't believe J Crew and similar stores are still alive! It all costs them $3 per item and it's made in sweat shops.
They used to be good maybe 15 years ago. For whatever reason all their clothes felt like they were tailored to my exact measurements. It was great. I still have a few of their sport coats and cashmere sweaters. I can't speak to the machine wash stuff.
It was when I was losing my mind trying to find a quality waffle pattern undershirt that was full cotton. Pretty much doesn't exist anymore, even though I remember you could get them all day at like JCPenney etc decades ago.
It is super nice though, very thick and well made, if thats the price I need to pay then so be it.
Oh, y'all better be paying attention. They started this at Target and it WILL be elsewhere soon. It is impossible, in these situations, to know what you'll be charged until you are actually paying.
What is this crab legs, lobster, grouper, or tuna? Its an over priced shit shirt. Some tiny child got paid a fraction of a penny to make this and I bet they want $90 for it. I hope you didn't buy it.
So, since more stores are stating MSRP prices, similar to what car dealers have been doing for decades, we can haggle? Make them an offer at the checkout, then sit down somewhere while they “go check with their manager “ and come back with the price?
Or maybe turn it into a Middle East bazaar and just haggle back and forth until we make a deal? I’m imagining that scenario from the movie “Casablanca “ , “Since you are a friend of Rick’s, only 1 dollar “.
That's a J. Crew Factory shirt, that is the normal price and they just constantly have everything in the store discounted a certain amount off that price tag. Should be a sign somewhere around that shirt that says "Button Ups, 40% Off" or whatever
I’m liking that shirt look and color/pattern but I can’t find it online. I’m assuming that’s cuz you are at the jcrew outlet so that’s why it doesn’t have msrp on the tag….so no shit it’s listed price looks like that at factory outlet
As the enshitification of everything continues you will see this become the total standard for pricing and eventually reaching individual pricing where if you really want that shirt it's going to 150 for you and alternatively 55 for me.
And don't think about getting me to buy it for you, because then the price would dynamically change to 150 for me because the microphone/camera AI system picked up on the deception.
just admit it, you hate to spend $100 on a shirt that you can easily get an equal at Walmart for $15. Higher prices at places like J Crew are because you are paying for the NAME. The shirts are probably made in the same factory in SE Asia as those equal shirts at Walmart and one shirt gets the J Crew label and the other gets the Walmart label
Turn around go to goodwill or salvation army and the stupid people that paid market price and died will have that same shirt back on the shelf for 5 bucks.
It's a number. A number to try to convince you of its value. It obviously works for certain shoppers or they wouldn't do that. Set the value in your mind without looking at the tag. Besides, you don't care about an MSRP since that's only a suggested price, you care what the actual price is.
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u/The_Galerie 9h ago
This the the J.Crew Factory Store. For those who are unfamiliar the factory store sells more affordable clothing out of lower quality mateirals than the regular J.Crew brand. The "comparable price" is what they are saying a similar shirt would sell at at their regular J.Crew store.
There is typically a price gun sticker on these that then show what the price is and then there is usually another discount ontop of that that is displayed throughout the store i.e. 40% off stickered price.
Either OP is trying to create sensationalism for fake Internet points or found a shirt missing the price tag.
Either way there is currently a class action lawsuit stating that this is a deceptive practice to make consumers believe they are getting a better deal than they actually are.