LL Bean friends/family sale
had a 15% off friends/family sale over the weekend, but I think it ended today. The 15% discount was on everything, including already-discounted items, as long as you used either a code or the LL Bean VISA as your payment method. In addition, LL Bean was having one of their periodic "spend $50, get a $10 gift card". When this happens, it's best to break up your order into lots of just over $50, then it's like another $20 off. The $10 card per $50 purchase applied even to sale and friends/family discounted merchandise.
Example: every 3-4 years I buy a new set of khaki trousers for work (office casual for me = khakis with a button down collared shirt). I generally buy a set of eight, which will last 3-4 years before the cuffs begin to fray noticeably.
The style I wanted cost $35 (free shipping if you use their VISA card, which I do). So I placed four orders, each for two pairs. Instead of $70, they were marked down 15% (friends/family sale) so about $59.50 for two pairs. Within two weeks they will send me a $10 gift card for each $59.50 purchase, making them in the end $49.50* for two pairs, or about $24.50 each when all is said and done. This order will last me about 3-4 years.
*yes, the $10 gift card is not like cash back, you have to buy something from them, but if you wait for a sale the $40 would buy a couple of nice shirts or sweaters or trousers. These $10 cards are not added to your account automatically: you receive them in the mail and enter their code numbers at the time you make your next purchase. Most likely LL Bean counts on a number of these cards never being redeemed (or being lost before they can be redeemed), and they do have an expiration date, but if you play your cards right (pun intended) they are quite a value.
