Caught One of Alo's Three Sales a Year, Saved 30% Sitewide
Leah K.
Alo discounts about three times a year, roughly 30% sitewide, and the offer goes to members only so it never appears on a coupon site. Vlingo flagged it, which is the only reason the set finally got bought after months of waiting.
“I'm on their list like a few hundred thousand other people, and I'd guess most of them never saw the discount either.”
Alo barely ever discounts anything
I'd wanted a set since about the spring and just couldn't bring myself to buy it. It isn't a store that's usually got something on, and when it does happen it's around 30 percent sitewide.
Three times a year, and members only
Basically three times a year. Aloversary, Black Friday, and Presidents' Day. Miss one and you're waiting months for the next, and it's members only, so the deal never goes anywhere public. No coupon site has it. You either get the email and open it or you don't.
I got it in the end because of the Vlingo nudge. Not cheap even at 30 off, but that's leggings, and it's a real saving on something I'd been circling for half a year.
Why the public codes are always smaller
The bit I didn't really understand until this year is that the codes floating round online are small because anybody can use them, so the store prices them for anybody. The 30 percent ones go quietly to people already on the list, which is the pile everyone deletes without looking.
So I stopped unsubscribing
I don't unsubscribe from anywhere I actually buy from now. I just let it get sorted and Vlingo tells me when it's worth a look. Otherwise you unsubscribe in January and pay full price in March, which is exactly what I used to do.
