My wife earned a coupon from DSW rewards for $30 off any purchase of $49 or more (some exclusions apply). I needed some shoes too, so we went to DSW.
I picked out a pair of shoes for $75 and she found a pair for $69.99.
When we got to the register, we could not use the coupon at all. My shoes were excluded because they were Nike. Her shoes were 30% off of the $69.99, which after the discount came out to... wait for it... $48.993, what a coincidence, just shy of the $49 minimum.
What a bunch of malarkey. I went home and bought my shoes on the internet for the same price.
Instead of "$30 off one item" the DSW coupon should really say "Come to the store and buy something for full price and get angry and disappointed at checkout"
I have no sympathy for these fraudulent and deceptive stores going out of business.