Labor Day Denim Sale fun at Macy’s: 7 pairs of denim shorts and jeans for $10.61!

Hope everyone’s having a great Labor Day! Reader Lynn Simmons posted this morning that today is the last day of Macy’s “Buy Any Denim, get $10 off your next purchase” sale. Last year, our family had a lot of fun with this sale, and my husband bought several pairs of Marc Ecko denim shorts (his favorite) for .39-$1.89 each after rolling the coupon.

So, as I read my blog this morning, I said “Hey, remember that Macy’s denim sale we did last Labor Day? One of my readers says that’s going again today.” And my husband was already getting his shoes on! None of us can resist a good sale…

We went to the Macy’s at Spring Hill Mall in Dundee. My daughter and I hit the Juniors denim racks, where they had a lot of denim shorts priced at $4.99. And yes, buying one pair qualifies you for a $10 off your next Macy’s purchase coupon! The coupons you get expire 9/9/12, so you don’t have to use them today — and certainly, if you didn’t mind buying and holding onto them, you could rack up quite a bit of future savings buying $4.99 jean shorts and getting $10 off your next Macy’s purchase.

We opted to roll the coupons instead to keep the out-of-pocket lower. Macy’s also has a 15% off Savings Pass on their website that you should print if you plan to make a run today. You won’t be able to use the 15% off AND the $10 off coupon in the same transaction, but it does help bring your out-of-pocket down for your first transaction.

So, here’s how our trip went:

Transaction #1

 

I bought a pair of $4.99 brown denim shorts. With the 15% off Savings Pass, they rang up at $4.24. With tax, I paid $4.60 and got $10 off my next purchase at Macys.

As long as your next purchase involves denim, you can keep getting another $10 coupon for each transaction.

Transaction #2

 

My husband found a pair of (what else?) Marc Ecko denim shorts on clearance for $14.85. He used my $10 coupon, paid $5.26 with tax, and got another $10 coupon.

Transaction #3

 

My daughter was still browsing the junior jean shorts, so the boys and I went upstairs to check out the children’s department. There were not a lot of deals today at Spring Hill in the kids’ departments, unfortunately, though I did find a pair of Levi’s on clearance for $9.99. I tried to use the $10 coupon on this, but it was only good on purchases $10 or more. (That darn penny!) I looked around for something small to add to this, but there wasn’t much up there, unfortunately. Even pairs of socks were priced higher than some of the clearance kids’ clothes. I added a $4.97 pair of toddler shorts for my niece.

The Levi’s rang up $9.97 for some reason, instead of the $9.99 that they were marked. With the shorts, they came to $14.94. I used the $10 coupon to drop it to $4.94, and with tax I paid $5.36 and got another $10 coupon. After this transaction, the cashier also told me that Levi’s are not something you can use the $10 coupon on. (The $10 coupon says “No Exclusions on Apparel” except for specials and super buys.) I asked why she didn’t tell me that before I paid, and she said the Levi’s aren’t a special or a super buy, but “I overrode it and made it work. Just don’t buy more Levi’s with the next one.” O-kay then.

I went downstairs, where my daughter had found three pairs of $4.99 denim shorts for herself.

Transaction #4

 

For the last transaction, we bought three pairs of Juniors denim shorts priced at $4.99 each.

After using the $10 coupon, everything came to $4.97, and we paid $5.39 with tax and got another $10 Macy’s coupon.

At this point we were done, and we came back home to enjoy our day! So, our final out of pocket for all of these shorts and pants was $20.61, and we still have another $10 coupon to spend at Macy’s at some point between now and the end of October. That’s seven pairs of denim for $10.61 – about $1.52 per item!

Also, reader Lynn who posted about this sale noted that she was given a $10 coupon for EACH item of denim she bought, which would really sweeten the deal further if your store does this too. My Macy’s was giving one out per transaction, regardless of how many denim items were purchased IN that transaction. (This is how they did it last year too.) No complaints here though – we got some amazing deals all around. But if your store opts to give one coupon PER ITEM? You could have an even better trip!

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