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Someone call Elon, he loves these things.
As long as they provide a 20% off coupon. >

Fine print says it excludes almost everything you want to buy 20% off >

When I used to work there which was about 5 years ago now. We would let you use it on anything, they needed the revenue and the markup from cost was crazy high that it would barely affect anything. You could also use multiple coupons in a single purchase. >

Wish I knew that. Could’ve bought a Vitamix! >

Well it was one coupon per item so if you had 3 items you could use 3 coupons. Also, they had a return policy like no other. If you didn't like the item you could return it whenever you wanted. No receipt? They'd look up your card. Paid with cash and no receipt? They'd give you store credit less 20% because the assumption was you used a coupon. This made it real easy for people to abuse the system but many people didn't know this back then. They've since changed the policy but it was insane how often it was abused. >

And to think they’re going bankrupt. >

B B & B used to have the feel of walking into a high end retail environment for kitchen and bath items.  Sort of like hitting us Nordstrom’s or whatever.  Then, they morphed into sort of random bull crap, like makeup and lotions and bath products.  Plus a front section for holiday crap.
It just started feeling kind of cheesy.
They restructured their interiors to make it seem less oppressive, and honestly, it seems a bit nicer.  But, heaven help you finding help in the physical store.  Online, it is a crapshoot to find a specific item in your local store.  Checkout see,s to only happen at the customer service desk.
I want them to succeed, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope. >

Half the store became “As Seen on TV” trash. And also their private label products were trash. Their last CEO really sucked. >

I loved their brick and mortar stores, got some really useful and quality kitchen gear there. >

They actually did have some good stuff.  I wonder if anything will take their store’s place, or if Amazon kind of makes that impossible. >

So another victim of hedge fund coming in taking everything then leaving bankrupt >

Bed Bath Beyond Buyer Blocks Budding Bankruptcy >

Thanks, Leslie Knope! >

How did Bed, Bath, and Beyond get so screwed up?  It used to be fairly solid even with Amazon. >

unfortunately their whole business model shifted from everyday kitchen/bath items to reliance on bridal registries and the holiday shopping season. The pandemic really put a damper on big parties for these events, and coupled with very expensive leases in urban areas it's just not sustainable. It's really difficult in today's pricey real estate climate to attract enough foot traffic to keep these huge stores open. Costco & Target & Best Buy & IKEA can still pull shoppers in, but many specialty retailers and clothing brands just can't. The fact is that the prime shopping demographic (Millenials and older GenZ's) are much more comfortable ordering online from the comfort of their bedroom or kitchen, sight unseen. >


Millenials and older GenZ's) are much more comfortable ordering online from the comfort of their bedroom or kitchen, sight unseen.

Or they go to even more specialty shops(my kitchen tools I get from a Food Distribution/Industrial Kitchen supply company) or directly from the manufacturer. >

This. I go direct to manufacturer as much as possible. I have found it to be significantly cheaper than that alternative (Amazon/Walmart) in most cases. >

Bed, Bath and Beyond Broke? >

Bed, Bath, and Beyond Solvency >

Das it >

I'll buy it, for 20% off. >

Best I can do is a $5 off coupon >

I have a 30% off coupon. Think they'll honor it? >

When I was a kid, visiting malls were great way to kill time.  Retail brick and mortar stores are becoming thing of past due to internet largely taking over sales. >

I can imagine the value in seeing and feeling your sheets or mattress before buying them, but BBB is just too expensive to ever justify me buying much from there. >

It used to be where I got all my kitchen gizmos like peelers and sink drain filters and stuff. They used to have a good selection of knives and pots too. 
After COVID hit, they reduced the inventory in their stores to the point where physically shopping doesn't feel worthwhile any more. >

I went in just before Christmas. Hadn't been in for awhile. The store was a shell of it's former self. >

The frustrating part is our stores only have about 30% of the skus we are supposed to have in stock, on average. A lot of stores are lower than that. While it's not the variety of the old days, we'd still have a selection if the company could send it to us >

And another store going down . It's sad. >

End of the easy money era. A lot of zombie retailers are gonna go bankrupt. >

Bed bath & way the fuck out there >

If they go under, I'll have to pay full price for my soda stream refills at full price