I bought a few shirts at Banana Republic the other day. When I was in line to pay I overheard the cashier telling the person in front of me that if something they bought gets marked down in the future, they can come in with their receipt and get a "price adjustment". I thought I was hearing things.

Today, I returned one of the shirts. I decided it was too big. Before I got in line, I had a look at the racks (it was a different location) and I noticed that one of the shirts I bought was indeed, marked down from the price I paid.

So, I mentioned it to the salesperson when I returned the shirt and it turns that both of the other shirts I bought had been subsuqently marked down and I was refunded the difference. I can't decide if I should be shocked that Banana Republic can stay in business do that or appalled that their sweatshop made clothes are so cheap to manufacture that they can still make money refunding post-purchase markdowns to people like me.