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Originally Posted by Apache
It's just like the sales tax holidays. People rush out to save 8% here. Most stores aren't having big sales events because they know people will be out buying. They are better off waiting for the stores to actually have things on sale, usually a couple of weeks after the sales tax holiday. 
Apache |
Here in Tennessee they do that at the end of July and it's targeted at stuff for school, covering clothing, school supplies and computers. Since it is back-to-school season, there's larger than normal multipacks of socks & underwear that save you money as well. Add in no tax, and it's a great deal. It makes a lot of sense to do your back-to-school shopping on tax free weekend. Sales tax is 9.25% here, so you can save a lot on a computer.
But don't try to go to Sevierville with the outlet malls on tax free weekend unless you can go on Friday. I had to do that one year on a Saturday and it took us nearly an hour to get from the interstate to the outlet mall. Normally that's no more than ten to fifteen minutes.
