Twas the night before Christmas Eve, sale alerts all a buzz.
Preview notifications popping up showing what the sale was!
To my delight and to my surprise,
Balenciaga Triple S sneakers 60% off in just the right size.
To top it all off, I could not believe
12% cash back in my app -Oh, Yes Please!
So without haste to my cart they did go.
How this sale came to be, I may never know
And I dear not ask,
But will henceforth be known as The Miracle on Saks.
Seriously though, I had been eyeing the chunky dad sneakers for a while in various colorways. I was never going to pay $975 for a pair though. Never! I had been tracking the Triple S style where I do most of my online retail browsing, on www.shopstyle.com or the shopstyle app. I love that the app not only shows the price of items you search for, but it displays multiple retailers, and allows you to set sale alerts.
As mentioned in my homage to, “The Night Before Christmas.” I started receiving email alerts on December 23rd. Each alert came from Saks Fifth Avenue showing various colors of the hypebeast staple, on sale for $390. I headed over to the Saks website to find that multiple colorways had already sold out in my size or sold out completely. I finally found a pair that I liked and that were in my size.
Before making my purchase I decided to check the Rakuten app to see if Saks had a cash back promotion listed. I was excited to see 12% cash back for Saks Fifth Avenue purchases.
I went back to Saks site by way of the Rakuten app, in order to get the sale and the cash back as advertised.
Immediately after completing my purchase, I texted Damien to let him know about the crazy deal I had just gotten. My amazing husbae decided to reimburse me the money I spent on the shoes, as a Christmas gift.
I’ve honestly never seen those sneakers below $599, before or after that sale. I have a theory though. I believe they were part of Barney's going out of business sale inventory, because on Dec 26th all of Barney’s remaining online items were listed in a special section on Saks’ website. Whatever the case, mystery sale or fluke, it was indeed a Christmas miracle, The Miracle on Saks!
