Betcha didn’t know about this one: turns out that in some department stores, such as Macy’s, you can get an additional, stackable discount of around 11% if you’re a citizen of a country other than the United States!

Macy's International Discount Card

Of course, you HAVE to be from another country, and not just show up with a fake name and accent … “Helo, mein neim iz Gunter, eym from Deutchland … Pleez geev me sum diskountz” ain’t gonna work.  The easiest way to accomplish this would be to bring one of your foreign friends with you when you’re renewing your wardrobe.

After all, if you’re spending several hundred dollars on some businesswear, why not save some money by essentially getting your tax reversed?

Macy's International Discount Card

I came across this little thing when I took my legitimately foreign-born, foreign-residing parents to Macy’s and coyly asked the salesgirl about any “other discounts” that we could apply to our $500 total.  She smiled and said, “well, yes, as a matter of fact, there is one thing you can do, since I couldn’t help but notice these folks you’re with are not from here“.  Then there’s a small matter of actually wanting to support your local government via paying the sales tax …