Tax-free Weekend

We went to Tanger Outlets in Williamsburg today... not realizing it was "tax-free weekend" until it was too late. The place was packed. I mean loaded with people. Ugh. We had Darrell with us so I sat outside with him while Mike shopped 'til he dropped. I had to cut him off after 30 minutes in the Nike store. Anyway, my point to this blog is - What's the big deal about "tax-free weekend?" So you're telling me I can save a whopping 7 cents for every dollar I spend? Even if you spend a lot of money... say $500... your savings would be $35. Big whoop. If you can afford to spend $500 dollars on back-to-school clothes then I doubt you need to worry about an extra $35 savings. It's a huge scam to get people to shop.