I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to factory outlets. Often it’s cheaper to wait for sales at the high street stores from the same brand. A great example of this is buying red-dot bras from Farmers, which is often cheaper than the Bendon outlet (although there are exceptions to this rule). I went to DressSmart last weekend for my annual t-shirt buying exercise.  Plenty of the shops had enormous sales on.  For example, JK had 30% off its already reduced prices, and I got boys’ pyjamas for less than $10 a pair. What a bargain.   Puma (where I didn’t buy anything) was overrun with people – as it had 50% off existing prices. You do have to be careful. One of the surf shops had a big sign up that said 60% off, and then in little letters RRP, whereas the other shops had huge discounts off the discounted prices.