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Sneaky Cunts at ASDA
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:26 pm
by Ace
Noticed a nice little digital camera (Pentax Optio) priced from ?248.99 reduced to ?149.99.
I took the model number to see the specifications on the Pentax site, and lo and behold, it retails at ?149.99!!
ASDA have bumped the items price to a unusually high figure, then SLASHED a ?100 'OFF' to entice their customers. At first I thought it was a good deal and the 'loss' of ?100 could be off-set against ASDA's massive profits.
Is this illegal or can they say 'we DID have it priced at ?248.99 in a store somewhere else?'
Either way, its a sneaky fucking trick, and I'm glad I had the patience to log on instead of snapping it up!!
Re: Sneaky Cunts at ASDA
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:40 pm
by Peter
I think there's a rule that it has to have been sold at the higher price for a period of time (1 month?) before they can claim "was ?xxx"
Re: Sneaky Cunts at ASDA
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:46 pm
by Ace
I remember those other sneaky fuckers - Dixon's - were experts at this, but you don't expect it in yer local ASDA do you?
Re: Sneaky Cunts at ASDA
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:02 pm
by eduardo
This comes under the trading standards banner and Peter is indeed correct when he says that it must be on sale at it's original price for a specified period of time.
Shops are not technically allowed either to artificially inflate a price in this way so when they put it on "sale" the price decrease looks fantastic.
If you believe thats what they have done then inform Trading Standards. Not that I believe they will do anything about it mind but you can always try.
Re: Sneaky Cunts at ASDA
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:35 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Welcome to the NEW Reality Ace
Its a marketing ploy
Traders have been pulling this Con for Centuries
The biggest culprits being Jewellery Stores.....mark-up a week before the sale.....thankfully the trade practices have stomped on this practice
The ones that always get me are the "Going out of business" or "Closing Down Sales" which basically mean....closing for a day to re-fit the shop out
then its back to business...same name...same adress..different look
and "Up to 90% Off" generally means 1 or 2 items out of their stock of hundreds
The bottom line is.....REAL SALES generally only occur Pre-Xmas/New Year
The only exceptions i can think of being real business closures/openings & change of seasons for clothing
Buyer beware....impulsive rarely means bargain had
cheers
B....OZ