Retail misrepresentation of prices

[Joe Low]

Its very hard to police this sort of thing. In the UK the law is that you have to state where and when the product was sold at the higher price, and it has to be for at least a month before the sale.

 

With something like clothing its just about impossble to track. What I have seen is cheap branded stuff coming out only at sale time that is poorer quality than the usual - Polo in Stuttafords seems to do this regularly.

[DIPSLICK]

Recommended Retail Price...

SPOKEN LIKE A SECOND HAND CAR SALESMAN,,,probably FORD

[MTBer]

who does this?

share with us.

All the retailers do it

[MTBer wannabee]

A fool and his money are easliy parted. When i see a "SALE" i always check other retailers to see if it is actually a good deal. I trust no-one.

[Guest EdEdEd]

Recommended Retail Price...

 

AKA

 

"This is how much money we would like to make from you... but we have decided to just make a little less so that more of you eedjits buy my stuff"

[rock]

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[Brogue]

I trust no-one.

 

You can trust me bud, really

[Guest 1979]

I've seen CRC doing it with some of their sales where the RRP suddenly shoots up and the bargain percentage looks really good. I've also seen an instance where they forgot to do it and the sale price was higher than the RRP.

[Christopher Brunsdon]

Hi guys

 

Help me out with something, maybe the legal eagles...

I've picked up retailers inflate their prices when items go on sale.

For example, something is marked at R1000, so if I buy it, I pay R1000.

This product then goes on sale, and is advertised as follows :

WAS R1200, NOW R800, you save R400 or 33%.

When in actual fact you only really save R200 or 20%

 

Is this not wrong and in contravention of the Consumer Protection Act?

 

A lot of big stores do this before price increases. Grinds my bearings when I see this.

[Eldron]

A cliqued classic but a classic none the less.

[cadenceblur]

When you receive your product and it's marked at lower price than the advertised "original" price, what then?

[Patchelicious]

A lot of accusations flying around here, and statements like "it happens too often" but no one is posting examples.....

[rouxtjie]

A lot of accusations flying around here, and statements like "it happens too often" but no one is posting examples.....

Here is one. On cwc homepage they have it as RRP of R800 bucks and it R750 now so you save 6%. But if you go to easibike its R599 at a special price with RRP of R899. Which one are we going to buy

 

http://www.cwcycles....h-evo-snakeskin

http://www.easybike....5-tl-ready.html

 

So who sets this RRP....is it something they makeup...who knows and does it really matter.

Edited June 26, 2014 by rouxtjie

[Patchelicious]

So who are you accusing of what exactly?

[rouxtjie]

So who are you accusing of what exactly?

Not accusing anyone...just showing that its like the points on whose line is anyway...they dont matter. We shop around and take the best price...regardless of special.

 

That is the point

[Jigghead]

I saw something along the lines of:

 

"A Woman will pay R1,000 for a R1,400 item she does not need because it's on sale, whilst a man will pay R1,400 for a R1,000 item because he actually needs it"

 

I suppose it depends on the target market then?

 

On a serious note though, if you don't like the price, don't buy the item or shop around for a better price. RRP is usually a guideline issued by suppliers of a particular good and is just that, a recommendation. Depending on the items, I'll always shop around before buying and pay very little attention to the RRP or pre-sale price. This info still does not affect how much is going to leave my wallet at the end of the day.

 

Could also be that the prices go up and a sale is started in order to stimulate sales before the increase is effective or enforced. Some stores also sell their older stock at the "reduced rate" in order to make way for newer stock of the same item which has cost them more to bring in.

 

Ultimately, something is really only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.

Edited June 26, 2014 by Jigghead