Te$co Bargain

This was probably just a mistake but many years ago I used to work for PC World and I remember a cheap Celeron Laptop came in priced at £999.
It was left like that for 28 days with not a single sale (no surprised there) then they slashed the price to something like £399 with a bit 60% off price tag. They sold like hot cakes.
The laptop was probably only worth £299
 
Perfect stocking filler! I'll take two!
 
ecoleman said:
then they slashed the price to something like £399 with a bit 60% off price tag
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Well, the chocolate santas are already starting to infest the place, so I'll keep an eye out to see if they do that for christmas...
 
It's a demo model, so not for sale and therefore a ridiculous price placed on it. I've seen that in a few places where things are out of stock. Seems stupid to me
 
nickEnackEnoo said:
It's a demo model, so not for sale and therefore a ridiculous price placed on it.
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It's apple, somebody will be flying in from a far away country for the only demo model for sale anywhere in the world
 
ecoleman said:
This was probably just a mistake but many years ago I used to work for PC World and I remember a cheap Celeron Laptop came in priced at £999.
It was left like that for 28 days with not a single sale (no surprised there) then they slashed the price to something like £399 with a bit 60% off price tag. They sold like hot cakes.
The laptop was probably only worth £299
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The power of advertising - stick a sale sign in front of anything even at it's normal price and people will buy it!
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
The power of advertising - stick a sale sign in front of anything even at it's normal price and people will buy it!
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Including my wife! I've tried explaining to her that "But it *was* £700, and it's now only £70!!!!" means absolutely nothing if it's not even worth £70!
 
Marcel said:
Including my wife! I've tried explaining to her that "But it *was* £700, and it's now only £70!!!!" means absolutely nothing if it's not even worth £70!
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My Ex was a sucker for BOGOF offers.
Even if we didn't use or like the product :rolleyes:
 
FOFF?
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
The power of advertising - stick a sale sign in front of anything even at it's normal price and people will buy it!
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My mother's like that. She'll see say a blender that was £100 now on sale for £30 and think it's a bargain over a blender that's priced at £35. I've had to explain several times to compare with the current price.

Cobra said:
My Ex was a sucker for BOGOF offers.
Even if we didn't use or like the product :rolleyes:
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I tend to go for BOGOF offers but only if they're things I'd ordinarily use. I usually do this with toiletries eg shower gel - buy it when it's effectively priced at £1 via BOGOF rather than £2 at non-sale time.
 
OK, if we can explain the rationale behind the price in the opening post, can anyone explain this one?

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Years ago, Tesco had my dog's brand of food reduced to £7 a bag (9kg), which is why I went over there as there's no decent Tesco here in town.
When I got there they were THREE bags for £6!
Would have been rude not too. :D
 
viv1969 said:
Years ago, Tesco had my dog's brand of food reduced to £7 a bag (9kg), which is why I went over there as there's no decent Tesco here in town.
When I got there they were THREE bags for £6!
Would have been rude not too. :D
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Recently I bought my dog some dried food, complete but not so cheap. Put some in the bowl and one sniff and looked at me, don't like it. :(a creature of habit.
 
StewartR said:
OK, if we can explain the rationale behind the price in the opening post, can anyone explain this one?

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Simple. 1 pack is normally priced at £6.62. There are 14 items in a pack which makes them 47,3p per item. But they are selling two packs for £6.00
 
Marcel said:
Including my wife! I've tried explaining to her that "But it *was* £700, and it's now only £70!!!!" means absolutely nothing if it's not even worth £70!
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Reminds me of this fantastic discount on a pack of 4 lime / lemons Asda had

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That's one expensive pack originally - what a bargain. [emoji3]

Silly thing was, to the left, they were 25p each singularly [emoji38]
 
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Shirleyr said:
Recently I bought my dog some dried food, complete but not so cheap. Put some in the bowl and one sniff and looked at me, don't like it. :(a creature of habit.
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It's never a good idea to change a dog's food without first gradually phasing it in.
 
StewartR said:
OK, if we can explain the rationale behind the price in the opening post, can anyone explain this one?

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We have Terry's Chocolate oranges at £3.73 each (yes, THAT expensive!) Every Christmas they will be on offer at 2 for £3. Occasionally you'll also get the stupid offer where something is 99p each and they'll bring out a 4 for £4 offer on it.
 
The funniest I've seen is where the multi-buy works out more expensive per item than purchasing a single item eg buy 2 for £3 (or they're £1 each).
 
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