Tri-Man wrote:
They're usually of a certain origin. There used to be a petrol station on the A556 that was putting additives in unleaded fuel and selling it through the red pump as 'lead replacement petrol' at the much higher 'lead replacement' price. They eventually got caught and shut down. They were of a certain origin too.
What really bugs me is the way Halfords (and other stores) run legalised scams putting 'sale' on items in their January sales - it's all bollocks. True story - One New Year Sales time I was looking at a car stereo at £99.99 'a third off was £149.99'. They had been selling it at £114.99 in November, then £99.99 from December 26th in 'the sales'. It had never been £149.99. I wrote to Halfords and to No10 because it's a scam. Halfords proved to me that it had been on sale for £149.99 in one store in Ireland for a four week period ending 26th December. No10 confirmed to me that all they need to do is to advertise it at a higher price for 28 days at any store anywhere they want to and then they can sell it at every store and call it 'half price'. If you read any sale offer it usually says 'previously sold at...' in the small print.
The other con is saying 'half RRP' - they (any store) don't even have to have sold it at RRP to make the statement. Usually they're only knocking 10% off what they usually sell it at - but you think you're getting a bargain. Argos do this a lot.
Just be careful out there!
What really bugs me is the way Halfords (and other stores) run legalised scams putting 'sale' on items in their January sales - it's all bollocks. True story - One New Year Sales time I was looking at a car stereo at £99.99 'a third off was £149.99'. They had been selling it at £114.99 in November, then £99.99 from December 26th in 'the sales'. It had never been £149.99. I wrote to Halfords and to No10 because it's a scam. Halfords proved to me that it had been on sale for £149.99 in one store in Ireland for a four week period ending 26th December. No10 confirmed to me that all they need to do is to advertise it at a higher price for 28 days at any store anywhere they want to and then they can sell it at every store and call it 'half price'. If you read any sale offer it usually says 'previously sold at...' in the small print.
The other con is saying 'half RRP' - they (any store) don't even have to have sold it at RRP to make the statement. Usually they're only knocking 10% off what they usually sell it at - but you think you're getting a bargain. Argos do this a lot.
Just be careful out there!
Yep. They're all at it out there. My brother works in retail for a well known shop selling suits. He was telling me in October that the prices of the suits were hiked up. So when the 'sales' start in December, they sell them at the normal price! No such thing as a sale anymore, espically when they start them early in December!
Ben
