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It's not often you come
across a gem. Here in the UK we usually get charged a fee - a
big fat extortionate fee for everything we get, buy, inherit,
use, breathe (oops that's next year), drink, excrete... well you
get the picture.
But yes I declare - this
site, greedybastards.co.uk is absolutely FREE without any form
of charge or tax whatsoever - and unlike companies there's no
charge for reading it either.
There MUST be a catch.
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Contact Us | Load of Balls |
PC World, a company that says
it's 'stamping down on prices right across the
store'. It is of course a matter of opinion if
they are really doing this. If you examine some
of the 'special offers' that PC World have at
any given time you may just be in for a shock.
Some of these offers look inviting - £XXX.XX off
the price (unfortunately it is £XXX.XX off their
price) - which price exactly - that is the
question. Examination of some of these great
discounts show that in some products the
'discount' is almost a figment of the marketing
department - and PC World are not the only ones
to do this.
Here's an example, suppose you
have some printers that have a suggested retail
price of £200.00. Now take some of these
printers and offer them for sale in one PC World
branch out of the way - somewhere in Scotland
for £249.00 for say a month.
The stage is now set - you're
about to pay more than the suggested retail
price from the manufacturer. It's a little known
fact that when they have offered the product in
this way they can then offer it as a discounted
or 'special deal' product at say £225.00. You
feel really happy that you saved £25.00 - but in
fact you have lost £25.00 over and above the
suggested retail price from the manufacturer
of the product.
The truth is, that most customers don't look too
close at a 'bargain' simply because the facts
are not obvious, they have no reference price to
compare against and of course they believed the
marketing campaign that the seller runs on the
television.
Sharp practice runs throughout
the UK retail chains if you allow it to affect
you then you really have been silly. Always take
high street and retail parks up on their price
match pledges and NEVER believe that the
'special' is actually special.
As they say in the law courts
'caveat emptor' - let the buyer beware..... |
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