Woolworths computer - 1/2 price (merged threads)

evilnoodle · 15 January 2005 at 7:51PM

Woolworths - 1/2 Price PC Package

OPTIMA 3200 DVDRw

RRP: £999.99
Our Price: £499.99
You Save: £500.00

'This is the ideal PC package for ALL the family. This complete package not only includes a high specification PC system with DVD-Rewriter but also a flat CRT monitor, great space-saving 'All in One' printer that prints, photocopies, scans and faxes (through the PC modem). Add to this a 3in1 digital camera and over 35 software titles ranging from Microsoft® Home Office applications to GCSE education titles and fun games for everyone I'm sure you'll agree this is a truly great value package for only £499.99!'

Spend over £150 and delivery is FREE!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/wwstore/product.jhtml?op=details&product=50309137

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

royalsteve · 15 January 2005 at 9:24PM

Woolworths - 1/2 Price PC Package

OPTIMA 3200 DVDRw

RRP: £999.99
Our Price: £499.99
You Save: £500.00

'This is the ideal PC package for ALL the family. This complete package not only includes a high specification PC system with DVD-Rewriter but also a flat CRT monitor, great space-saving 'All in One' printer that prints, photocopies, scans and faxes (through the PC modem). Add to this a 3in1 digital camera and over 35 software titles ranging from Microsoft® Home Office applications to GCSE education titles and fun games for everyone I'm sure you'll agree this is a truly great value package for only £499.99!'

Spend over £150 and delivery is FREE!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/wwstore/product.jhtml?op=details&product=50309137

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

thnaks for the post, though i think woolies are having laugh if they think they can trick people into getting this deal at half price.......do they think we believe them when they say it was originally 999, when its barely worth 499....youre probably better off either building yourself or getting one ready built from dare i say it, dell or pcworld.

CRT's are worth tuppence.....
its a celeron
small hard drive but ok for most
most stuff listed is onboard

withabix · 15 January 2005 at 9:24PM

Delivery Info: Usually ships in 21 days

The parts are still at EBuyer then...

May just be worth the £499 but no more.

biglugs · 15 January 2005 at 9:35PM

A grand as the RRP for this PC system!!!! Someone is taking the P***

At £499 it's about £100 overpriced, so this is creative marketing with a capital C for CON. There are much better deals to be found on the Dell website if people are willing to wait for the right one to come up.

JayUk04 · 15 January 2005 at 10:27PM

do they think we believe them when they say it was originally 999, when its barely worth 499

The product would have been on sale in at least 25 woolies stores at the higher price for at least 28 days so it definatley did retail at the higher price, whether the system is worth the higher price is questionable but hey they can charge what they like.

georgesky01 · 15 January 2005 at 11:12PM

Woolworths - 1/2 Price PC Package

OPTIMA 3200 DVDRw

RRP: £999.99
Our Price: £499.99
You Save: £500.00

'This is the ideal PC package for ALL the family. This complete package not only includes a high specification PC system with DVD-Rewriter but also a flat CRT monitor, great space-saving 'All in One' printer that prints, photocopies, scans and faxes (through the PC modem). Add to this a 3in1 digital camera and over 35 software titles ranging from Microsoft® Home Office applications to GCSE education titles and fun games for everyone I'm sure you'll agree this is a truly great value package for only £499.99!'

Spend over £150 and delivery is FREE!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/wwstore/product.jhtml?op=details&product=50309137

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

sometimes people will shoot you down >:(
but you never know this might be what someone thinks is a good deal for them

withabix · 15 January 2005 at 11:22PM

The product would have been on sale in at least 25 woolies stores at the higher price for at least 28 days so it definatley did retail at the higher price, whether the system is worth the higher price is questionable but hey they can charge what they like.

Yup, they hide them in a corner somewhere! Nobody buys them.

Alternatively, there is the emmeffeye (think about it...) pricing method: I once went to a C*met or C*rrys (can't remember which - it was when C*met still had 'Sales') in Pontypool - I couldn't believe the prices!!! When I asked one of the staff, he told me it was one of their stores at which they sold everything at the "WAS" price for 28 days before "The Sale" started. "We don't usually sell much in this shop" he said....

£$&*"($£&( · 16 January 2005 at 12:04AM

sometimes people will shoot you down >:(
but you never know this might be what someone thinks is a good deal for them

No one should think this is a good deal. When I saw the half price claim in the shop I thought i was disgraceful.

biglugs · 16 January 2005 at 2:45AM

The Woolies ad doesn't say "was £999" it says "RRP £999" - I find it hard to believe they've had this on sale in more than 25 stores because I don't know any of my local Woolies who even stock PCs.
This is the good old electrical retailer con - think of a bloody big number and call that the RRP, then halve it and still make 40% margin. In exactly the same way huge piles of stuff appeared on the shelves of my Woolies in the sale at 1/2 price - but NONE of it was sold in the same shop before the sale. All you can do is look at the "after" price and make your own judgement as to whether it represents a bargain or not. In the case of much of the Woolies sale stuff - PC included - these are NOT a bargain.
And I wasn't shooting anyone down - I just thought I'd point out what a complete load of sharks Woolies appear to be.

p.s. And the advert is a load of crap - "the ideal PC package for ALL the family" - unless your family includes any kids who want to play any games other then Jump Ahead Toddlers (because the graphics are rubbish).

royalsteve · 16 January 2005 at 7:38PM

sometimes people will shoot you down >:(
but you never know this might be what someone thinks is a good deal for them

er durr.....i wasnt shooting down the poster if you actually read my post...mine was a dig at woolies and i thought i was doing people a favour to be aware that this isnt such a good deal.....maybe i shouldnt bother

steve

timmo44 · 16 January 2005 at 9:08PM

I like the 'flat CRT monitor' which suggests that it is a flat panel monitor when it's just a regular TV sized one.

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