Major Retailers Closing

IveSeenTheLight

epz wrote: »

my little sister did a 110% price match at pcworld to get a 42" 100hz 1080p 24fps toshiba for £490 so you can use the price discrepancy to your advantage.

They do the price match against online prices?
How do you get that?

The TV I'm after is
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0970695794.1230132581@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfhadegdddefegcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=808403&category_oid=-35816
PC world priced at £799, can get for £569

I'm guessing your sister bought the
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0970695794.1230132581@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfhadegdddefegcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=302581&category_oid=-29711
priced at £699 but reduced as you say

Treading_Water

Also Jonathon James - ultra cheap shoe shop recently opened in the expensive precinct near us. I don't see oaw they can cover their costs at the price they are selling at!

IveSeenTheLight

IveSeenTheLight wrote: »

They do the price match against online prices?
How do you get that?

Ah, I see it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/price-match-promise

However there is a restriction

We check our prices against major retailers and websites every day so you can buy with confidence.

If you find a lower price for the same product and offer, we'll reduce our price by 110% of the difference – even up to 7 days after purchase!

This applies to prices offered by retailers within 30 miles of your local PC World store.

The product must be identical, in stock and available for immediate home delivery in one of the retailers detailed below - single unit purchases only.

This price promise applies to:
Argos, Comet, Jessops, Tesco, John Lewis, Asda, B&Q, Game Gamestation, Halfords, HMV, Maplin, Staples, Toys R Us, Zavvi.

I checked and the price online is down to $550 with Martin Dawes while the lowest on the above list is Asda at £684.16. Even a 10% reduction from PC world would onlu bring it down to £615.74

epz_2

i didnt realise it was limited to those companies, her price match was against john lewis, cant remeber the exact model(even though i picked it for her) but it was still a hell of a deal.

fc123

vivatifosi wrote: »

The ones I feel most sorry for (though they involve the fewest job losses per company) are the little family run stores that will just think its not worth it any more. There will be many more than 15 of those and they will barely get a mention except perhaps in the odd local paper.

We are the invisibles. No one notices until we are gone....but new ones will take our place over time.........and some of us may come back in a different guise....:D

bo_drinker

I voted 10+ thats January / Feb. Rest of the year same again.

drbeat

bo_drinker wrote: »

I voted 10+ thats January / Feb. Rest of the year same again.

But do you still think that John Major really appeared on Spitting Image?

Futura_Bold

I was in PC world earlier, must've been 5 staff to every customer. Had my eye on a Macbook but got so frustrated with the clueless staff that there was no way I'd buy from there.

Does anyone know why PC World dont reduce half there staff and pay a bit more for ones that have more experience?

jm28cardiff

I bought a laptop in PC world a few years ago, the look of disappointment on the salesman's face when I refused to buy extra warranty was plain to see! It always struck me as odd that they would sell you a brand new piece of kit, then go into a sales pitch about how it might go wrong!

The_White_Horse

I hope Currys goes down. They deserve it for their appalling customer service. I went to buy a tv once, and walked out because of poor service, and bought the tv elsewhere.

they treat customers like scum, and I hope they fail.

down with Currys. The staff deserve the sack!