Possible bait and switch at Argos

Mienaikage

I'm currently very confused about an offer Argos has put up on their website, according to them they have changed an offer that was available, but I'm receiving the original offer they placed on the website.

I've refreshed my browser multiple times, on both my mobile and my PC, head office claims that it has been changed but I'm not so sure.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5685619/Trail/searchtext%3EXBOX+360.htm

I'm receiving the under Special Offer 1:
"Free 3 games and additional wireless controller when you buy this console. Simply add all three items to your trolley, reserve for store collection and your saving will be calculated in store. Package price £194.77. Offer ends 17th November 2009."

When I looked at the website in store (the manager allowed me to use one of their PCs) however, it was showing me a different deal involving Pure, Lego Batman and Forza 3.

I just got off the phone from Argos and they're claiming that they have changed it on the website, could someone confirm that my PC just isn't pulling up an old version of the page, as I'm suspecting that I may be being lied to.

Optimist

Your reading it correctly

"Free 3 games and additional wireless controller when you buy this console. Simply add all three items to your trolley, reserve for store collection and your saving will be calculated in store. Package price £194.77. Offer ends 17th November 2009."

Mienaikage

Made another call to Argos, this representative was just as confused as I was, he claims that he saw the same offer at home but when looking at it from work it shows the Pure/Lego Batman/Forza 3 deal.

He says he's trying to find out what's happening, but something is definitely fishy about this.

stugib

I see:

3 free games and additional wireless controller when you buy this console. Add 3 items to your trolley. Add either console (568/5619) or (900/9466) with Forza Motorsport 3 game (900/8814) and Pure, Lego Batman and additional black controller (923/8048). Offer ends 17th November 2009.

Mienaikage

That's the offer I saw in store.

I'm so baffled, I'm refreshing over and over, I'm still getting the same and so are others, but some people are receiving the new offer

Mark_Hewitt

So it's not bait and switch at all, it looks like a technical issue.

WestonDave

I'm getting

Free 3 games and additional wireless controller when you buy this console. Simply add all three items to your trolley, reserve for store collection and your saving will be calculated in store. Package price £194.77. Offer ends 17th November 2009.

I had not looked at this part of the Argos site before so this cannot be an old cached version. I have saved a screen dump of this. Looks to me like they have two parallel versions of their site running on different servers and its just chance which you link to.