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Homebase: Gorgeous Solid Mango Wood Coffee Table £79.99 (12th/13th feb xtra 10% off)

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  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    They make up a price , £199 seems a good one , sell it for a few days at very handful of stores , then sell it in all stores at the super bargain price of £99 in the sale , people fall for it.
  • cruz99
    cruz99 Posts: 403 Forumite
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    I don't doubt they do but to me it's comparable if not better quality than solid wood tables sold in dedicated 'posh' furniture shops.

    The only price that matters to me is the price I paid and it was an absolute steal. Especially compared to more expensive argos firewood
  • shakka
    shakka Posts: 298 Forumite
    The £199 rrp is a true price given the quality of the furniture. Just look at the prices in dedicated furniture shops for a similar piece. This isn't the usual chipboard Argos firewood.[/QUOTE]

    Argos and Homebase are owned by the same company, and stock exactly the same items.
  • cruz99
    cruz99 Posts: 403 Forumite
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    edited 10 February 2010 at 9:00AM
    Yes I know but none of the stuff in the Homebase furniture sale is sold by Argos. If it was it would probably be £199 in Argos as they like to put silly prices on non laminated chip-board furniture

    Homebase sell a lot of argos stuff online but instore seems to be different. These tables are Homebase branded items and don't appear in the Argos catalogue.
  • cruz99
    cruz99 Posts: 403 Forumite
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    Deffo :beer:
  • Honkycat wrote: »
    Was it not £400 he pays for socks?

    that was for the pair :)
  • deanos wrote: »
    They make up a price , £199 seems a good one , sell it for a few days at very handful of stores , then sell it in all stores at the super bargain price of £99 in the sale , people fall for it.

    In fairness though, it isn't just Homebase that do that, is it. I mean, has anyone ever paid the full price of a DFS sofa?
  • taker920
    taker920 Posts: 1,359 Forumite
    this was £80 back in November, plus 15% off with the magazine voucher offer.

    However, we've had it 3 months and it has scratched quite badly through normal use so glad we didn't pay any more than we did
  • cruz99
    cruz99 Posts: 403 Forumite
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    Coasters? ;)
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    In fairness though, it isn't just Homebase that do that, is it. I mean, has anyone ever paid the full price of a DFS sofa?

    Yeah they are all at it :mad:
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