Next Sale.. even further reductions...

iwanttosave_2

pattycake wrote:

I think in order to get round the legislation governing "sale" prices, there is a sign saying something along the lines that the goods have been on sale at the higher price in "x" amount of stores.

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yes thats right, they will sell things in some obscour shop in the middle of no-where or one of their less popular stores, and sell something at a price of £45.99 but they sell it in other stores for £35.99 but because they sold it in the other store for a higher price then they can say the original price was £45.99

ec9wrr

Hello iwanttosave, the scenario you described is not true with Next. I can see a couple of problems.
1) This isn't legal. You can't sell something in one shop (out of the 400 next have) and then claim this was the original price.
2) Imagine the scenario... you find the item at £35.99 in your local store. Then return it to a £45.99 store without proof of purchase. You would be offered vouchers. You could then use these to buy another £35.99 one, return it again and so on. You'd be making £10 profit every time and end up with vouchers that you could spend on anything you wanted.
3) The logistics involved in asking a supplier to put price tickets at different prices on different quantities of stock would be massive. You'd have to have it delivered to one warehouse, then carefully sent out at £35.99 to some stores and £45.99 to others.. the costs and time wasted would be huge.

deanos

ec9wrr wrote:

Hello iwanttosave, the scenario you described is not true with Next. I can see a couple of problems.
1) This isn't legal. You can't sell something in one shop (out of the 400 next have) and then claim this was the original price.

Yes it is legal , tho i think there is a minimum amount of stores they have to have had full price and a minimum anount of days

This is how companys get round the sale pricing issue, i used to work in B+Q a few years ago and we would get brand new stock into the store which we have never had before and put it on the shelves with sale POS saying it was £xx and now £xx save £xx

EDIT: I think your are emplying selling at the same time which would be illegal

iwanttosave_2

They do do it, I have a friend that works as a manager for next so I know all their dirty little secrets :eek:

ec9wrr

Hi iwanttosave,
How do they do it?
I don't understand how it is possible for a company the size of Next to send different stores different priced stock.
They probably send some stores stock then mark it down in more stores than previously sold the stock. Whats wrong with this? This is perfectly legal and should be expected. It's not a "dirty secret" that a retailer would sell different items in different stores but then when it comes to sale and they are desperate to get rid of the stock send it out to more stores.
From your previous quote it sounds like you think they sell the same product at two different prices at the same time. I just don't see this as possible. If it is then how come Next customers aren't buying in the cheaper store and returning to another?
Sorry if I missunderstood your post.

iwanttosave_2

You can sell the same thing at the same time for a different price. Look at tescos for example, they are famous for it, you go to one shop and something is marked up at £xx and then you go to another and its £xx, they do it on food right up to clothes.

Its not complicated to run a seperate line of lables off and batch them up for a certain store, thats all that they do.

As for returns, if you look on the lables they have a code, the first bit is the season and then they have a seperate bit, this tells the SA the original sale price by keying it in, so then they know how much was paid. Its not a complicated theory loads of places do it. Dorothy Perkiins for example, their store in Manchester is more expence than the one in my town.

CODEBREAKER

purplepurple wrote:

Maybe the £5 ladies jeans is just my local branch, but they're definitely a fiver as my friend labelled them up last night. Her branch was almost £40,000 down on their expected target for the first day of the sale.

called in mk next today never seen any £5 jeans all at £10

the store is like a jumble sale, about time it was all shifted to the clearence shops it's been 2 weeks!!!!

clairehi

Yes I know what you mean, I was in MK last week, just walked straight in and out of Next in 30 seconds as it was such a mess. same story in their London Colney shop.

I wanted to buy a pair of evening sandals but had no luck. before the sale, they had some lovely shoes in. during the sale though, you cant buy the full price stuff even if you want to, only the rubbish they fill the shops up with. I guess they wouldnt do it if they didnt make money though...

jasmine

Hi, I ordered a t-shirt from Next Directory in late June, it finally arrived today at full price:eek: when it's down to a fiver in the sale..does anyone know if I can take it back to a store and then buy it back straight away at the reduced price..? I know there's none left in store or online in my size ....thanks

CODEBREAKER

jasmine wrote:

Hi, I ordered a t-shirt from Next Directory in late June, it finally arrived today at full price:eek: when it's down to a fiver in the sale..does anyone know if I can take it back to a store and then buy it back straight away at the reduced price..? I know there's none left in store or online in my size ....thanks

i would ring the directory up and mention it, surley then can deduct it for you on the system.