'Reduced from £2.7m to £20 – BARGAIN!' Blog discussion 4 June 2010 at 10:34AM in Martin's Blogs & Appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the News 10 replies 2.5K views

Former_MSE_Lee

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "Reduced from £2.7m to £20 – BARGAIN!" Blog.

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corbyboy

What does it say in the original price? I don't know if I have bad eyesight but it cannot read that screenshot at all.

Money_Maker_Shaker

corbyboy wrote: »

What does it say in the original price? I don't know if I have bad eyesight but it cannot read that screenshot at all.

I think the title of the thread may give you a little clue

irrelevant

Here's a link to the item.

corbyboy

Money_Maker_Shaker wrote: »

I think the title of the thread may give you a little clue

You know what I mean. I just wanted to see the page for myself.

ElkyElky

That's a killer discount. I almost bought one at the original price, good job they've came down in price.

Premier_2

It's an amazon marketplace seller.

Depending on the service they've procurred, they can create their own catalogue pages (including RRP). The catalogue page may not belong to the lowest priced seller as once created, any other seller can use it too.

It may be a simple administrative or processing error (there's various software available to create new catalogue pages and pricing) or it may be a method to ensure they are top of the list for discounted prices since with rounding they are offering 100% discount.

Eric_Pisch

Premier wrote: »

It's an amazon marketplace seller.

Depending on the service they've procurred, they can create their own catalogue pages (including RRP). The catalogue page may not belong to the lowest priced seller as once created, any other seller can use it too.

It may be a simple administrative or processing error (there's various software available to create new catalogue pages and pricing) or it may be a method to ensure they are top of the list for discounted prices since with rounding they are offering 100% discount.

or a very clever piece of viral advertising

i wonder how many hits its had

Contains_Mild_Peril

corbyboy wrote: »

What does it say in the original price? I don't know if I have bad eyesight but it cannot read that screenshot at all.

RRP: £2,670,000.00 Price: £15.90 You Save: £2,669,984.10 (100%)

100% discount (rounded to the nearest %), apparently!

jamespir

i might buy a few at that price and sell them on ebay

plimsoll

rofl!!!!!!!!