Prices in Comet - buyer beware

wealdroam

Sooler wrote: »

I have a raspberry, can I check Comet prices with that?

Probably not.

But you could go into Comet and use their display computers to google pricerunner.

Sounds very MSE to me...

daveyjp

"If everybody did what you did though, there'd be no Comet to go and look at/touch the products."

Welcome to the future.

pulliptears

daveyjp wrote: »

"If everybody did what you did though, there'd be no Comet to go and look at/touch the products."

Welcome to the future.

Quite true, and in an ideal world this will keep retailers on their toes. That said a high street store does not have the overheads of an internet store so they should strive to compete on a customer service basis rather than a price basis too so the customer can weigh up whether paying a little extra in the high street outweighs the cheaper online costs.

Of course apps like the one I mention above are more useful for those spur of the moment purchases (a little difficult to bar code scan a washer in comet I find lol). I personally will always sit and research a product both in price and reviews before I buy, customer service will always factor into my decision as well.

pulliptears

wealdroam wrote: »

Probably not.

But you could go into Comet and use their display computers to google pricerunner.

Sounds very MSE to me...

I recall going into PC world once for a printer only to find the online price was much much cheaper than the instore price and they refused to match it. I stood in store, ordered online to the store and collected it half an hour later. Cheeky? Probably but it saved me £30

Jeff_Bridges_hair

'Shop sells stuff more expensive then online retailer shocker!!'


Tomorrows headline in the sun

vyle

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

'Shop sells stuff more expensive then online retailer shocker!!'


Tomorrows headline in the sun

Nah, the Sun would put it like:

That's Comet Dense! (with a picture of a chav giving the thumbs down to a comet price ticket)

or

You Compeauty! (with a picture of a chav gurning next to a price comparison site).

Dreamnine

Comet and other stores must love me... I only ever go there of a weekend to try out stuff before I buy it cheaper online.

Vaila

Dreamnine wrote: »

Comet and other stores must love me... I only ever go there of a weekend to try out stuff before I buy it cheaper online.

snap...though its usually jessops that i test out things, however bit of a shocker but the camera im going to buy is found cheapest in comet