PC World will pricematch even from the internet

Glad

I went to Jessops to buy a canon ixus 60 today
online they were showing their price was £199.99 but I'd found a website selling for £145, went in armed with a printout of price ready to ask for a pricematch plus 10% of difference as advertised, to find they no longer sell this camera

wandered in to PC World and asked if they had one in stock and they said, yes and it's £199, I said that sounds a bit dear and the man there said 'well if you can find it cheaper anywhere else even online, print out a price and bring it in and we'll match it'
I said funnily enough I have a price here, he looked at my printout and said 'no problem, we''ll sell it to you for £145'

he said this is always their policy

anyhow, you may not be getting the extra 10% of the difference that Jessops were offering (usually a couple of pounds extra off)
but you will be able to get last minute Xmas gifts from a local store at the best internet price you can find, should make things easier after Xmas for exchanges too, being able to return to a shop not a website.

analyst_2

Don't wish to pour cold water on your enthusiasm but Dixons/PC Woe really is a lousy company to deal with and is singularly the company most responsible (albeit in collusion with rest of the electronics cartel) for the inflated prices of such goods in UK.

Print_Screen

I had no idea that this was their policy. I know that that you can order from the PC World website and collect for the web price, but as for pricematching has anyone else managed to do this?

Mozart321

Price Matching is a thinly failed con for the stores to check out their competitors prices. If you can get something cheaper else where, buy it there! Why get a price match?

spanner82

why get a price match - well as the OP said you can walk in and buy it today/tomorrow - not worry about paying delivery/not getting delivery for xmas

Also price match is good if the store you prefer does it - you obviously will prefer their customer service/returns policy

bigbak

I'll say thank you. I'd much rather go to a shop than buy online these days.

bigspender2

I went into pc world on Monday and at the till said this xbox thingy is 10 pounds cheaper on ur website no print out or nothing and he just said ok and charged me 10 pound less, first time i have ever done anything like this so was really proud of myself.

Ronaldinho

analyst wrote:

Don't wish to pour cold water on your enthusiasm but Dixons/PC Woe really is a lousy company to deal with and is singularly the company most responsible (albeit in collusion with rest of the electronics cartel) for the inflated prices of such goods in UK.

Merry Christmas Mr Scrooge.:santa2:

h4x3r

lucky u what branch is this thanks!:money:

d00m

I found this camera cheaper on several web sites, but pcworld have a list of sites that they will match. They would match dabs.com which got me about £50 off the camera.

Anon

Will they price match post-purchase? I have looked on their website but cannot find their policy - are they one of the "find it cheaper elsewhere and we will refund the difference" retailers? Bought a present in a rush just before Christmas (as let down by an online retailer) and have paid completely over the odds but do not wish to get it back off the person to return it (looks tight rather than moneysaver and they have opened it!) - however, as I have the receipt could I still get a price match?

Many thanks

Anon