Can retailers over label products wih higher prices?

miduck

AWessen wrote: »

Hi all.

Sorry to carry this thread on.

I purchased a nice coat for my son from Zara for xmas this year - 2012.

When wrapping, I checked for prices and found the price of £99.00 had been stuck on the cardboard garment label. I thought I would peel this off before wrapping.

To my surprise, the label covered up a price of [FONT=&quot]€[/FONT]89.99 - this is a big difference in price.

I contacted the store at Zara regarding my discovery and the Manager suggested I fly to Madrid to save the money.

Apparently all Zara goods arrive labelled with prices in euros and are scanned and repriced in store, normally approximately 25% more than the euro price.

Talk about 'rip off Britain' again.

Why do these companies treat us as such blatant idiots.

Suffice to say - coat returned for refund - never going to shop there again and tell anyone I come across what they do.

Is what they are doing illegal - probably not.

But do you want to be ripped off as well??

Do they pay Corporation Tax - probable haven't ever made a profit ever in the UK.:eek:

Different prices are charged in different countries, there is nothing unlawful about that. It goes both ways, you will find labels where the euro price is significantly higher than the GBP.

I have no idea if they pay corporation tax. I assume this is going to become the new Godwin's Law, along with MPs and their expenses!

arcon5

Ye, different prices different countries... In fact different prices different regions of England. 2-bed flat in Lincolnshire = £100k; same flat on London = £250k. So based on this logic lets all boycott London because you're being ripped off.

It could also be relative... This country you may pay £1 for a bottle of milk and have an average disposable income of £100; another country pay 50p for a bottle of milk and have an avg disposable income of £50.

Or finally a mere case of supply and demand.... It's cheaper in France for example because demand is 10 fold that here, so shops benefit greater from economies of scale, this sell it cheaper.

As for your corporation tax comment, that doesn't even make sense... If you don't think they are making a profit in the uk, some may say they need to raise their prices!

So maybe engage brain next time

SuperHan

Also, you have to consider importation costs, potential higher rent costs in this country, possible importation taxes (depending on where the goods come from)... An increased price is often necessary to cover overheads.

Try buying from the Spanish Zara website and getting delivery to the UK. You may have to pay a lot more delivery charge, but that would be acceptable, wouldn't it. I suppose it could still work out cheaper though...