purchase made but now reduced

malchish

arcon5 wrote: »

No the comparison is entirely valid.

Op cannot demand the difference back in the same way the store cannot demand the difference paid if the price went up. Both parties protected from market forces and potentially scrupulous tactics. Thus the contract is balanced for both parties.

OP cannot "demand". OP can ask. It would be wise to satisfy him.I explained why.

Jimx26

Tbh it is your own fault and you should have waited, I am assuming you know about bikes then I would assume you also know that retailers start reducing their prices around this time of year to make way for 2013 models.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

On Friday my 99 icecream cost £1.20p

Yesterday it was only £1.

I enjoyed both icecreams

Zandoni

OP, people on here love these posts and they get a kick out of replying with answers like "Would you have offered to pay more if the goods went up"

But I agree with you it's really annoying when this happens, in the past I have got companies like Argos to give goodwill gestures.

So I'd say speak to the shop and see if there's something they can do for you, if you don't ask you don't get

paddyrg

How about you ask if they will offer some store credit as a goodwill gesture? You can pimp your bike out, or get s free service, or whatever, and the retailer is insulated from the worst of the cost. Sales usually mark a certain phase in a businesses financial calendar, eg a new financial month, so it is likely the book is closed on the previous month, so £261 would appear as a sudden cash loss and hence is fairly unlikely.

OP we have your assertion that the bike was the same, although it could have been from different stock purchases - It may be that the one you bought actually cost the retailer more than the promotional ones in the first place, or that the accessories package/whatever was different/cheaper on the discount model. Maybe the discounted one has a worse warranty, or is made of cheaper/heavier alloy? I am just obviously making some guesses, but there can sometimes be reasons behind these things and what appears to be 'the same' may have subtly different features.

I see no harm in asking at the shop though, and if you offer them the option of store credit they may meet you partway. The bike was a bargain when you bought it, you were happy with the price then, and you still have the same bike - the only change is psychological. You are feeling persecuted as opposed to 'oh that was a good deal I got - oh wow they are even better value. Now I will buy a spare or tell my friends the ace bike I bought has come down even further in case they want one', but it is a state of mind.

Prices go up and down the whole time - try asking DFS, SCS etc what a sofa costs and is worth! Or telling Esso that when you filled up last week it was 5p/litre more so you want the difference back, or the butcher that you didn't know he'd have a deal on lamb when you bought some mince last week and you will tell all your friends etc etc. Being a bike is no different, so you are relyingon goodwill.

micflair_2

This kind of thread makes me laugh.

I work in a supermarket, okay products are not in the same price range of this bike - but you couldn't have one rule for a certain price range and one for another. I can imagine now massive queues of people trying to complain/claim pennies due to buying items at higher prices the week before. It just wouldn't happen, and neither should it!

OP: What would you say if you had paid £999 for the bike, it then went back up to £1300 and they asked you for £300? You would laugh your !!!! off, so why should they do any different? The company dont have to give you any compensation or anything like that, if they do then they are being very kind indeed.

Move on and write it off, things come down in price all the time - usuall when you have just bought it at full price!

mattyprice4004

As above, really. This happens, get over it. They've done nothing wrong, and in their shoes I'd be returning no money.

Move on.

Guardsman

What does annoy me is shops claiming to have a sale on because they have had the item advertised at a inflated price for a month at one of their other stores.
OP what is the make and model of your bike? is it a Boardman by any chance

Herongull

The whole question is bizarre!

How could anyone think that they have any sort of entitlement to a refund of the difference (or vouchers or whatever), just because there was a sale subsequently and the price was reduced further.

Get used to it. Shops have sales at certain times of the year.

When there is a sale, prices are reduced (sometimes significantly). If you want things cheap then it is a good idea to wait until saletime. The disadvantage is items on sale might be available in limited colours, sizes whatever. And you have to wait for the sale.

You wanted you bike now and were prepared to pay full price (less the standard 10% discount for being in a cycling club or organisation or whatever) rather than wait until a shop near you had a sale.

So exactly what is the nature of your complaint?

malchish

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Herongull wrote: »

The whole question is bizarre!

How could anyone think that they have any sort of entitlement to a refund of the difference (or vouchers or whatever), just because there was a sale subsequently and the price was reduced further.

Get used to it. Shops have sales at certain times of the year.

When there is a sale, prices are reduced (sometimes significantly). If you want things cheap then it is a good idea to wait until saletime. The disadvantage is items on sale might be available in limited colours, sizes whatever. And you have to wait for the sale."



The OP asked the question.
The OP felt the situation was not fair. The OP only paid £1260, because the shop created an impression that they could not sell for less, when they could.
If one day you buy , say, a car, and, as soon as you signed £10000 price on the dotted line, the manager goes over to the showroom model and puts the new price sticker of £8000 on, "because it is business not a charity and because you already bound to pay 10K, but now the last one can be sold for 8K", I am not sure you would be happy.