Argos "xmas" sale

pappa_golf

started this morning (xmas day)


glad I did my shopping yesterday.




upto midnight last night argos were selling a Samsung galaxy s6 (32g) in white/black/gold at £349 and throwing in a Samsung wireless QI charger.


just checked their website , as they were hitting the TV last night with multiple adverts of a sale starting on xmas day


result?


Samsung s6 (32g) is now £399 no free charger , that is now £29.99


so what was £349.95 , today is £429.90 , not so much a "xmas" sale , but a thank you we want an extra £79


well done argos

worried_jim

In the words of Public Enemy, "don't believe the hype".

Forwandert

Is it included in the sale?

pappa_golf

obviously not , seems to be "selected" items that they could not shift prior to xmas , or 2015 stock


the new price is actually higher than other online retailers , ie: car phone con house have it at £349 , however the reason for visiting argos and not CPW was the fact that CPW make you buy a £10-20 top up (which I do not need) , plus the free wifi charger




in true MSE spirit , I checked their site to see if it was on a better offer , and return and buy again

Forwandert

It's not obvious as it was posted here which usually means an warning/vent about something. Maybe a warning that the sales price had increased but advertised as a sale still. I wouldn't expect every item argos sell to be on sale only selected ones.

An item that was on sale and now isn't is pretty much a non story.

Azari

Forwandert wrote: »

It's not obvious as it was posted here which usually means an warning/vent about something. Maybe a warning that the sales price had increased but advertised as a sale still. I wouldn't expect every item argos sell to be on sale only selected ones.

An item that was on sale and now isn't is pretty much a non story.

Not really.

One would not expect a shop that was running a Christmas sale to raise prices of goods not in the sale on Christmas day.

No, it's not illegal.

But it's a scummy, slimy, trick that plays upon people's confidence in the brand and one this it's good people highlight.

When companies behave like douches it's only fair that that behaviour is brought to the attention of as many people as possible.

It may focus their minds on not behaving like scumbag douches in the future.

tomtontom

Is any shop any different now? I've spotted the same at Debenhams, John Lewis and House of Fraser. Referring to it as scummy and slimy seems more than a tad over dramatic!

Azari

tomtontom wrote: »

Is any shop any different now? I've spotted the same at Debenhams, John Lewis and House of Fraser. Referring to it as scummy and slimy seems more than a tad over dramatic!

It just depends on your particular moral code.

If you don't find anything objectionable about a company trumpeting a 'sale' and then, on Christmas day, bumping up prices of other products, fine, that's entirely your prerogative. You won't find it scummy in the least.

Others, on the other hand, possible have rather higher standards regarding what constitutes honest behaviour, and will not find that this sort of thing reaches those standards.

This cannot be considered, by any intelligent and realistic interpretation, anything other than an action intended to deceive.

Thus the action of slimy scumbags.

knightstyle

Recently there was a sale with "Everything in store reduced" However the store had been cleared of much of the stock and was full of items brought in specially for the sale with inflated recommended prices!
It all comes down to doing your homework and not believing the hype.

forgotmyname

I had a quick look on the Argos site and spotted something, I didnt have time to go and pick it up and thought i will do it next week, Price has shot up.

Sooler

Always check the google cache for the Argos page - Argos regularly put prices up for sales.