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John Lewis: Out Of Stock - A Retailers Ploy?

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  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    kah22 wrote: »
    Have since discovered that Samsung have discontinued this model and JL has increased the price!


    I wouldn't complain about it being £399 in JL when the seller in the Amazon link you posted has got it available for £731! :eek: Seems JL have got it dirt cheap compared to that! :D

    £379 in Currys if you really want to save the extra £20 though.
  • mije1983 wrote: »
    £379 in Currys if you really want to save the extra £20 though.

    No 5 year guarantee at Curry's though (unless you buy their own exorbitant one):D
  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    No 5 year guarantee at Curry's though (unless you buy their own exorbitant one):D

    Nope, and for the sake of £20 I know where I'd rather buy from.......
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,521 Forumite
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    kah22 wrote: »
    Have since discovered that Samsung have discontinued this model and JL has increased the price!


    A case of supply and demand. If the tv is popular and in short supply the price will go up.


    Our tv was being discontinued, so I reserved one of two left at our local Richer Sounds (the other was being sold when I arrived to collect). The price then went up,on the site, but the set was only available as local collect and not in our store.


    Two weeks later, the next size up was the same price as I paid, having initially been £100 dearer (didn't check if they had it locally), but that's the way things go. I could have risked waiting and ended up with neither. The new line is, as yet, a lot more expensive.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,924 Forumite
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    Sold out of the TV's with the popular spec at the right price, alien conspiracy?
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • kah22 wrote: »
    Have since discovered that Samsung have discontinued this model and JL has increased the price!
    They are free to sell it at whatever price they deem fit, regardless of whether it continues to be manufactured.

    I bought the X-Files Blu-Ray box set for £99. It now sells for £299.

    "The Truth is out there" :D
  • VisionMan
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    They are free to sell it at whatever price they deem fit, regardless of whether it continues to be manufactured.

    I bought the X-Files Blu-Ray box set for £99. It now sells for £299.

    "The Truth is out there" :D

    Ya' know, where this thread is concerned, I was sorely tempted to say I'll get Mulder and Scully on the case. I wish I had now.
    :rotfl:
  • Hedgehog99
    Hedgehog99 Posts: 1,425 Forumite
    I can almost guarantee anything I'm after, and have spent time researching / choosing the exact model, will be out of stock from whichever retailer I choose.

    I just think all retailers are operating as low stock levels as they can get away with (to avoid money tied up in warehouse stock), but they get caught out when several people do want the same thing.
  • Hedgehog99 wrote: »
    I just think all retailers are operating as low stock levels as they can get away with (to avoid money tied up in warehouse stock), but they get caught out when several people do want the same thing.

    and this is a "conspiracy"?
    Seems to me to be just good business; no retailer wants to be stuck with too much stock and not enough sales!
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    'While stocks last' - they've just finished a massive sale designed to get rid of stock too so it shouldn't be that suprising, and maybe you should have been out and about in December to buy your TV...
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