Over priced high watt vacuums online

George_Michael

smufflemuppet wrote: »

It doesn't upset me. But I dont like to see buyers being ripped off.

But who is being ripped off?
The price is clearly shown so anyone who pays the asking price has made a conscious decision to make that purchase and is willing to pay what was being asked.

Was the person who paid $40,000,000 for one of the versions of Van Gogh's Sunflowers ripped off? After all, when VVG was alive, this painting could probably have been picked up a few guilders.

smufflemuppet

George_Michael wrote: »

But who is being ripped off?
The price is clearly shown so anyone who pays the asking price has made a conscious decision to make that purchase and is willing to pay what was being asked.

Was the person who paid $40,000,000 for one of the versions of Van Gogh's Sunflowers ripped off? After all, when VVG was alive, this painting could probably have been picked up a few guilders.

A painting that is held in high esteem and an obvious investment can't be compared to a hum drum appliance that every home needs.

BrentMeister

smufflemuppet wrote: »

A painting that is held in high esteem and an obvious investment can't be compared to a hum drum appliance that every home needs.

So who exactly is being ripped off?

Are you implying that we should have a maximum price for everything?

vuvuzela

smufflemuppet wrote: »

A painting that is held in high esteem and an obvious investment can't be compared to a hum drum appliance that every home needs.

But not every home needs a vacuum with a wattage *greater than 1600W*...
Most homes (including mine) will be fine with a new one, my old Dyson has a 1200W motor and works as well as I want. Those who have a specific requirement for a higher-powered one will have to either fork out more, buy a commercial grade one or spend a bit more time vacuuming.

shaun_from_Africa

smufflemuppet wrote: »

A painting that is held in high esteem and an obvious investment can't be compared to a hum drum appliance that every home needs.

If the retailer bought the vacuums for £199 and is now selling them for £398, in terms of profits, the vacuum will probably turn out to be a better short term investment than the painting.

Pennywise

It IS supply and demand. If people really, really, want a higher power vacuum, then they MAY have to pay more to get one of the few remaining ones available. Why is that wrong? No-one's forcing them, they have choices to buy lower powered modern models instead.

I've bought cheap and sold expensive on ebay - not vacuums but certainly other commodities. I don't feel guilty, that's life. Anything that is scarce will demand a higher price. Eg, when my son was young, I bought a lot of Hornby Thomas Tank Engine model railway items - a couple of years ago, we sold them, every single item sold at a profit despite being second hand, simply due to lack of supply - people wanted them but couldn't find them as they went out of production. In your world, you'd have me sell them at the price I paid rather than the market price - bonkers! Many times, I've kicked myself for not buying something sooner when prices were lower and ended up paying more - I blame myself, not the seller!

No-one's holding a gun to the heads of buyers.

(And yes, I did actually buy a spare Miele vacuum cleaner about a year ago in the anticipation of the rule change and the thought of having to buy a lower power model in the future, so I have one in storage - now you've mentioned it, I may look on Ebay to see what kind of price I could get if I put it up for sale!).

photome

This has to be one of the stranger posts on here.

If they are overpriced they wont sell, its that simple

If they are priced right and there is demand they will sell

I cant see the problem

cookie365

photome wrote: »

This has to be one of the stranger posts on here.

If they are overpriced they wont sell, its that simple

If they are priced right and there is demand they will sell

I cant see the problem

The 'problem' is that the OP believes that if something isn't the right choice for them, it isn't the right choice for anybody.

Former_MSE_Andrea

We've moved this thread from Consumer Rights to Praise, Vents & Warnings at smufflemuppet's request

smufflemuppet

Pennywise wrote: »

It IS supply and demand. If people really, really, want a higher power vacuum, then they MAY have to pay more to get one of the few remaining ones available. Why is that wrong? No-one's forcing them, they have choices to buy lower powered modern models instead.
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If it was a case of supply and demand, EVERY company listed on EBAY UK would be over pricing their vacuums. They're not - so its not an example to me anyway of supply and demand.

The vacuums are over priced and I wanted to flag that up on MSE so that buyers aren't being ripped off. There is no actual proof as yet that lower energy efficient vacuums are worse off than the higher powered ones.