MSE News: MSE reports Argos to advertising watchdog over 3for2 toy sale 29 September 2017 at 3:33PM in Shop but don't drop 4 replies 2.4K views

MSE_Luke

The advertising watchdog will "carefully consider" complaints after Argos hiked prices before its 3for2 toy sale...

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'MSE reports Argos to advertising watchdog over 3for2 toy sale'

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Doc_N

More deceitful, disreputable pricing practices from Sainsbury-owned Argos.

Sainsbury should know - they're experts at it!

sultanabran

They employ similar tactics when they offer the vouchers (e.g. spend over £100 get a £10 voucher).

Pound

The real problem IMO is that people will blindly gravitate towards promotions without really checking for themselves to see if its good value. This kind of misleading prices is done by every retailer.

RaspberryFool

Sadly, I expected this would be the case before I even looked at the site to check the price of a Lego EV3 Mindstorms kit. Before the promotion: £229.99; During the 3for2: £309.99.
Buyer beware!