Watch out for Dyson offers!

Nothingbeatsapasty

I went on to the official Dyson website yesterday following an email offering a Dyson V11 Total Clean for £309, reduced from £499. An amazing deal. However when I got to checkout it was back at £499. 
Following a long discussion with Dyson the bottom line is just because something is offered at a price it doesn't mean that they will sell it at that price; pricing can change by the minute apparently.
Sounds like a con to me. I've now gone to John Lewis who are generally more honest.

CliveOfIndia

Nothingbeatsapasty said:

I went on to the official Dyson website yesterday following an email offering a Dyson V11 Total Clean

Was this a genuine email from Dyson?  There are always plenty of scam emails going around, more so than usual when this silly thing called Black Friday comes around.

That aside, many retailers have very short-lived offers.  Amazon is famous for it, their prices change on an almost daily basis for certain items (yeah, I know Amazon are not everyone's favourite retailer, but that's just one example).  DFS is another well-known one - as the old chestnut goes "Has anyone ever bought something from DFS that wasn't in a sale?".

It's not really a con - less-than-clear marketing, maybe, but there's nothing illegal about it.  So long as the price you'll pay is shown when you checkout, you're free to either abandon or complete the transaction.