There Should Be A Law Against Retailors

[trt]

announcing/advertising large discounts for goods, when in fact its not true.

Yesterday while shopping on-line with Groupon, there was a home indoor security camera that you can check from your Iphone from work etc for £30.00

It stated there was a 77% discount, saving you over £100, in fact the same product was on sale at Amazon and Ebay for roughly the same price, and no mention of save over £100 etc.

Why are they allowed to lie to the public?

[Retrochic]

Its a 77% discount on their price not anyone elses. They only have to sell the product for a certain amount of days at the higher price to then 'discount' it. A retailer can advertise a product for sale at any price they wish -they do not even need to use the 'RRP'

[hc4361]

It is so much easier to price check at numerous outlets these days, thanks to the internet. Nobody should be getting ripped off if they buy online - as always it is 'buyer beware'.

As retrochic has pointed out, the company isn't lying, they just used to charge a lot more than anyone else.

[gingejbee]

....that's why you should never look at the "% discount" or the "half-price" headers...they are quite meaningless for most purchases.
The only thing that matters is the amount you're paying.

[Baldric]

"Caveat Emptor" springs to mind!

[Mamyalynne]

It's everywhere isn't it ?


I just shop round, compare and only buy what I had planned to anyway.


Yesterday I had an email....


•• 50% off everything!!! *


•• turned out to actually read 'up to' in print so small even my magnifier couldn't read it.

* Meant 'selected lines only'

They just hope we'll fall for it.