pslewis

I have had my eye on a new Sat Nav ....... a TomTom Via 130 UK and ROI with Lifetime Maps.

It was £114:99, or something like that.

Imagine my excitement when I received word that they had a 10% OFF Sale on online sales ....... I went to buy it at £115 - 10%.

Guess what?

It's now priced at £129:99!!!

So, 10% OFF makes it the same - if not more - than it was a month ago!!!!!!!!!!

How can these places get away with scamming us?

the shreksta

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halfords is a joke of a company and im surprised they are still going

pslewis

It's a blatant scam ........ and OUTRAGEOUS!!

dpb

I just couldn't get excited about 10% off

RA Dunk

I bet 9/10 of these companies all do the same though.

boxst

Can't be bothered to google it, but I thought there was a law introduced that items on sale had to have been at the listed price for a month?

RRP1STI

Comet were doing exactly the same thing when they were in administration-no wonder they went t-ts up!

Lisawrx

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Going by the OP, that was the case.

53

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Boo hoo call the police

stevebt

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I have started using Eurocarparts and the difference your save is amazing!

RobsyUK

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They currently have to advertise it at the higher price for full price at 6weeks and they have to have stock! I think the thing your thinking of is that the price it's up for has to be logical before they slash then price: I.e

Argos do a pancake frying pan for £15. 6weeks before pancake day they put the price upto £30 and then do half price. - who pays £30 for a tiny pan.
They do this every year and sell roughly 18,000 a week - fact!
The new thing that has come in is that multi packs have to be cheaper then singles.

Don't forget they can put the price up. It's up to you to search around for the cheapest.
IIRC, I got my garmiin with world maps for £140 a few years back online. And the world maps work

alcazar

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Tossco just the same: whenever they have a 5p a litre off if you spend £50 in store, offer, their fuel price rises by 3p a litre.....

CharlySkunkWeed

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I was actually thinking of pricing a watch from H.Samuel jewelers as i am expecting their prices to jump up in Jan just in time for me to use my £15 off voucher. I got it when i bought my wife a watch and it cant be redeemded till Jan , but lets face it , nothing comes for free so i will just wait till i see one i want and price round.

Mouser

Retailers would kill their granny to make a profit and deceiving or misleading the public is nothing new.

Pete, is Halfords now along with Currys on your **** list?

pimmo2000

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When I worked in ASDA one of their favorite scams was 15% extra ..

The price went up too, but customers made the assumption 15% extra was 15% free .. worked too.

alcazar

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The favourite supermarket scam, which Tesco seem to do all the time is similar to: "Bacon, £2.39, buy two for £5".

It's not just a mistake, it's dishonest trading.

dpb

I'm not so convinced, it's taking advantage for sure of the hard of thinking/ chav scum who won't paying attention in maths class or busy mums

Tesco audience in fact

Dishonest. Not sure

Ant

If their thick enough not to notice then it's their own fault

zippy!

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Another issue I had with halfords was with there advanced socket sets that have a *lifetime warranty* but yet when my ratchet broke and I took it back first they said it might not be one of theirs even though it had halfords advanced stamped on it and then when I explained to them how ridiculous that excuse was they said the warranty didn't cover moving parts ie ratchets and ratchet spanners etc! Never said that on the box when I bought it

Camsedin

i would say most people would not notice this tactic.

this is pretty much how all shops work. and as long as it keeps working they will keep doing it. After all they are only in it for the money.

sprigeteer

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Exactly. It's a free market. These firms are not providing a social service, they want to make money. If the TomTom can be had cheaper somewhere else, then buy it. Or better still speak to the store manager about the fraud and see if his criminal conscience gets the better of him.

dpb

I wonder if he even got it run through a scanner

It'll probably come up with the ten percent taken off anyway.



If not, move on,it's not difficult

Boro

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Get on the Hot UK Deals website, you'll soon have a better deal than that.

Camsedin

ive had the opposite happen to me as well years ago in halfords. i picked up an oil filter that was marked 15 quid. got to the checkout and it came up as 5 quid on the machine so i got it for that lol

dpb

Pissy aka Mister ree is troll on that site as well

GC8

What, his fantasy 'taken to court' list? I made the mistake of trying to help the lying fool, having an intimate knowledge of their HO policy and having helped others here; and I quickly realised that he was making it all up, and hadnt spoken to anyone.

GC8

Scott, they dont cover the ratchet mechanism, but theyre available to buy cheaply. If the whole ratched snaps then its covered. I have a copy of an email somewhere confirming that a receipt isnt required, although its quite old.


Simon

The Pink Ninja

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They are not allowed to increase the price and then discount it within a 28 day period due to retail sales laws, If it has not been at £129.99 for the last month you have a case and I would ask them for the original price less the additional 10% discount not to cause a fuss, I did 10 years in retail/sales/management but left it 5 years back now, but I doubt the timescale would change if anything it would increase IMO.

pflowers

But the item isn't advertised as being on sale? It just says £129.99.

It clearly was on sale prior to yesterday at the lower price but that has now ended.

Devious to have had it cheaper before then put it up but offer a discount, but I don't think they are doing anything wrong.

Cannon Fodder

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I think you will find that the higher price only has to be charged at one or more of the retailer's stores anywhere in the UK for a period of 28 days prior to the sale price being introduced.

It's how a lot of national retailers can get away with this sharp practice, good business they would call it - fool the buyer into thinking they are getting a bargain, when in reality they are paying more than the previous 'local' price.