Lionel Ritchie
10/11/2010, 12:35 PM
In september I visited a furniture stockist where we spied an item priced at €599 and a similar item (different colour same model) at €549. In recent weeks this shop has advertised a 25% Off Sale event.
Thinking it might be an opportunity to pick up a decent discount we went back in crappy weather, heavy traffic (Dublin rd closed) and in forfeit of a decent chunk of our sunday afternoon. Signs all over the shop boasting 25% off marked price. Found the items we'd been interested in -sticker price has now been changed to €799.
Annoyed and up for it, herself went to customer services and pointed out that the stickers had been changed. Here the assistant told her, with a sharpeness that suggested it wasn't the first time that day she'd been confronted with this, that we'd caught the "end of the summer sale" back in september and that the prices had gone back up to their standard or list or whatever they call it inbetween.
Look -we weren't at any 'end of summer sale' -the €599 WAS the list price. There was no reduction listed on any tags back in September. If they'd been giving 200 bucks off back in september when sales are dead due to everyone feeling fiscally burned from their hols then they'd have been making an even bigger deal out of it than they are about this 'sale' in the run up to xmas when some people might actually be thinking of replacing a grotty couch before the in-laws call round.
What can you do? Who'd listen to a complaint? How can you prove they're bull****ters and what good'll come of it?
Thinking it might be an opportunity to pick up a decent discount we went back in crappy weather, heavy traffic (Dublin rd closed) and in forfeit of a decent chunk of our sunday afternoon. Signs all over the shop boasting 25% off marked price. Found the items we'd been interested in -sticker price has now been changed to €799.
Annoyed and up for it, herself went to customer services and pointed out that the stickers had been changed. Here the assistant told her, with a sharpeness that suggested it wasn't the first time that day she'd been confronted with this, that we'd caught the "end of the summer sale" back in september and that the prices had gone back up to their standard or list or whatever they call it inbetween.
Look -we weren't at any 'end of summer sale' -the €599 WAS the list price. There was no reduction listed on any tags back in September. If they'd been giving 200 bucks off back in september when sales are dead due to everyone feeling fiscally burned from their hols then they'd have been making an even bigger deal out of it than they are about this 'sale' in the run up to xmas when some people might actually be thinking of replacing a grotty couch before the in-laws call round.
What can you do? Who'd listen to a complaint? How can you prove they're bull****ters and what good'll come of it?