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There Should Be A Law Against Retailors

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trt | 12:35 Sat 28th Nov 2015 | ChatterBank
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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?
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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'
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.
....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.

"Caveat Emptor" springs to mind!
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.

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