Seriously !!

molar · 26 Dec 2009 at 17:26

I held fire buying an item online priced at £26.99 a couple of weeks before Christmas.

Today it's 'marked down' in the sale from £41.99 to £26.99 stating it was at the higher price between 08/09/09 and 24/12/09. Liars!! :confused:

LeJosh · 26 Dec 2009 at 17:43

To be honest I find this thread more "sickening" than going outside into a shop and having a good day with your friends instead I'll sit behind a monitor and complain about people doing things that I would never do attitude flying in this pathetic thread. Get a grip the lot of you. :rolleyes:

Dogoid · 26 Dec 2009 at 17:48

molar said:
Liars!! :

of course they lie. it makes them more money.

sunama · 26 Dec 2009 at 17:51

molar said:
I held fire buying an item online priced at £26.99 a couple of weeks before Christmas.

Today it's 'marked down' in the sale from £41.99 to £26.99 stating it was at the higher price between 08/09/09 and 24/12/09. Liars!!

Yep. Its all about making a sale - if that means telling people the item is worth a lot more than it really is, then so be it.

Dinomania · 26 Dec 2009 at 17:55

Telescopi said:
The stuff is a bonus, they go for the experience, they enjoy it.

I don't get it, but I don't get reality TV or soaps either.

LeJosh said:
To be honest I find this thread more "sickening" than going outside into a shop and having a good day with your friends instead I'll sit behind a monitor and complain about people doing things that I would never do attitude flying in this pathetic thread. Get a grip the lot of you.

Exactly. What are they doing that harms you? As you lot are all saying, you wouldn't be seen dead doing that. So they're running about screaming, and having fun, somewhere away from you, where it won't annoy you.

But wait, you get annoyed anyway, from afar. Why?!

gillywibble · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:08

Just LOL, what a bunch of idiots.

Radiation · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:20

sara said:
Exactly. What are they doing that harms you? As you lot are all saying, you wouldn't be seen dead doing that. So they're running about screaming, and having fun, somewhere away from you, where it won't annoy you.

But wait, you get annoyed anyway, from afar. Why?!

Don't know if anyone here is really getting annoyed at them, more like pointing out how ridiculous it is how the majority of them are rushing in to buy junk they don't really want or need, all because its on sale, reflects poorly on society tbh, but oh well this sort of thing isn't sustainable, unless of course humans change their ways and we get lucky with science and technology.

Camalot · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:27

I went to town today and it was dead, hardly a soul anywhere.

Picked up some nice shoes / coat in Burtons 50% sale, well happy

Dogoid · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:35

i keep on telling my mum that its only a bargain if you intended buying it in the first place, not just because it happens to be a bargain at the time you spotted it

sunama · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:36

Camalot said:
I went to town today and it was dead, hardly a soul anywhere.

Picked up some nice shoes / coat in Burtons 50% sale, well happy

But did you queue up at 7am and when the doors opened did you run around the aisles, barging other shoppers out of the way?

Kenai · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:40

molar said:
I held fire buying an item online priced at £26.99 a couple of weeks before Christmas.

Today it's 'marked down' in the sale from £41.99 to £26.99 stating it was at the higher price between 08/09/09 and 24/12/09. Liars!!

I went to see if the present I ordered for my GF was now in a sale, it is, for exactly the same price as it has been for the last 3 months.

Efour · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:47

wait, you mean, they lied? and, still, sell, some, stuff , at, the, same. price, but, stick, a , For sale, sign, on, it, to, make, you, THINK, you are getting a bargain?? and, have, very, limited, stock on REAL, bargains??

Im, shocked!

Kenai · 26 Dec 2009 at 18:49

Efour2 said:
wait, you mean, they lied? and, still, sell, some, stuff , at, the, same. price, but, stick, a , For sale, sign, on, it, to, make, you, THINK, you are getting a bargain?? and, have, very, limited, stock on REAL, bargains??

Im, shocked!

You should have asked Santa for a new keyboard, your comma button appears to be broken.

molar · 26 Dec 2009 at 19:00

Efour2 said:
wait, you mean, they lied? and, still, sell, some, stuff , at, the, same. price, but, stick, a , For sale, sign, on, it, to, make, you, THINK, you are getting a bargain?? and, have, very, limited, stock on REAL, bargains??

Im, shocked!

'lolz'

. I was just trying to point out that I know it wasn't on at the stated £41.99 before the sale. Or maybe it was, in somewhere like Shetland.

Alex_6n2 · 26 Dec 2009 at 19:08

Tefal said:
ermm ok so lets say (using Dmp's experience) you want a new TV you look around and the one you really want is £1500 but way out of your budget.

Now you have two choice downgrade and get less than you wanted at ful retail price or you can suck up some of your pride and go to the sales and get it for £500.

Yep you're a right victim there getting exactly what you wanted (or better) for less money than the one you'd of had to get to keep in budget.

So who's the idiot the guy who wastes a bit of time and pride and gets a top end tv for £500.

Or someone who sits at home snobbishly laughing at he "victims of consumerism" on the £500 tv he had to settle for because he couldn't afford the one he wanted or the £1500 tv he paid full retail for.

All very valid but this is based on one persons experience and one which I am dubious to believe. If something sounds too good to be true, if often is.... as the saying goes.

There might be one person in that video that this applies too.... Clearly it's hard to understand what I am getting at.

Dogoid · 26 Dec 2009 at 19:29

your a mug either way. before sale the mark-up is ridiculous , after sale its how it should have been, and you just acted like a t-rex trying to be the first to buy something at normal price

lambda · 26 Dec 2009 at 20:06

Spot the white person.. can only be London

95% of sales are rubbish. But you sometimes find something you actually need for a good price.

Next sales always make me laugh. I can't figure out why people get there at 4am. Is it really amazing if you get there early?
And then at about midday, there is a huge queue. I swear its all sheep mentality. Once I caught into the craze and ended up waiting 1hr in the queue when I was about 16; attending my first Next sale, and when I eventually got inside it was all tat. Never again.

R34pz · 26 Dec 2009 at 21:29

I notice that the shop with the laminated catalog in store regularly has fantastic bargain offers on some really nice items. The thing is, you try and find a store anywhere that has them in stock. It's all a complete farce, best thing to do is if you really want something, wait for the next one to come out and get it dirt cheap for a REAL bargain price.

mrk · 26 Dec 2009 at 21:58

Poppy said:
ATLEAST a third! I actually thought that footage was from china!

If it were from China they'd be well organised, orderly and not looking like a bunch of raging fools

Azagoth · 26 Dec 2009 at 21:58

Scubascorpion said:
Boxing day sales morons..

Just watch the video.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8430661.stm

I find it sickening to be quite honest.

Consumerist greed

You find people shopping for bargains in sales "sickening"? Get over yourself!