Bond and Bond misleading?

Anyone see the special that Bond and Bond currently have, where they
say they are giving 50% off the price of a Black Diamond TV, and
selling it for $499, saving $500!. I thought this sounded like a good
price, however, when I went to the manufacturers website at
http://www.melco.co.nz/blackdiamond/product.asp?item=122043 to check
out the specs, I saw that the RRP is actually $599, and not $999 which
Bond and Bond claims it to be.

 

RRP is only reccommended retail price. B+B can charge what they like for it,
so long as it has been that price for a certain time period (30 days i
think) then they can show the 500 discount and be ok from a legal standing.

 

Normal thing, may be it Was $999, perfectly legal..

 

Thats only the *Suggested* RRP. It wouldn't be that usual for Bond and Bond
to normally sell it $400 over that.

On another note about Bond and Bond. I went in there cause the little
woman wanted a food processor. I found one that was $121. Me being me I
wasn't sure if it would suit her so I didn't buy it and took her back the
following day (ie. one day later) and there was a big sign out the front
saying 10% off everything.
Great I thought. Went to the same spot in the shop and the *same* food
processor was now $135. I hit the salesman up about it and he said I was
mistaken. I know I wasn't and didn't buy that one either. Brought one for
$200 from a little store in Te Awamutu instead. I don't mind paying a
premimum for honesty.

 

Which would explain the massive discounting that they so readily agree to
when asked what discount they are prepared to give...

Lennier

 

I think if they were originally selling it 40% above the RRP, there is
something very strange going on. Usually retailers will sell at the
RRP or slightly below. I actually haven't seen this TV in their store
before (at least not on the shop floor and I have been looking around
for the last few months), so don't know if they were orginally selling
them for $999.
However both B&B and Noel Leemings are owned by Pacific retail, and
they have very similar pricing for products, and Noel leemings are
only selling it $100 over the RRP
http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/webapp...productId=32117&crumb=10003-10137-10138-10142
and it doesn't say that it is a special price.
Anyway, I sense something dodgy going on with their pricing, so I will
like at another retailer.

 

Yes it is very difficult to prove what the original price was. That is
where the retailer ahving a website is good for the consumer, as you
can reference a printout at a later date..

 

Hi there,

Its not a bad TV, but not worth $999.

Ask if you can have it for $500 off RRP! The older brother of my brother
-in-law is the Melco CEO. I wonder what he thinks of this...

 

Seen this before with Noel Leeming - I took photos of the "original" priced
stuff, and when they offered a huge discount that wasn't real, I hit them up
and they coffed up another $200!

I suggest you ring around and get the price from several other suppliers,
and then go to B&B and hit them with it... like if the reg price is $599 and
they are saying 50% off, then ask for it for $300 or take them to the fair
trading people - I'm pretty sure they have been caught red-handed before -
wouldn't surprise me if they are doing it again!

keith

 

*Sometimes* Briscoes genuinely does have a product that is good value.

Never, however, when not on sale.

Lennier

 

It never ceases to amaze me, actually, how people continually fall for
this.

For example, Briscoes. They have everything overpriced, often close to
double what some things are elsewhere, and then continually have
"20-50% off!" sales.

It's obviously a have, but people can't miss a bargain, and come in
droves.

 

"suggested RRP" is usually the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM you'll find something sold
for (modulo blatent rip-off artists...) in tinpot retailers who buy
one-off from the wholesalers.

 

Smith's City. Was offered $150 discount off PC System for cash. Wow!
and 30 days to think about it. Went to their 'sale' during that 30
days and same PC was 'offered' $50 discount for cash. Told salesman
about previous offer he shrugged walked away, came back seconds later
and offered $75 discount. Didn't buy it, could have shown him card
with previous written offer but thought 'blow them'. Hate it when
different salesmen can make different seemingly random offers.

 

On 5 Jan 2004 11:19:54 -0800, (Karma) said

Salesmen have freedom to negotiate, and probably a commission based on the
final sell price. So salesman 1 was desperate to make any sale, salesman 2
was near his quota, and prepared to hang tough to keep his $$$$$ up.

 

Not true. Most large retailers sell almost everything for over the
RRP.

 

ROTFL.

 

That is because you have not found the bottom line, or the line at which
they are not ready to sell at.

 

Evidence please.

 

Both prices are very unusual, because nearly all prices in Bond and
Bond end in $9.99. A pirce of $121 or $135 would be very hard to
find. I can see your food processor being $119.99, $129.99 or
$139.99, but not 121 and 135. Are you sure you were in a Bond and
Bond?

Jerry

 

The "You won't beat a Bond's deal" slogan is to be taken literally, I
discovered a few weeks ago. They'll supposedly beat anyone else's price on
the same item. Well, that's what I was told

Seem to be an awful lot of businesses doing the whole beat everyone else's
price these days...!

Worm