How can they claim to be reducing the price of something that's never even been on sale?!? Bizarre to say the least, and certainly isn't a fair price description.Games Guru said:I see asda have changed the price of the x360 to £300, claiming that it will be £310 on launch!
Lorenzini said:How can they claim to be reducing the price of something that's never even been on sale?!? Bizarre to say the least, and certainly isn't a fair price description.
so it is actually legal to sell something for more than the RRP?
AML said:This sort of over pricing is going on in the US aswell. Some online retailers are charging over 400 dollars even though its only supposed to be 399.99.
They are just doing this because they can, because demand is high for this particular product and demand pushes up prices at first due to stock being scarce.
richard plumb said:so it is actually legal to sell something for more than the RRP?
phorenzik said:I did post on another thread about how ASDA sell baked beans and other non game stuff. They haven't got a clue when it comes to gaming, and should not be selling anything other than food. Would you buy a cabbage from a games store???????
conker007 said:Yes. It's a recommended retail price.
PooonTang said:Not correct. The RRP was abolished a few years back and replaced by the SRP, which is the suggested retail price so companies are free to charge whatever they want and then reduce the price of that item after 28days on sale(iirc). How else do you think Dixons sell anything for half-price, its because it was twice the price it should of been to start with.
can we have the offical line on this one Munkey, sure the missus will know
OK, the official word is that Pooon is indeed right (makes a nice change ) about the 28 day rule. An item has to be on sale for a minimum 28 days in the last 6 months before it can be advertised as a price to be reduced from. All the suggested/recommended stuff is essentially just a retailer's emphasis change as opposed to a rule change AFAIK.PooonTang said:Not correct. The RRP was abolished a few years back and replaced by the SRP, which is the suggested retail price so companies are free to charge whatever they want and then reduce the price of that item after 28days on sale(iirc). How else do you think Dixons sell anything for half-price, its because it was twice the price it should of been to start with.
can we have the offical line on this one Munkey, sure the missus will know
smashed said:They have now taken the 360.. and all its products.. off of their website
Im really hoping that cancellations are not going to appear
Hello,
Unfortunately I no longer have the original correspondence with the voucher code on it, as it was discarded once I had made the order.
I would strongly advise AGAINST cancelling my order. It was made in good faith against products advertised on your web-site. I have not heard of this kind of behaviour before, and sincerely hope it's not an indication of the general direction that Asda/Wal-Mart is taking towards its customers.
If you are going to cancel my order, you can be pretty sure that as many people as possible are going to hear about it, including my local Trading Standards Office, and Watchdog who are keen to hear about such abuses against customer service.
Regards,
Moily
Lorenzini said:OK, the official word is that Pooon is indeed right (makes a nice change ) about the 28 day rule. An item has to be on sale for a minimum 28 days in the last 6 months before it can be advertised as a price to be reduced from. All the suggested/recommended stuff is essentially just a retailer's emphasis change as opposed to a rule change AFAIK.