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Perceived Value VS Actual Value
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<blockquote data-quote="JamesB" data-source="post: 865592" data-attributes="member: 20408"><p>Big retailers sort of does it as well whenever they go on "sale"... On the day of the sale, they'd jack up the price of the items before applying the sale discount, so for example the item's price the day before was R400, on the day of the sale the original price will be marked as R500 (20% increase), then with let's say a 40% discount applied, the final price is then R300. You think you're getting a %40 discount (from R500 to R300), but in fact it's just 25% (from R400 to R300) if you base it from the pre-sale retail price.</p><p></p><p>If I am not mistaken, a big retailer already got caught doing this and was penalized, and another one still openly does it with the explanation that the normal everyday price you see is already discounted and not the full retail price, and that when they go on sale, the price is based on the full retail price... just goes to show, you really need to do your homework before you buy, specially with big purchases. But hey, a discount is still a discount and your still gonna pay a smaller amount than the full price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JamesB, post: 865592, member: 20408"] Big retailers sort of does it as well whenever they go on "sale"... On the day of the sale, they'd jack up the price of the items before applying the sale discount, so for example the item's price the day before was R400, on the day of the sale the original price will be marked as R500 (20% increase), then with let's say a 40% discount applied, the final price is then R300. You think you're getting a %40 discount (from R500 to R300), but in fact it's just 25% (from R400 to R300) if you base it from the pre-sale retail price. If I am not mistaken, a big retailer already got caught doing this and was penalized, and another one still openly does it with the explanation that the normal everyday price you see is already discounted and not the full retail price, and that when they go on sale, the price is based on the full retail price... just goes to show, you really need to do your homework before you buy, specially with big purchases. But hey, a discount is still a discount and your still gonna pay a smaller amount than the full price. [/QUOTE]
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