The supermarket can’t pretend it’s offering a discount if it raises prices just to cut them back, the judges ruled in a case brought by consumer activists from Baden-Württemberg. #EuropeNews
I wish someone would take a look at ‘Clubcard Prices’ and ‘Nectar Prices’ etc. Ie discounts if you have the loyalty card.
I’m sure they’re just a way to circumvent trading standards legislation about needing to have been on sale at the higher price before starting a sale. Because it’s not a sale is a ‘club price’. The store can show a massive discount when it was never on sale at the undiscounted price anyway.
In the UK at least they’ll show a price then a member special price next to it, they used to have a while section of them in the catalogue they sent out each month.
Other items list prices then special discounts at the till for members.
I wish someone would take a look at ‘Clubcard Prices’ and ‘Nectar Prices’ etc. Ie discounts if you have the loyalty card.
I’m sure they’re just a way to circumvent trading standards legislation about needing to have been on sale at the higher price before starting a sale. Because it’s not a sale is a ‘club price’. The store can show a massive discount when it was never on sale at the undiscounted price anyway.
Which places have a “discount with card” program that also don’t/didn’t sell at full retail price?
Yeah. The thing is that full retail price is hiked up, not the normal price. Side stepping the legislation designed to prevent this kind of behavior.
Not in every instance but for sure it does happen. Some of those ‘non member’ prices are so high as to be laughable.
Costco? The members price when you have to be a member to shop there?
Always thought that was weird.
Costco doesn’t have discounted pricing, do they? They just have the one membership price, right? I’ve never shopped there so I don’t know.
Yeah just one price
In the UK at least they’ll show a price then a member special price next to it, they used to have a while section of them in the catalogue they sent out each month.
Other items list prices then special discounts at the till for members.
Metro used to have something like that. Also, a bunch of wholesale places way back when.