Comments on: Why “rolling back” the price doesn’t always work in your favour

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:09:35 +0000

I’ve seen a worse sign than that. Taken in Tesco Durham:

http://blog.mikedavidsmith.com/?p=65

By: chrisg

chrisg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:49:49 +0000

Let’s call that a draw

By: Andy Dawson

Andy Dawson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:00:01 +0000

Fixed it!

Thanks!

By: chrisg

chrisg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:53:46 +0000

tag’s still wrong so FCUK-OFF

By: Andy Dawson

Andy Dawson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:06:30 +0000

Nope – that was the old logo. Wal-Mart.

WAL-MART!

You’re on the ropes now chrisg!

By: fwiw

fwiw — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:03:35 +0000

I agree with Robert’s point about Argos.

I noted an item- “Samsung S1065 10MP Digital Camera – Pink. 559/0993″ was in the clearance section after Christmas for £58.29.

It’s now selling at “Save Over £11.00 …… £68.29* was £79.99″, with the asterisked note at the bottom of the page stating “* Please note item 5590993 has previously been on sale at £58.29.”

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5590993/Trail/searchtext%3ESAMSUNG+10MP.htm

The price has actually increased by £10 in the last few days, whilst it was in the clearance section.

By: chrisg

chrisg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:59:34 +0000

More correctly, the name is WAL*MART.

By: Mike Hock

Mike Hock — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:17:29 +0000

ChrisG not if you’re shopping in the Disney rip-off store Wall-E-Mart, which is I’m sure, Andy was thinking of

By: Andy Dawson

Andy Dawson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:55:36 +0000

@chrisg – there’s supposed to be a hyphen in there. It’s Wal-Mart. Admittedly they’ve removed the hyphen from their new logo but the hyphen still exists in normal everyday use of the name.

Anyone want to try and out-pedant THAT?

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:46:22 +0000

Sorry Dad.

By: chrisg

chrisg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:45:08 +0000

Walmart, one L.

By: In the shops now! #2: Tesco makes an offer you can refuse | BitterWallet

In the shops now! #2: Tesco makes an offer you can refuse | BitterWallet — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:40:37 +0000

[...] sooner do we point out the miserable sale prices available to our US cousins, than you find equally ridiculous examples on this side of the [...]

By: TomServo

TomServo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:28:35 +0000

Real Cranberry Juice isn’t as sweet as the sugar-laden stuff, but is still sweet enough to enjoy (natural sugars y’see).

Ocean Spray is quite possibly the absolute worst Cranberry Juice to buy – it’s not the best, just the best advertised…

By: Noone Really

Noone Really — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:04:33 +0000

I think you’ll find with Cranberry Juice, it never was Cranberry juice. It’s just that they can’t get away with that ruse any more.

If you look on them all, you’ll find them laden with sugar.

Real Cranberries are actually quite sour and wouldn’t make a particularly good crushed drink on their own.

By: Joff

Joff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:57:18 +0000

Not really in the same vein of amazingness I know but whilst on the hunt for another Wii remote and nunchuk I noticed it’s cheaper to buy them separately from Game that as part of a controller bundle.

Tesco often have a similar “deal” to Andrew’s Tropicana scam on Ocean Spray Cranberry juice drink. As an aside, when did Cranberry Juice turn into cranberry juice drink (i.e. watered-down pish)? Can’t we handle full-on strength cranberry juice here in the UK? I bet we even put milk in our tea.