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Energy bars at 40p each, a bottle cage for £1 a saddle bag for £5 and road bike bar tape for £6.
I'm happy with that.
Its last accounts show an annual turnover of £18.3 million, and profit of £109,689. In 2015 the company made a loss of £86,594 on a turnover of £20 million.”
They must have been getting something very wrong unless they're asset rich or have invested in their property or something
The titanium frames seem cheaper.
I don't mind playing the game a bit. £150 LR frameset (this'll be my second, black this time). Cheap for a game of seat tube lotto 😀
Actually, I'm sure the one I bought last year (same price but silver only) was the last thing I bought from DFS.
For the OP- a good approach is to treat everything they sell like it's used. They can't be trusted on their warranties for their own products, and it may or may not work properly. But even then, that still seems like a not bad deal. I'd be checking that the description's accurate (it's definitely wrong, since it has details of a Marzocchi fork too, the question is if everything else is right...)
cp - MemberThere are, and I don't doubt they comply.
There's no chance at all that they comply tbh, they don't even pay it lip service.
Well I just checked my favorite Chamois cream. It now says "from" 4.99 which alludes to the smaller pot. well, ok then. The large one is stil 14.99 and the discount code works.
However, postage is £3.95, overall cost £15.01. I could save 1.40 with MyHermes Tbh.
I'm out.
There's no chance at all that they comply tbh, they don't even pay it lip service.
I thought the definition was that an item had to have been sold for at least 28 days per year at the higher price - which I do think they probably comply with... However, current government pricing practices is somewhat different, and probably somewhat more complicated than PX's pricing policy/methodology could cope with..
a snippet from here:-
1.2.3 As noted in para. 1.1.2, the basis of a price comparison should be reasonable
in terms of time, and what is reasonable will depend on the circumstances. But
where the basis of the comparison is not set out explicitly;
(a) A price used as a basis for comparison should have been your most recent price
available for 28 consecutive days or more;
(b) The period of time for which the new (lower) price will be available should not be
so long that the comparison becomes misleading. How long this will be will depend
on all the circumstances. But as a general guideline which could be applied to
cases in which there are no specific circumstances which might mean that a longer
period would not be misleading, it is suggested that the period of time for which the
new (lower) price will be available should not be more than that for which the old
(higher) price was available; and
(c) Comparisons should not be made with prices last offered more than six months
ago.
In some circumstances however comparisons with prices which do not accord with
these recommendations may be reasonable – for example in relation to perishable
goods or where there are a series of reductions; see paragraphs 1.2.9 and 1.2.11
below:
Example: Floater tyres were advertised before they were even in the country and had an RRP of £90 (IIRC) but were available at £60 "sale" price from day 1. In fact I doubt anyone ever paid £90 for them. Given they are an On One only product so the RRP is set by them, that's completely false advertising.cp - Member
I thought the definition was that an item had to have been sold for at least 28 days per year at the higher price - which I do think they probably comply with...
FWIW CRC are just as guilty with their own (Hotlines) brands.
Example: Floater tyres were advertised before they were even in the country and had an RRP of £90 (IIRC) but were available at £60 "sale" price from day 1. In fact I doubt anyone ever paid £90 for them. Given they are an On One only product so the RRP is set by them, that's completely false advertising.FWIW CRC are just as guilty with their own (Hotlines) brands.
As are Halfords, SCS, DFS, Ford, Mercedes, and just about everyone else...
At least they put prices on their emails so you can quickly scan against your memory bank of reasonable net prices for the one or two items that may be of interest at some point, and delete.
Unlike CRC with their latest weekly round of tat on their Black Friday emails.
2016 gopping Cube hardtail, 27% off RRP. So?
No prices? GTFO
Got stuff in basket but website won't open basket page.....
The big multiple stores are VERY careful to follow the letter of the law, I know because I used to work for them. As they have a higher profile they tend to get taken to task more often by customers so it'd be difficult to get away with it.
However "price establishment" is common. Go into any DFS or similar and they'll have some very expensive sofas around, maybe at the back of the store. No one will buy them (and if they do huge profits!) but they are put on display for 28days then reduced.
Not all the stores have to do it as it has to be a certain percentage of stores that have to stock it at the higher price. We used to get strict instructions to have x on sale from a certain date OR ELSE!
Bit more complex nowadays with the internet but it should be easy to track PX as they are essential one store.
They should keep records of what each item has been priced at for historically so they can prove they are complying.
Smaller stores or one man bands tend to get away with dodgy pricing as they just aren't in the spotlight as much.
If anyone genuinely thinks that PX aren't following the rules then report them to trading standards, we used to get them in our store occasionally to audit our pricing and they are very thorough.
Just about every retaill outlet plays this game. I own 2 O-o bikes. A fatty trail and built up a red 456 frame years ago. No complaints with either. If I had to bleat , it would be about the price of postage. If you aren't happy with the price/customer service etc - go elsewhere. Simples. 🙂
It's a bit of a sweeping statement to say every retail outlet plays the game. And certainly virtually no one else in the bike game fiddles with their pricing and tries to con the consumer as much. Del Boy would be proud of Planet-X pricing strategy.
Thought about a spare pair of tubs but I'd only save a fiver total since they're now £15 more expensive each.
Bear in mind that the endofworld discount is just that. It's a discount not a sale. So they're not offering specific items cheaper than before, they're saying 'Buy some stuff and we'll knock 25% off'
That may or may not be different to saying 'This item is cheaper than before'.
As has been said though - 27.5 and 29 Parkwood frames at £99 and Fatty Trail at £119 before discount so not all bad. You have to search for them though as they don't pull up in the frame drop down.
I have had some great stuff from on one over the years - all cheap as chips. You just need to have your wits about you and decide when you are happy with a price (as they always seem to go up again).
No, others don't play a game
Partly because it's about integrity and trust in their brand. Not withstanding it's illegal.
Is it illegal though? The doc I linked to was 'guidelines' with vague definitions of how long things should be discounted/full price for.
If you don't like their practice and begrudge them for that then clearly you're not their target market, but evidently plenty of people are happy to use them.
Got stuff in basket but website won't open basket page.....
I had that problem with Firefox.
Fixed it by not buying anything.
mine took a while to go into the checkout too. Both on Firefox and IE.
probably load on their server, it does get better randomly through the day.
Where's sq4327834278234 when we need them?
They'd straighten us out on the p-x pricing policy v the law in no time.
This made me laugh, it's from the latest PX mailshot.
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Says it all really 🙄
^ 😆
Yep that's a good one. Some of there stuff is silly cheap right enough, but as someone said above best treated as a second hand purchase and if it still seems good then go for it.
sq4327834278234
Waking up probably
I'm doing Saturday morning , dad/daughter stuff. Bacon sarnies, couple of episodes of adventure time...
My preference is to buy from a retailer who holds their price, but when you are writing million dollar cheques to suppliers every month cash flow is king. So pricing becomes a game.
We are correcting long term pricing on most products now, re dollar FX, so frames are as cheap as they're likely to be outside of a ltd availability end of line sale.
There's loads of really inexpensive stuff online now, we've just cleared out Fishers end of line and rockshox spares and there's more to come. If you're making a big purchase, use an online price tracker and see where its been for the last 6 months.
There's nothing i particularly need but if these guys had what i wanted at a reasonable price then i'd buy from them.
I understand the quality/wrong item sent gripes but the pricing??? Do people always want the cheapest price? I would rather pay a few £s over to keep it local (UK) or get the colour i want - sometimes the cheapest is some shite enduro colourwaaay. As for the folk who are watching the prices for a few weeks before buying, is there something wrong with you? Just buy it if you are happy with the price. Holding off on something (relatively inexpensive) to see if you can save a few pounds, then crying that the price has gone up is a dick move. Dicks! 😀
couple of episodes of adventure time.
Quality show that 😀
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Everyone wants everything cheap, personally i'm more than prepared to pay a little extra for 'now'
Got stuff in basket but website won't open basket page.....
I had that problem with Firefox.
Fixed it by not buying anything.
Still not loading, maybe the internet is trying to tell me something :-l
It's not that the price has gone up, its that they put the prices up to immediately do another "special offer, it's amazing be quick!" but the price is actually more than it was 24hrs previously.
Adventure Time
Is absolutely brilliant
we've just cleared out Fishers end of line and [b]rockshox spares[/b]
its such a tiny market outside of service centres though surely?
Amazon do plenty of Fisher stuff, but even at 80% off, who wants a 26" recon silver csu?
i get that selling the 5% that people want clears the cost of the remaining 95% , but I've been to the warehouses sales and there is still 26" 1" threaded forks knocking about, how long have they been there? 10-15 years?