I still don't get the point of people who don't agree with me
It's simple: X is Cloud9 price, Y = OUR price, Z = Sale price!
if they say you save 33% between X and Z then that is not a "special", that is a "price difference".
@PaladinLaw is contradicting himself in the very same defense he is trying to make.
They're not saying "Buy this at 30% less than some other place is selling it for"
they are just saying "Buy this at 30% less than the price that is not our price". If they are selling items at "list price" then they can claim that their sale price is "x% savings" but since their have "List price.... which some other places sell it for" and "our price that we sell it for" and "sale price"... you can't use a price that is not YOURS to calculate how much of a DISCOUNT you are giving people!
For them to be honest about their sale they need to advertise it as:
"Up to 50% cheaper than the recommended price that other places may or may not be charging"
Not:
"Up to 50% discount"
What you pay is more important than what you seemingly save. If the prices are comparatively good, which they mostly are, want it....buy it. Simple as that
I can back this philosophy and, to be honest, I bought my entire PC from them (minus the GPU) and the support I got from them was incredible back when I did... so I don't have a problem with their support (for one thing) and even though WootGave me such great service recently what I would gladly buy from them even if other places were a little bit cheaper, the problem here is that Eve is trying to treat us like idiots and THAT I take offense to!
I discovered a loooooong tie ago that places release promotional leaflets (like Game etc) but nowhere do they say it's a "sales" leaflet, just promotions... so lots of the stuff in there has big highlights and eye catching signs to show you the normal, everyday price. Fine, I look at it and check the prices and decide I want it or not. Their promotion of specific items worked or it didn't.... but at least they don't bulls**t me!
I just came from CubeBrush.com where a publisher I am following is having a 50% discount on all his models! Well, since I follow him I know that all his models cost $35 each but now, for the 50% sale they are marked up to $45 and THEN given a 50% discount. I just came from CubeBrush where I stopped following a publisher. I will never again spend a cent on that guy because he like to bull***t me.
I was comparing GPU prices last week and I saw Eve has a few GPUs that Woot can't compete with so I was considering breaking my "Woot, FTW" rule and buying the gpu from Eve... well to hell with that. Won't buy anything from Eve any more even if they were 90% cheaper than Woot... I would rather buy it from some place that imports it directly and then takes a 90% markup giving me a total of 50% over Eve's price rather than buying from them again... just because they treat me like an idiot.
If you want something and you go into a store that has a higher price and great service... or you go to a cheaper store and the sales staff says to you: Hallo, vetgat. Waarmee kan ek jou vet gat help vandag? or "Hey, ka***er, wat soek jy?" or "Hi there towel head, want a good deal?"... which one would you give your money to? The oen that takes more of your cash or the one that makes up for the cash difference by taking it out of your dignity?
It's business, people... It's my money and I can give it to anyone I want so if you want my money then make me want to give it to you.... treat me like an idiot and watch me look you in the eye with a smile on my face while I take out more and hand it all to the guy next to you
@chriswp Your point about the saving on the product page, that is a valid one. If they are saying their price is x% cheaper than the list price and you are thus saving x% over the list price, that is a fair point to make and something worth knowing (as long as the list price can be proven)... The problem comes in when they say they are having a SALE (!) and then they give you R30 off on the PC case's normal price and still say it's a 22% saving". Don't make that claim on your SALES page! Do that on a promotion page like on the product's page... If you are going to have a sale and advertise how much you are saving, say how much you are paying LESS than what you normally would.... in this case, you are saving R30, not R200. Yesterday and tomorrow it will be at 22% discount like the rest of the year that it is on sale for (every single day of the year) as opposed to the 22.2% that it is today... If you are saving 0.02% then say "During this UP TO 50% discount we are giving you 0.02% discount on our price that is 22% cheaper than the recommended price all year round... For today only it is 0.02% cheaper than the price that absolutely nobody in this entire country is charging!"