Yeah, I am an irritated 42 year old "kid"
I am pissed and wanted to share my frustration and warn those who don't (as he said) "possess the mythical skill of common sense". I never meanta to get anyone here pissed at ME and TBH I still don't understand HOW I managed to push you that far...
Apologies non the less...
But let me try one last time to make it clear where I am coming from and if this still doesn't make it clear then I will concede that I am an idiot and you may rule the world
If the RRP is R10 and some place decides to sell it for R5, then the RRP hasnothing to do with them any more. THEIR price is R5. If they get it for cheap enough to still make a profit at R5 and they choose to do so then that is their choice. THEIR price is R5. If the RRP is R5 and then sell it for R25 and still get customers, again, THAT is their price and the RRP has nothing to do with them. A RRP is just that ... a "RECOMMENDED" retail price... Nobody is FORCING that price on anyone..! Every place decides for themselves how much markup they want to take and whatever price they choose to sell stuff at, THAT is their price... With me so far?
Can we at least agree on THAT much? the price you pay at EveTech is their price, just like the price you pay at Checkers is checker's price just like the price yo pay at Mr Price is Mr Price's price.... Doesn't matter if you are buying a gaming rig or a can of baked beans... the price they charge you in store is the store's price. Surely you can't argue that logic....
So when a place has a special I would assume the special would be on THEIR price. Wouldn't that make sense? When was the last time you walked into Checkers and saw a label saying: This coffee is 28% cheaper than the coffee at PnP? You take a discount on YOUR markup...
So when they say "Well, the recommended price is R1000 but our price is R600... how about we don't discount the item AT ALL? We can now call it a 40% discount! Yeah, let's do that!". Now if they can say "We won't change a single cent on any of the items we sell but still run a special telling people they are saving sooooooo much"... how does that sit right with anyone?
THAT is my gripe, is all. A discount is on YOUR price... not on "what our price should/could/would have been". THAT simple. So again, why that upset anyone as much/little as it did... I don't get it... (shrugs).
Still apologies again for causing the upset, non the less.