chinamon Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 so... i know some of you might be saying "but china, you are chinese so why are you asking US for help with math?"i was looking at alfakheronline.com and they've been having a sale on 50g shisha for quite some time now but i just noticed something wrong with their math.buy 5, get 3 free for $14.75buy 10, get 10 free for $29.50buy 20, get 25 free for $59.00now... if they sell each 50g pack for $2.50 then shouldnt the promotional price be based on that?buying 5 packs is $12.50 so why are they charging $14.75 for that first promo package?buying 10 packs is $25.00 and buying 20 packs is $50.how did they come up with this pricing?dont get me wrong, i am not complaining about their price because that is still a very good deal.but what bugs me is they advertise a certain thing but charge more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 oh wait.. nevermind.they base their pricing on the "original price" of $2.95 per package.but can they technically do that even though you cannot buy them for $2.95 on their website because they charge $2.50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezter6 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 What do you mean by "can they technically do that" ?? They can sell their product for whatever price they want...A deal is still a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (jezter6 @ Sep 24 2008, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What do you mean by "can they technically do that" ?? They can sell their product for whatever price they want...A deal is still a deal.i know they can sell a product for whatever price they want.i mean... they SELL the product for $2.50 (but say the original price is $2.95)..but they ADVERTISE the promo as buy so many and get so many free... but shouldnt the buy price reflect their SELLING price of $2.50 rather than the "original price"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezter6 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Short answer - no.Long answer - no. Everything you see online/tv/whatever is based on the standard price before any sales or discounts. If the standard price is 2.95 then all the discounts are going to reflect that.Much like walking into a car dealer. I saw an ad on tv that says "$7500 off" and in fine print "$7500 off MSRP"So if you walk in and the the price tag on the car is already $5k under the MSRP - you think they're going to give you the full $7500 off that price? No way.It's a sad, but legal way of claiming your big discount.Let me put this another way - if all other items are based on the current price point of one item - can you imagine how many price edits you have to make every time you change the sale price of that master item? Ok - so one day it's 2.95 a box, so they work out all the deals, then next week they throw a 10% off sale, so then they've gotta mark down all the other items because the main box is 10% off, then back up to regular price -- that's a hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (jezter6 @ Sep 24 2008, 06:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Short answer - no.Long answer - no. Everything you see online/tv/whatever is based on the standard price before any sales or discounts. If the standard price is 2.95 then all the discounts are going to reflect that.Much like walking into a car dealer. I saw an ad on tv that says "$7500 off" and in fine print "$7500 off MSRP"So if you walk in and the the price tag on the car is already $5k under the MSRP - you think they're going to give you the full $7500 off that price? No way.It's a sad, but legal way of claiming your big discount.ahh ok. i didnt know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (chinamon @ Sep 24 2008, 09:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (jezter6 @ Sep 24 2008, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What do you mean by "can they technically do that" ?? They can sell their product for whatever price they want...A deal is still a deal.i know they can sell a product for whatever price they want.i mean... they SELL the product for $2.50 (but say the original price is $2.95)..but they ADVERTISE the promo as buy so many and get so many free... but shouldnt the buy price reflect their SELLING price of $2.50 rather than the "original price"?Welcome to advertising, where essentially you can fib your way to a "special". This also isn't some some huge newspaper print ad or anything close to it, so they can do whatever they want w/o much concern.You should probably just decide if the "special" is good enough for you or not, instead of trying to dissect it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (rigor @ Sep 24 2008, 06:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should probably just decide if the "special" is good enough for you or not, instead of trying to dissect it so much.this special is definitely good enough and i want to order but winter is coming up so i will wait until spring.i was just curious about the logic behind the sale pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahwahoo2006 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Yup, its all about the MSRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterjmag Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Either way, I think it's still a damn good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 QUOTE (peterjmag @ Sep 24 2008, 10:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Either way, I think it's still a damn good deal.definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad_wannabe Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 They call it RRP (Retail Recommended Price) in UK, welcome to the official legalalised world of theifs where companies rip you off legally eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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