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Cogsinister
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 Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 10:34 am Post subject: Lidl Myguide 6500XL bundle, strange price jump.... |
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The bundle was on sale last week in the south west for £199
On Monday it is on sale in a different set of regions for a whopping £279 !!!
A claimed 70% price drop..
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050530.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL
I only paid £249 for mine last time it was on sale here in the south east...(minus the 30 quid i got back from lidl for the sd card)
Lets hope this is a pricing cock up. |
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Stumpy21
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:42 am Post subject: |
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I tried to get one last week for £199, but my store only had 4 so no luck.
I bet the stores will have plenty of stock at this price! |
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jwts
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Lidl Myguide 6500XL bundle, strange price jump.... |
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| Cogsinister wrote: | The bundle was on sale last week in the south west for £199
On Monday it is on sale in a different set of regions for a whopping £279 !!!
A claimed 70% price drop..
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050530.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL
I only paid £249 for mine last time it was on sale here in the south east...(minus the 30 quid i got back from lidl for the sd card)
Lets hope this is a pricing cock up. |
Their advertising copy writer has obviously got into a tangle. Its £70 off (the original price) not 70% off (that would be £104.70).
The Lidl price seems to go up and down like a yo-yo. Maybe they got a really good deal last December so sold for £249 but got the advertising wrong (said it was a 512M card instead of a 256M card) which cost them £30 per sale to sort out. Then they started again at £199 with the correct 256M card earlier this month but I suspect they were either on too thin a profit margin or they can't get the buying price they originally had. £279 is still cheaper than anyone else but not the cracking bargain the £199 figure was or the £249. I think it might come back to the £249 price in time but not the the £199.
At £199 they were underselling some other suppliers of this kit by £150 which must have hurt overall sales. Who's going to pay £299-£349 for something when they see it on sale elsewhere at £199 even if it is out-of-stock? Buyers will just wait until the bargain comes back into stock.
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antibt
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:56 am Post subject: |
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I wonder the £199 satnav they sold were 'retrns' of previous sale? 
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RussellS
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Hi antibt,
I bought one two weeks ago at £199 and it was not a return. The box was still sealed with no evidence of having been opened before. Everything inside was still in the propper packaging still sealed.
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itxweather
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: Re: Lidl Myguide 6500XL bundle, strange price jump.... |
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| jwts wrote: | | Cogsinister wrote: | The bundle was on sale last week in the south west for £199
On Monday it is on sale in a different set of regions for a whopping £279 !!!
A claimed 70% price drop..
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050530.p.My_Guide_Navigator_6500XL
I only paid £249 for mine last time it was on sale here in the south east...(minus the 30 quid i got back from lidl for the sd card)
Lets hope this is a pricing cock up. |
Their advertising copy writer has obviously got into a tangle. Its £70 off (the original price) not 70% off (that would be £104.70).
The Lidl price seems to go up and down like a yo-yo. Maybe they got a really good deal last December so sold for £249 but got the advertising wrong (said it was a 512M card instead of a 256M card) which cost them £30 per sale to sort out. Then they started again at £199 with the correct 256M card earlier this month but I suspect they were either on too thin a profit margin or they can't get the buying price they originally had. £279 is still cheaper than anyone else but not the cracking bargain the £199 figure was or the £249. I think it might come back to the £249 price in time but not the the £199.
At £199 they were underselling some other suppliers of this kit by £150 which must have hurt overall sales. Who's going to pay £299-£349 for something when they see it on sale elsewhere at £199 even if it is out-of-stock? Buyers will just wait until the bargain comes back into stock.
John. |
Hi John,
The Lidl price jump has got me confused. I'd spotted the Navigator 6500XL that was advertised for £199.00 but unfortunately my local store did not fall into the region that had these in stock. A week or so later and they're asking £279.00 for the Navigator 6500XL and claiming that it's £70.00 cheaper than what it was sold for last year. Any idea's whether or not there's additional accessories that are sold with the £279.00 version or are Lidl literally charging an additional £80.00 for an identical item they were selling a week or so ago to different regions?.
Cannot understand where they're getting the £70.00 saving from, particularly as they've seemingly sold the same kit for £199.00 :-(.
Can anyone work this one out?.
Thank you.
Best Regards.
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RussellS
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I've checked the list of what you get for £279 and it is exactly the same as the one I got for £199. Also, it was on sale a few months earlier for £249 in another region. I don't understand the price fluctuations either but all three seem to be the same pieces of kit with exactly the same accesories.
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itxweather
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| RussellS wrote: | I've checked the list of what you get for £279 and it is exactly the same as the one I got for £199. Also, it was on sale a few months earlier for £249 in another region. I don't understand the price fluctuations either but all three seem to be the same pieces of kit with exactly the same accesories.
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Hi Russell,
Thank you for your reply and for confirming that the 6500XL bundles appear to be exactly the same even though Lidl have advertised them for £199.00, £249.00 and £279.00 respectively. A little unfair all of these different prices imho. You obviously bought this kit at an absolute bargain price, surely they were losing money selling them for £199.00. Am not convinced that this is such a good buy anymore, cannot really justify paying an extra £80.00 for nothing extra having been bundled in.
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