projected pricing for I3?

Jaz666 · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:

Interesting..........

The law on "Was.... Now....." promoting is quite strict.
If a company advertises a product like this.....
Buy the new wizzy thing - Was 300 now only 150, save 150
It can only quote that "was price" if it was in effect for 28 days or more.

I think the key word to look at in that advert is RRP - Recommended Retail Price - there's nothing forcing retailers to stick to this figure.

If you've still got it, cut out the advert and keep it safe - we'll all see what the situation is in a few months.[/i]

OneArrow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 3

Still got the advert, I'll keep it with my i3 box. Says its available from all the usual stores: Dixons Group, Maplin, Halfords, Comet, Argos, Staples & Motorworld. So we'll just have to see...... Rolling Eyes

OneArrow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 24, 2005 Posts: 3

zogman · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:50 am Post subject:

anybody that has shopped in MFI or DFS etc knows that the RRP or MRP is a fantasy figure...
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Lester_Burnham · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 618

I kinda figure it like this: I was happy with the price of £199 - I thought the i3 was a bargain at that price - and I still do.

I bought mine only a week or so back, and within days I'd noticed Argos selling it at £179. I know on the day I bought mine (actually from a Dixons high street store) that Argos also sold them, and on that day for the same price £199 (which the Argos stock check unit mentioned was already a reduction in price, I think from £249). I'd decided to go to a Dixons, so that I could actually easily check the i3, and check it definitely had a 256 M transflash card - because still so many adverts just mentioned 128.

So within days of me buying mine, it was seemingly being sold for £20 cheaper. These things happen - that's the "price" ;-) you pay for buying fairly early. I honestly don't expect there can be much mileage for them getting any cheaper, and there are signs that many are going back to £199.

Either way, I'm happy, it was a fair price to pay, £20 is not much difference (I mean for sure, I would buy somewhere selling it for £20 cheaper at the time). Sure, I could feel slightly cheated that it's now available a little cheaper, but I've got one, now, and it's not such a huge amount.

Invariably these things always seem to come down in price, but there's a lower limit, too.

Skippy · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:

gottai3 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2005 Posts: 9

I bought an i3 yesterday from Maplins for £199.99

I returned it today under their 14 day return policy and bought the same unit from Argos for £169.99 and I got a £10 Argos voucher too. That's a saving of £40 and makes the i3 price effectively £159.99

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