Utterly, utterly pointless. Don't you think that if I was going to trawl around town or scour the web for the best possible price on a product, then I'D DO IT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, NOT AFTER!
Or do you think I'll buy some batteries from Argos and then:
1) think to myself "I wonder if they would have been cheaper at Dixons".
2) find out if they would have been cheaper at Dixons.
3) bother to go back to Argos with my receipt and demand the 5p difference.
Here's a fairly typical 'price promise' from Tesco:
Our Tesco VALUE price promise states that we will not be beaten on the price of our Value Brand products. We are so confident of our price position that we promise that, if a customer buys an equivalent product cheaper in another store within one mile of our store, we will refund the difference in price.
So not only do I have to find something cheaper within one mile of the store (where none of their competitors will be anyway), but even if I do find somewhere, there's no refund or compensation. All they'll do is charge me the same as the rival store as a one-off.
RIDICULOUS. NO-ONE BOTHERS DOING THIS SO STOP ADVERTISING IT!!!
2007-05-01 @ 10:47