why do people say 30% off when they mean retail?

[cubswin]

Been looking for a schon for a friend of mine the last couple of weeks. Can't count the number of people who have pm'd me that they get 10, 20, even 40% off pricing over retail. My question is that actual retail, or what the schon site says. The only place that has the higher prices is schon's actual site, everyone else has the actual retail prices. No one has yet said its off of the actual retail price.

Just find it annoying, wish I could just get a price without all the bs. Only one guy has done that, and when we order he gets it even if he may be 10 bucks over the others.

Anyone else find this annoying?

 

[manwon]

Been looking for a schon for a friend of mine the last couple of weeks. Can't count the number of people who have pm'd me that they get 10, 20, even 40% off pricing over retail. My question is that actual retail, or what the schon site says. The only place that has the higher prices is schon's actual site, everyone else has the actual retail prices. No one has yet said its off of the actual retail price.

Just find it annoying, wish I could just get a price without all the bs. Only one guy has done that, and when we order he gets it even if he may be 10 bucks over the others.

Anyone else find this annoying?

I certainly do, I think the real problem is all the INTERNET Store that do all their Business on Line. These folks are limited to what they can advertise for discounts openly to the public. But, behind a closed door or on the phone their prices get even better. Now this is business, and certainly people should do what ever they need to to make a buck. But these same people are always buying their products direct from the maker. They are in fact buying from Stering, Cue and Case, J&J, Imperial and many others so their discount is not based on the manufacturers price. It is based on a wholesalers prices and when these people quote a price their discount is based upon the wholesalers price not the maker price.

The reason they do this is because many of these people would not qualify as a dealer because they do not have a real store front. Another reason is because the wholesaler can buy larger quantities and give them a better price than the maker. Either way like you have said the customer is getting a run around and really not getting the deal they thought they were. The next problem with these type of sales, is in many cases in a warranty situation you will have to jump through hoops to get these people to correct the problem and it will also take a great deal of time.

All I can say is I have watched this for years, but, I can not say that I really feel the pain others do. Because when something looks to good to be real it most likely is not as good as it appears, and something must be sacrificed, and many times it is service after the sale.

Have a good night!!!!!!!

 

[Fast Lenny]

IMO i would look for a steal on Ebay or perhaps here,i have seen some nice ones that would probably cost $1200 or so from a retailer go for $700 or so on there.Im waiting to get my hands on a Schon one of these days,im just waiting to get a steal on one.

 

[masonh]

i have a freind who can get the stuff that JJ has at wholesale.if they have it on theri website or in their catalog,Pm me and i can get it for you.

 

[cubswin]

i have a freind who can get the stuff that JJ has at wholesale.if they have it on theri website or in their catalog,Pm me and i can get it for you.

I've all set, though thanks for the offer Mason.

 

[JoeyInCali]

I used to work for a department store.
The week before the sale, we'd bring out these new towels with bloated price tags.
Then the day of the sale we put a blah blah % off tag price.
After the sale, we take our price guns and red tag over the bloated tag price.

Then you also have these cuemakers who have dealers but sell their cues at a discount rate to anyone who walks into their shop.
Not good.

As far as these no store dealers cut throating Schon, pfft.

 

[hang-the-9]

I used to work for a department store.
The week before the sale, we'd bring out these new towels with bloated price tags.
Then the day of the sale we put a blah blah % off tag price.
After the sale, we take our price guns and red tag over the bloated tag price.

Then you also have these cuemakers who have dealers but sell their cues at a discount rate to anyone who walks into their shop.
Not good.

As far as these no store dealers cut throating Schon, pfft.

That price change is pretty common in places, there are laws in MA, and I'm sure in other states, that say for a sale price to be advertised, you must have had the old price in place for a number of weeks or months. A work friend used to be a store manager for some big companies (Circuit City and Marshalls, some others) and he told me companies got fined in MA when they moved in and tried that type of stuff.

It's tough to find out what the best price is on anything in a free market, but you can get a good price if you look enough.

 

[JoeyInCali]

That price change is pretty common in places, there are laws in MA, and I'm sure in other states, that say for a sale price to be advertised, you must have had the old price in place for a number of weeks or months. A work friend used to be a store manager for some big companies (Circuit City and Marshalls, some others) and he told me companies got fined in MA when they moved in and tried that type of stuff.

It's tough to find out what the best price is on anything in a free market, but you can get a good price if you look enough.

That's true.
But Sears got away with it for years b/c they have house brands.
Meaning they could display some tv's overpriced for weeks then put them on "sale" after the time elapsed.