Moral Question..."working the system" to get sale prices.

[TitanDiddly]

Yes.

 

[hellfreeze]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin
Its not wrong. Its the stores policy - it was created to lure you into buying the other game in case they run out. In business - any sale is better than no sale.

he's got a point

morally, it may not be right...but let's look at it this way...

we are actually helping out the store. the store buys a game for (and i'm using general numbers, but actual) $20. they sell it on their shelves for $40. now they have this GTA deal, but PatboyX goes in and gets a game instead. now instead of PatboyX paying $40 for the game, he pays say $22-30 for the game or whatever he may pay. the store is still making profit. it's not like the store gets taxed from the manufacturer cuz they sell too much. if anything they would get an even lower price

so morally, sure, it may be right. but ethically or whatever the word is, it's perfectly ok. everyone is winning. the store is making less money off that product, but in turn they MIGHT sell more than they generally would by people doing this

do you REALLY think they didn't think of this when they made the policy? cmon, it's a ploy to get more items sold out of their store

Person comes in wants GTA --> GTA is not there (cuz they ordered in lower/same numbers when they intended to run the sale, instead of bigger bulk) --> they get discount for ENTIRE store --> they buy stuff they usually wouldn't buy but will buy now cuz they have a discount (this item may very well be something that costs over $200 or $500) --> store just made a smile/sale and smiles knowing the customer thinks they ripped off the store but in reality the store ripped them off

 

[PatboyX]

bump for the morning/work folks.

 

[Amused]

It is moral to negotiate any price on an item, so long as the seller agrees to the price and no deception occurs.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: Amused
It is moral to negotiate any price on an item, so long as the seller agrees to the price and no deception occurs.

would you consider it deceptive to go in and say "hey i want that!" knowing that they dont have it as a bargaining tactic?

 

[Ramma2]

According to the US justice system, yes it does.

And I'm all for it.

 

[Lithium381]

Thats right, stick it to the man!

 

[faZZter]

Nope, nothing wrong with using the store policy to get a good deal.

It is, as has been mentioned, THEIR policy. If they don't like the results of their policy then THEY can change it.

I guess pricematching is immoral next eh?

Maybe I shouldn't even buy a product that is on sale, because I don't want to take advantage of the store! LOL!!!