Six days ago purchased a double pack of electric toothbrushes from Sainsburys £140.00. Just found out Argos under the same roof and owned by Sainsburys have exactly the same product for £70.00. I have spoken to Sainsburys they don't want to know. So if you are shopping in either worth checking there are probably lots of items with different prices! If I had purchased them from Boots I could understand.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I assume you returned them and got the Argos ones. Good job you spotted it! You have to be careful in Sainsbury's. For example, buying two single kg of basmati rice is often cheaper than buying a 2kg packet. Some things I buy regularly often go up to a silly price for a couple of weeks and then go down again as a 'special offer'. That's when I buy enough to get me past the next hike.
It's always advisable to check comparative prices before making any major purchase..
One of my 'favourite' compare the unit price games is Jaffa Cakes in our local Co-op. They usually have 3 different size packs - single pack of 12, double pack of 20 and triple pack where the quantity varies. I've seen single packs on special at £1 per pack with the double pack at £2.40 right next to them. I've watched people put the doube pack in their baskets too.
Sadly used before we realised. OH was shieding during lockdown so a trip to Sainsburys is early am and a whistle stop tour. I have been in a supermarket three times since lockdown, some would be envious. I do need to concentrate more on what I am doing. The toothbrush is amazing but I wonder what Sainsburys profit was on that one item. Probably the most expensive thing there.
I do think that both companies need to get their act together, it is possible this could apply to hundreds of other items and I don't want others to add to Sainsburys profits.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
There's more sneaky dealing going on. My wife has just noticed that the net weight of a standard jar of coffee (well known leading brand) has been reduced from 100g to 95g. In very small print on the back of the jar.
And if they're not shrinking it then they're 'improving' the recipe by bulking it out with cheaper alternatives. 'Now with even more delicious palm oil and sugar!'.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We're cutting down on bad things by making it smaller
We've taken out a couple of ingredients so it's healthier so we'll charge more. It's the latest food fad so we'll up the price even though we haven't changed anything but the label
Take one out of the packet. Charge the same price but now you need to buy two packets so that everybody gets one.
Give pickled, jarred food a silly short use by date so that people will chuck out perfectly good food and buy some more.
Charge extortionate prices for batteries so that it makes more sense to buy a new phone. Ditto cease updates .
Sell plants in strangulation teabags. Punters will blame themselves or the weather for plant failures. Make a half decent product. Wait until customers recommend it to their friends and then make it with cheaper ingredients.
Try explaining to the cats that their pouches are now 85g instead of 100g yet the price has gone up! Not that they care about that bit too much, but I do!
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You have to be careful in Sainsbury's. For example, buying two single kg of basmati rice is often cheaper than buying a 2kg packet. Some things I buy regularly often go up to a silly price for a couple of weeks and then go down again as a 'special offer'. That's when I buy enough to get me past the next hike.
The toothbrush is amazing but I wonder what Sainsburys profit was on that one item. Probably the most expensive thing there.
I do think that both companies need to get their act together, it is possible this could apply to hundreds of other items and I don't want others to add to Sainsburys profits.
We're cutting down on bad things by making it smaller
We've taken out a couple of ingredients so it's healthier so we'll charge more.
It's the latest food fad so we'll up the price even though we haven't changed anything but the label
Take one out of the packet. Charge the same price but now you need to buy two packets so that everybody gets one.
Give pickled, jarred food a silly short use by date so that people will chuck out perfectly good food and buy some more.
Charge extortionate prices for batteries so that it makes more sense to buy a new phone. Ditto cease updates .
Sell plants in strangulation teabags. Punters will blame themselves or the weather for plant failures.
Make a half decent product. Wait until customers recommend it to their friends and then make it with cheaper ingredients.
Rant not over but you get the drift.