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Well that's all I paid for it anyways!
LOL!
Good luck to anyone else trying to find that bargain of the year!!!
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Was going round town with the misses and her cousin+daughter. Went into WHSmiths, so thought I'd have a look for that Zelda bonus disk, see if it was about (even though I don't think I'll buy it anyways as tbh I can't see the point!). Anyways, was looking at the Cube games and at the front of a row was F-Zero with a £16.99 price sticker on it. I looked at it, and had a glance at all the other games aroudn. Nope, everything else was priced £39.99! Thought this was strange. You know in Smiths all the games are in those plastic boxes? Well so was this. I could see the price on the inside said £39.99 as did every other copy of F-Zero, but on the 'outside' was a little sticker saying £16.99! Picked the game up, had a look aroud and spotted a employee helping some kid try to find a copy of Need For Speed Undergroud on Cube.
I asked her "This has a price sticker on it saying 16.99! All the other copies don't, so is this actually 16.99?"
reply "It will probably scan through at the till to be £39.99 but if you say there's a price label showing £16.99 they will have to sell me it for that price."
This is a myth within the consumer rights! I've been in shops before where the wrong sticker has been on, and you get to the till and they just tell you to bog-off, and charge you the right price.
Anyways, decided to try my luck at the till. Handed it over saying there was this price sticker on, so how much is it. Scanned through to be £39.99 I said, some sales assistant over their said it would scan through to be £39.99 but as there's a sticker on it saying £16.99 it would have to be sold for that price. Sales person wasn't entirely sure, so quickly asked the person next to her who said ring some other person. She did and was told she would have to override the price to be the £16.99
mwahahahahah! So I got a brand new copy of F-Zero GX for only £16.99!
I am happy!
:D
LOL!
Good luck to anyone else trying to find that bargain of the year!!!
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Was going round town with the misses and her cousin+daughter. Went into WHSmiths, so thought I'd have a look for that Zelda bonus disk, see if it was about (even though I don't think I'll buy it anyways as tbh I can't see the point!). Anyways, was looking at the Cube games and at the front of a row was F-Zero with a £16.99 price sticker on it. I looked at it, and had a glance at all the other games aroudn. Nope, everything else was priced £39.99! Thought this was strange. You know in Smiths all the games are in those plastic boxes? Well so was this. I could see the price on the inside said £39.99 as did every other copy of F-Zero, but on the 'outside' was a little sticker saying £16.99! Picked the game up, had a look aroud and spotted a employee helping some kid try to find a copy of Need For Speed Undergroud on Cube.
I asked her "This has a price sticker on it saying 16.99! All the other copies don't, so is this actually 16.99?"
reply "It will probably scan through at the till to be £39.99 but if you say there's a price label showing £16.99 they will have to sell me it for that price."
This is a myth within the consumer rights! I've been in shops before where the wrong sticker has been on, and you get to the till and they just tell you to bog-off, and charge you the right price.
Anyways, decided to try my luck at the till. Handed it over saying there was this price sticker on, so how much is it. Scanned through to be £39.99 I said, some sales assistant over their said it would scan through to be £39.99 but as there's a sticker on it saying £16.99 it would have to be sold for that price. Sales person wasn't entirely sure, so quickly asked the person next to her who said ring some other person. She did and was told she would have to override the price to be the £16.99
mwahahahahah! So I got a brand new copy of F-Zero GX for only £16.99!
I am happy!
:D
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Well that's all I paid for it anyways!
LOL!
Good luck to anyone else trying to find that bargain of the year!!!
...
Was going round town with the misses and her cousin+daughter. Went into WHSmiths, so thought I'd have a look for that Zelda bonus disk, see if it was about (even though I don't think I'll buy it anyways as tbh I can't see the point!). Anyways, was looking at the Cube games and at the front of a row was F-Zero with a £16.99 price sticker on it. I looked at it, and had a glance at all the other games aroudn. Nope, everything else was priced £39.99! Thought this was strange. You know in Smiths all the games are in those plastic boxes? Well so was this. I could see the price on the inside said £39.99 as did every other copy of F-Zero, but on the 'outside' was a little sticker saying £16.99! Picked the game up, had a look aroud and spotted a employee helping some kid try to find a copy of Need For Speed Undergroud on Cube.
I asked her "This has a price sticker on it saying 16.99! All the other copies don't, so is this actually 16.99?"
reply "It will probably scan through at the till to be £39.99 but if you say there's a price label showing £16.99 they will have to sell me it for that price."
This is a myth within the consumer rights! I've been in shops before where the wrong sticker has been on, and you get to the till and they just tell you to bog-off, and charge you the right price.
Anyways, decided to try my luck at the till. Handed it over saying there was this price sticker on, so how much is it. Scanned through to be £39.99 I said, some sales assistant over their said it would scan through to be £39.99 but as there's a sticker on it saying £16.99 it would have to be sold for that price. Sales person wasn't entirely sure, so quickly asked the person next to her who said ring some other person. She did and was told she would have to override the price to be the £16.99
mwahahahahah! So I got a brand new copy of F-Zero GX for only £16.99!
I am happy!
:D
LOL!
Good luck to anyone else trying to find that bargain of the year!!!
...
Was going round town with the misses and her cousin+daughter. Went into WHSmiths, so thought I'd have a look for that Zelda bonus disk, see if it was about (even though I don't think I'll buy it anyways as tbh I can't see the point!). Anyways, was looking at the Cube games and at the front of a row was F-Zero with a £16.99 price sticker on it. I looked at it, and had a glance at all the other games aroudn. Nope, everything else was priced £39.99! Thought this was strange. You know in Smiths all the games are in those plastic boxes? Well so was this. I could see the price on the inside said £39.99 as did every other copy of F-Zero, but on the 'outside' was a little sticker saying £16.99! Picked the game up, had a look aroud and spotted a employee helping some kid try to find a copy of Need For Speed Undergroud on Cube.
I asked her "This has a price sticker on it saying 16.99! All the other copies don't, so is this actually 16.99?"
reply "It will probably scan through at the till to be £39.99 but if you say there's a price label showing £16.99 they will have to sell me it for that price."
This is a myth within the consumer rights! I've been in shops before where the wrong sticker has been on, and you get to the till and they just tell you to bog-off, and charge you the right price.
Anyways, decided to try my luck at the till. Handed it over saying there was this price sticker on, so how much is it. Scanned through to be £39.99 I said, some sales assistant over their said it would scan through to be £39.99 but as there's a sticker on it saying £16.99 it would have to be sold for that price. Sales person wasn't entirely sure, so quickly asked the person next to her who said ring some other person. She did and was told she would have to override the price to be the £16.99
mwahahahahah! So I got a brand new copy of F-Zero GX for only £16.99!
I am happy!
:D
It was me who changed the labels of FFV with F Zero X.
Once I was told by EB that a WWF Attitude would be £40.
It turned out to be £45 but because I'd pre-ordered it on the information of it being £40, they let me have it for that.
Even the other day, I overheard a Game salesperson telling someone that they were getting it cheaper because of a labelling error and that they had to legally sell it for the lower price.
I also overhead a McDonalds guy talking about how in another restaurant, a manager meant to do a £1.99 promotion but a typo meant it said .99.
So they ended up having to sell a load of meals for just 99p! :-D
It turned out to be £45 but because I'd pre-ordered it on the information of it being £40, they let me have it for that.
Even the other day, I overheard a Game salesperson telling someone that they were getting it cheaper because of a labelling error and that they had to legally sell it for the lower price.
I also overhead a McDonalds guy talking about how in another restaurant, a manager meant to do a £1.99 promotion but a typo meant it said .99.
So they ended up having to sell a load of meals for just 99p! :-D
Mind you, it doesn't work in good clothes shops. Me and a few others were in a Armani outlet just yesterday (there was a clothes sale on, selling last year's stuff), and mt friend saw a sweater for £40 (half price). But upon scanning, it came up as £105!!!! Needless to say, he chose not to buy it. It is essentially a piece of wool after all.
Pfft. I got worms 3D for £20 in erm a high street GAME shop the other day.
Best bargain ever was a £450 leather coat that I got for £45 by flirting with the sales assistant.
Best bargain ever was a £450 leather coat that I got for £45 by flirting with the sales assistant.
*jaw drops*
What, as she was inputting the price, you casually caressed her hand with a persuasive,
"Now, that's not necessary, is it?"
What, as she was inputting the price, you casually caressed her hand with a persuasive,
"Now, that's not necessary, is it?"
Not quite.
But people who work in retail are always amongst the best to hit on. A few years back when I was in the states I got hit on (note the other way around) by a district director of Toys R Us. Result? Free pre launch cube stuff. I was well stoked.
But people who work in retail are always amongst the best to hit on. A few years back when I was in the states I got hit on (note the other way around) by a district director of Toys R Us. Result? Free pre launch cube stuff. I was well stoked.
Well that's all very well for pilots, chief.
She didn't even know that at that point. Which goes to show you the benefit of an easy smile and a foreign accent.
I found Def Jam Vendetta for £9 in Gamestation. Went to buy it by apparently the sticker had been moved and banned me from the store.
So I went into *cough* GAME and picked it up for a tenner.
So I went into *cough* GAME and picked it up for a tenner.
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