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Re: On sale or not n sale
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lugnet.lego
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Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:48:35 GMT
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Jake McKee wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Thomas Andersen wrote:
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> > It is an illegal pratice in Denmark to say something is on sale whe
> > the price is not reduced compared to the price of the same product
> > earlyer, and therefore I advice you to stop indicating that this
> > (and other) sets is on sale when it in deed "only" is a reduced
> > bundle price.
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> To be clear, there is NOT a new product involved here. All 7 sets are
> the exact same things you can buy separately. There is no new
> packaging, there is no new product design.
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> I think we are probably debating minor semantics, really. S@H took a
> series of products selling at a certain price, put them together and
> lowered the price. That's a sale. The lower price means it's a sale
> price.
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> The fact that this "item" has a new "product" number is simply the
> nature of selling online - everything needs to be able to be
> referenced in some way.
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> I guess I'm just not clear on why on sale and bundle price aren't the
> same thing. To reduce something in price, regardless of method of
> reduction, is (at least in my personal definition) a "sale".
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> Maybe we're suffering from simple language differences, I'm not sure.
> But rest assured, I have passed this issue along to the S@H EU team
> and they are clear on your concerns.
Yes, I'm sure there is a language difference, but here in Sweden it's just
like in Denmark:
You are not allowed to say "on sale" unless you are selling a product that
has been sold before at a higher price (The 'normal' price). The "on sale"
price should be temporary, it may not exist forever. A "sale" is a temporary
thing, at a temporary lower price. If you are *always* selling the product
at the "sale" price, you are *not* allowed to call it "on sale".
The fact that you have a bundle of sets selling at a lower price than the
sum of the individual sets does not make it "on sale", it's rather a "volume
discount".
Please note that Thomas is only warning you that the expression on the S@H
site might well break the consumer laws in certain countries, I don't think
he (or anyone else) is protesting about the price itself.
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm
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| (...) So to makes sure I understand, you concern is ONLY the use of the words "on sale" rather than "special bundle price"? (...) To be clear, there is NOT a new product involved here. All 7 sets are the exact same things you can buy separately. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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