Paul's Warehouse, how do they get away with charging more for buy one get one free?

rekabkram on 14/09/2013 - 13:12

I have been looking at some Nike runners (been searching since I saw that Choice counterfeit page…) and I stumbled across Paul's Warehouse as a place where they are being sold fairly cheaply.

Can't find a pair that I really like but I did find these that would be acceptable, http://www.paulswarehouse.com.au/b/0-55290/MENS-RUNNING/Nike…

But then when I clicked on the page I was dumbfounded by how they are getting away with their advertising prices. How can you claim to have a buy one get one free sale when you are charging $30 above your normal price?

Still it's not a bad offer given that you can get a equal or less priced pair of shoes for just $30, I just can't get over the wording.

Single pair price - $69.99 ——- Buy one get one free price* - $99.99

Now before anyone say's they are offering a discounted price for the single pair and full price if you want to do a buy one get one free, I just don't understand how they can get away with it. Surely when your normal price is $69.99 and you want do a buy one get one free sale you need to either half the price of both of the items or offer the lowest price item as free and the highest priced item (in this case a pair of $69.99 shoes) for the price that the store normally sells them for.

While I realize that this is a bit of a senseless rant I wanted to see if I was alone in thinking that they are misleading customers with their sales or if I'm over reacting to what they would argue (even though this is their standard price and not a sale price) that it is two separate promotions.

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Comments

  • WalterPPK on 14/09/2013 - 18:37
    +1

    I think this calls for one of the fake mustachios from last week. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/115871

    Buy one get one free total: $169.98

    Buy one, walk out, put on moustache, go back in and buy another. Price: $140.93

    Honestly, it is pretty misleading to promise BOGOF … but you have to pay more.

    • voteoften on 14/09/2013 - 19:21

      I think the BOGOF tptal would be $99.99, plus maybe shipping.

  • Sick of This on 15/09/2013 - 15:58
    +1

    Sounds dodgy to me, you should make a complaint. I don't mean here.

  • conan2000 on 15/09/2013 - 22:17

    Why not just make a complaint to the regulator and not here? That's what I do when I see anything questionable.

  • grasstown on 16/09/2013 - 00:38

    That's dodgy

    I read Paul's sourced their brooks from a counterfeit sweatshop a few years ago. Brooks sued them over it too.

  • SirFlibbled on 16/09/2013 - 12:00

    Depends on how they word it.

    BOGOF might refer to the RRP price but they also maintain a discounted price.

    eg 'Buy one at full price get another free" or

    'Buy one get one free*

    • this offer is on full priced stock only. No discounted stock is included'

    In this case they have the two prices side by side. So essentially you have a price for one item or two. It's not misleading IMO.

  • DEvok on 16/09/2013 - 12:37

    You saying that Paul's sell bootlegs!?

  • rekabkram on 16/09/2013 - 13:02

    Not saying that Paul's shoes aren't genuine, I have heard before though that they've been in strife for selling some knockoffs (without their knowledge) and they've been in trouble for selling things from American liquidations when they aren't authorized to sell those products in Australia.

    I do get that they are running 2 separate promotions in 30% off for 1 pair of shoes or buy one get one free, but I was under the impression that under Australian consumer law that once a product has been at a price for a certain amount of time (2 months or so from memory) that the price is then considered to be their normal price so then how can you run a buy one get one free promo at a higher price than your standard price?

    I didn't to take it to a regulator or anything like that because I can see what they are trying to do in the two promotions, I'm just one of those people that will walk around Coles and gripe when I notice that they've put the wrong unit price on a ticket and so on. I was more curious to see if I was alone in being annoyed by this or if it was something that the ACCC or whoever the relevant body is should be made aware of.

    • SirFlibbled on 16/09/2013 - 19:36

      There was a case (iirc ACCC v Allens Music) which addressed this. Basically if they are advertising a 'was' price then that item needs to have been that price for a reasonable amount of time.

      But I don't think there's anything wrong with a dual pricing scheme like they'd done. I think if anything they could get intro trouble for being misleading for the reasons you've mentioned.

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