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Chainstores dupe bargain hunting shoppers

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At the end of every month all the chain stores send out their glossy ads with all the bargains on offer, and in most cases more than half of the items are out of stock within a day of the start of the special offer period.

With Checkers it was a twin pack detergent and Woolworths it was coffee.

Then I ask myself if this is not a deliberate strategy employed by these stores that forces you to make a second trip to get the item you came for in the first place ,and hopefully on both occasions if you did not get what you came for you will tempted into buying something else you did not intend buying in the first place.

Petrol costs a fortune these days so it is a waste of time and money to make two trips for one item.

Regards

Penny Pincher

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  1. An emailed comment:

    I was unable to leave a comment under this particular article on your website. I wanted to say the following:

    I have weekly arguments with various stores, Checkers, Pick ‘n Pay, Clicks, etc. about similar experiences. Many excuses are given & most give rain checks which involves one having to visit again & waste petrol, if you are lucky enough if they ever get back to you to let you know the product is available. Invariably you then also buy other items & the only winners are the stores themselves. What should be put in place by consumer legislation is that the store should have to deliver it to your doorstep when it arrives. Of course if you use credit card facilities this presents further problems. I am of the opinion that hell will freeze over before such legislation sees the light of day.

    Regards.

    Mike Boyley