5 ways to distinguish real from fake Christmas discounts
Purchases / / December 19, 2019
During the New Year sales at high risk to stumble upon a false action - when the seller at first very inflated price, then crossed it and put a discount. At best, you buy goods at neaktsionnoy price, and at worst - will pay even more than the item cost before. Here's what to do to make this not happen.
1. Record price in advance
If you have been looking to buy some merchandise and special waiting for Christmas sales, better lock it now price: write, take a screenshot or just remember. And when the action will begin, compare it with the newness.
Those who are planning to buy on Aliexpress, remember the price does not need to advance. Simply install the extension into your browser, which shows the dynamics of prices in recent years. Such extensions several: AliTools, AliPrice, AliTrack.
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They work simply: after installing directly on the product page on AliExpress create a window to schedule price changes.
Some extensions also show Seller Ratings charged product reviews, let alone subscribe to and watch when the prices will fall. Thus easier not to miss the Christmas sale and buy low-quality thing.
2. Compare prices in different stores
It is unlikely that all sellers at once decide to arrange a fake shares on the same products. Therefore, if you see the thing at a discount, just look for it in other online stores. You will surely find several sites where the shares of the goods will not be - it will help to see the real value. If the discount price is about the same everywhere, the action is likely to present.
Prices can be compared manually, but it is more convenient to do it with the extension "Yandex. adviser». It will show the price at different stores right on the product page and let you know if somewhere there is a more cost-effective.
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Note that the "Advisor" sometimes shows a more favorable price in the shops of town. If you do not want to pay for shipping and waiting, select retail outlets just next to the house.
In addition to the expansion of Yandex have more price aggregators - websites that collected the price of different online stores. You can search for products, compare the price and even order directly. The most popular of these resources: Price, «Yandex. Market», Goods, «Goods @ Mail. Ru».
3. See prices on the manufacturer's website
Usually inflate prices before a sellout love shopping. Manufacturers, especially foreign ones, or make real discounts or do not hold shares in general. Therefore, if you are looking for a product known brandWiser to just go to his website and see the official value of the goods. Sometimes there are also directly write about Christmas sales - then the discount stores are likely to be present.
This method does not work for 100%: Store may still inflate the price or give a real discount, even without action by the manufacturer. But as an additional verification visit the official website does not hurt.
4. Carefully examine the price tags
If you buy not on the Internet, but in the real store, available to you another way to verify - price tags. They are typically printed from a single base, and if the value of it will be forgotten lift, you can see a funny picture: the price of 12 999 rubles struck-through and new discount is 14 999 rubles. Of course, such errors are rare, but in small numbers on the price tags still better to look more closely.
If a struck-through cost of everything is in order, do not weaken the vigilance. Sometimes a new price list with the action glue directly on top of the old, and the first amount of shine. It is enough to take a closer look, and you can see the real price of the product, which sometimes turns out to be lower than promotional.
5. Estimate the size of discounts
Big discount pleasing to the eye, but you need to be realistic: cost reduction by 80-90% is hardly profitable for the store. no one wants to work at a loss, so before you put a huge discount, the seller is likely to raise the price by at least 50%, or even more. Especially often do with low-cost goods, a manifold increase in the prices of which are not so noticeable.
Generally, 80-90% discounts on New Year's sales occur. They are usually put on branded clothes that went out of fashion. Most of these stocks suit in Europe, but sometimes they can be found in Russian stores of major brands. High prices for designer clothes associated just with the fashion, and not to the cost of production, so that in this area manufacturers can afford huge discounts. But here's a smartphone or a laptop is initially expensive to manufacture, so that at a discount of 80-90% no one will sell.
Check list
- Record price in advance.
- Compare prices at different stores.
- Clarify whether there is a discount on the manufacturer's website.
- Pay attention to price tags in the offline stores.
- Do not believe in discounts of 80-90% on products that do not go out of fashion.
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