Thursday, December 25

Why Argos is a rip off

There was just an advert on TV for the Argos end of catalogue sale. It was advertising half price on several electrical items, which at first seems great.

Thing is, prices on electricals are always coming down anyway, so when an Argos catalogue is released the prices are only reasonable very briefly, then the prices everywhere else get cheaper - but the argos catalogue stays the same - and by the end of a catalogue season their prices are way above current market value.

Cue the half price sale, which they pass off as a clearance of stock from the old catalogue, but actually all they're doing is selling stuff for what it is now worth. Then they release the new catalogue, and this is the real joke, because they sell all the same stuff, at the same prices they were on special offer at the previous week!

Rip. Off.

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