Poor value...
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Topic: Poor value...
Posted By: alstorer
Subject: Poor value...
Date Posted: 29 Mar 10 at 8:50pm
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http://www.purplemarine.com/Product.aspx?ProductCode=CA-94138 - Casio Sea Pathfinder. On "special offer" at Purple- "Reduced to £19.99" from over £30 .
http://www.andark.co.uk/casio/sea-pathfinder-sps-300c-iver/ - At Andark, £29.99 http://shop.pinbax.com/index.asp?selection=detailed&uid=33160&itemtitle=Casio%20Sea%204 - P&B, £27.50 http://www.tridentuk.com/sailing/product-Casio_Sea_Pathinder_Watch-CASPS_300C_1VER.html - Trident, £24.95 http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2516585/Trail/searchtext%3ECASIO+SEA+PATHFINDER.htm - The exact same watch. £19.99 at Argos. Available from your nearby high street or retail park Seriously, marine industry, wake up. I appreciate that Argos have economies of scale. But this is ridiculous. I just replaced mine (I was going to anyway, as I'd destroyed the strap, and I'm not paying to replace the strap of a twenty quid watch) as just lost my last one- it's a damn good watch for the price you pay. I'd have bought it from a marine retailer if by doing so I wouldn't have been pointlessly ripping myself off. ------------- -_ Al |
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Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 29 Mar 10 at 9:14pm
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My wife lost her watch at the weekend as well and has just
bought this one... if you want to save even more! http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2772446/Tr ail/searchtext%3ECASIO+SPORT+WATCH.htm Ian |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 8:34am
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It gets worse though- on the Purple Tuesday email in my inbox & news piece on this site the watch is advertised as being £19.95, but if you click on it, it is £19.99. A tiny difference, but still potentially breaking consumer law, no? ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 9:10am
Welcome to the world of bulk purchaser discounts... I would not be suprised if Argos are selling at a fair sized profit at a lower price that most sailboat shops can buy at... |
Posted By: Barty
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 12:31pm
If anyone wants a 330mm x 20mm basic (no d-ring) velcro strap as a replacement I am still selling some on ebay for 99p each! Just search for velcro watch strap 330mm and you should find them. Longer than normal straps so go round drysuits better  ------------- http://www.highlandtopper.com - For Topper boats & spares in Scotland-highlandtopper.com |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 12:44pm
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Think mine was less than £15 delivered (from a shop with warranty) from eBay... I would still class that as poor value though as (IMO) they're ugly, complicated and fragile. As soon as someone can assure me that Optimum Time has sorted out the quality of their watches I'll buy another of them... from Ronstan. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Captain Morgan
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 1:24pm
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I got my Casio Sea Pathfinder watch back in 2005 (maybe from Argos)... I'm pretty certain that I paid £25 for it then. I guess that not everything has gone up! |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 30 Mar 10 at 11:34pm
Are you "THE" Matt Jackson, ex-Everton toggerist and FA Cup winner? *sends hugs to a man responsible for making 1995 one of my best years ever* ------------- |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 31 Mar 10 at 1:12pm
Yes I am "THE" Matt Jackson... just not the one you are thinking of. I (or more correctly my parents) claimed the name 2 years before him. I'm not a Touring car/motorbike or aircraft racer either. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 31 Mar 10 at 5:31pm
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I've often had occasion to curse the Consumers' Association (Which?) and their campaign to abolish Retail Price Maintenance all those years ago. In those days, competition was confined to the manufacturers/importers, and the retail trade and we punters could relax. You could buy from wherever was most convenient, safe in the knowlegde it would be no cheaper round the corner.; nowadays every significant purchase involves trawling round for the best deal, then all the hassles of mail order ("Sorry, you were out", returns policy etc.) ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 31 Mar 10 at 6:46pm
It does depress me that I have to chgange insurers or whatever every other damn year because they come back with crazy prices if you stay with them too long. But what I'd probably like to see more would be *wholesale* price maintenance, so that you know that if a vendor is charging you more its because they are taking an extra profit, and not because they are being ripped off by a wholesaler/manufacturer who charges the big chains half price... Maybe it would stop the supermarkets ripping off the poor damn farmers too. |
Posted By: Contender443
Date Posted: 01 Apr 10 at 1:47pm
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At renewal time every year I phone my home insurers and say I am going to cancel. It is amazing to see how quickly £200 is taken off my renewal premium. There are so many introductory offers around it does pay to cancel or threaten to cancel. Pity it is not the same for dinghy insurance. |