Comment on Memory Express trying to claim a 2TB ssd is "$470 off"

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes but even accounting for the price spike in the last 3 months, that drive does not cost over $1,000 without a sale. These kinds of sale tactics honestly need to be illegal.

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  • turbowafflz@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think they are illegal in many countries, but I guess it isn’t well enforced

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  • pro_user@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In fact, in the EU that is regulated by article 6A (see eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=… ) . That states amongst other things that:

    Any announcement of a price reduction shall indicate the prior price applied by the trader for a determined period of time prior to the application of the price reduction. … The prior price means the lowest price applied by the trader during a period of time not shorter than 30 days prior to the application of the price reduction.

    So maybe it wouldn’t apply for a 3 month period, but it does prevent stores from increasing the price by say 20% overnight and then give a “10% discount” the next day.

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  • charizardcharz@piefed.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s already illegal in Canada, you can report them to the Competition Bureau. I don’t think its very well enforced though.

    https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/deceptive-marketing-practices/types-deceptive-marketing-practices/ordinary-selling-price

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    • Krudler@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My buddy called-in Sportchek when they were advertising skis for like $900 but “marked down” to 200! They had to stop that practice as a result of his report.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No, the one that was damn near $100 before the BS.

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