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[TheBoy]

I'm sure all our inboxes get filled with such junk.

Go Outdoors is the latest to hit my inbox, claiming their biggest ever sale, including their tent ranges.

Now, I looked at an awful lot of tents last summer, not just because I needed one for Newent, but also to get prices for the tents we lost in the explosion. So I have a pretty good idea of RRP and Go Outdoors prices.

So, if this is their Biggest Ever Sale, and the RRPs of tents and other camping equipment I have last years prices for have remained static, how come everything is more expensive that last summer, yet is in their Biggest Ever Sale?


Do people fall for this?

[05omegav6]

Must do, else they wouldn't bother

'Our permanently realistic and reasonable everyday prices' doesn't quite have the same ring to it, even though it should mean better value overall

[Jimbob]

Was just reading the same mail.....decidedly unimpressed

[TheBoy]

Must do, else they wouldn't bother

That said, its reminded me we need to get some bits and bobs before our next camping trip.  So I guess its sort of worked in a roundabout sort of way....

[TheBoy]

Was just reading the same mail.....decidedly unimpressed

I just found something cheaper than last summer. Maybe that's the item they are using to call it the biggest ever sale!

[pscocoa]

Just been offered a special deal - new Volvo XC390 for £240 a month on 4 year contract.

[Kevin Wood]

Isn't that the place where they try to get you to pay a couple of quid for a loyalty card, and take all your personal details so they can stalk you, before they'll even sell you a gas cylinder for the price advertised in-store?

Yeah, there's a "little bit" of 235/45/17 on the surface of their car park.

[tunnie]

Just been offered a special deal - new Volvo XC390 for £240 a month on 4 year contract.

Reasonable, if it includes maintenance & insurance and unlimited miles   

Friend of mine works for Williams, lucky git is getting a Merc C63 Estate, for not much more than that per month 

[omega3000]

Do people fall for this?

Yes  Just like the biggest ever sofa sales at crimbo 

[TheBoy]

lucky git is getting a Merc C63 Estate, for not much more than that per month 

But will get his arse slapped by Messers Cameron and Osborne

[Taxi_Driver]

I would never buy anything expensive from Go Outdoors....even with the card you have to buy, to get the discount.....online sellers/other stores are cheaper....plus the salespersons arent very knowledgeable.

I went there last year to get a replacement wick ( i think thats whats its called, the mesh cover that goes over the burner) for gas lamp......they sold me a pack of three for a fiver iirc.....they are too small and as a result the gas lamp is dimmer 

[TheBoy]

I would never buy anything expensive from Go Outdoors....even with the card you have to buy, to get the discount.....online sellers/other stores are cheaper....plus the salespersons arent very knowledgeable.

I went there last year to get a replacement wick ( i think thats whats its called, the mesh cover that goes over the burner) for gas lamp......they sold me a pack of three for a fiver iirc.....they are too small and as a result the gas lamp is dimmer 

Mantle, TD, its called a mantle....

Yeah, they're mongrels. They have a place in life if you have a nearby store, but then so do PC World, Maplin, etc.

That said, I couldn't get my tent any cheaper elsewhere, but then, it was an awful lot cheaper by over £200 than it is in their Biggest Ever Sale

[Turk]

Prices may be higher, but more items on sale...biggest ever sale !     

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Isn't that the place where they try to get you to pay a couple of quid for a loyalty card, and take all your personal details so they can stalk you, before they'll even sell you a gas cylinder for the price advertised in-store?

Yeah, there's a "little bit" of 235/45/17 on the surface of their car park.

Is it possible to give them false details?

I'm a firm believer in using "alternate" postcodes and phone numbers where I think there's a risk of junk - this includes giving the staff in a certain catalogue retailer I used to work at, their own postcode when they ask me for my home address...

[cd 2.2]

Was just reading the same mail.....decidedly unimpressed

I just found something cheaper than last summer. Maybe that's the item they are using to call it the biggest ever sale!

Was it a SheeWee?