Aragorn777
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not too sure bout standard, but i bought a custom at bout 700 during the sale
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not too sure bout standard, but i bought a custom at bout 700 during the sale
xklusivly4u
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I asked my cousin to buy a J-custom for me but it is still 3.3 k after 50% discount. It was hoping list price is around 4.6k as they usually go around 3.6k in normal days, so 50% off price will be pretty good for a new J-custom. But list price went up to 6k plus on sale 
so I didn’t get one.
so I didn’t get one.
Whitestrat
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hahha on a previous thread ( if im nt wrong the gibson hendrix strat one ) u mentioned you was still looking for a lespaul? ( correct me if im wrong )
so now you finally got yours
Actually, this is my 2nd Gibson Les Paul... :mrgreen: My first one is a Gibson Slash Goldtop limited to 1,000 pieces only.
I just couldn't understand, after so many years, why must there be so many pricings to confuse the consumers: retail price, list price, web price, this price, that price, while all consumer wanna know is: normal price, discounted price. Just two types, nothing complicated.
It is a known fact that such 50% discount isn't really a 50% discount.
Why not be more transparent and straight-forward in tagging the price? Just one normal day price (not those hiked-up ones), and that's it. During sale, just be concise, and put a 10%, or 20% on the normal price tage. Is it really so difficult?
Most of us already knew where to find price reference: just go to Musician's Friend, Guitar Center website, etc, do a currency conversion, think about local tax, etc. People got turned off whenever they see those hiked-up price.
J-custom listed for $6k+ ? Hmm...
It is a known fact that such 50% discount isn't really a 50% discount.
Why not be more transparent and straight-forward in tagging the price? Just one normal day price (not those hiked-up ones), and that's it. During sale, just be concise, and put a 10%, or 20% on the normal price tage. Is it really so difficult?
Most of us already knew where to find price reference: just go to Musician's Friend, Guitar Center website, etc, do a currency conversion, think about local tax, etc. People got turned off whenever they see those hiked-up price.
J-custom listed for $6k+ ? Hmm...
Because tradition cannot be broken and the company culture's practice is set in stone.
bReakOuT!
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WRONG.because it's Swee Lee we're talking about.
BEfore the sales, it was about $3.4 to $3.5 after discount. So it really not a year end sale after all.
bReakOuT!
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Rofl,to Swee Lee,increasing the day-to-day price tag and then halfing that overpriced offer is a sale.
Jay_Clones
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Yeah, I got a shock too when I checked out the price of Digitech Hardwire DL8.
It was after the sale.
The list price was $515 w/gst!!!. They claimed after 'discount' ..minus 20%..it'll be abt $413.
Cut the crap.
It's NOT a discount...it's just a psychological game. They say 'discount' just to make you feel happy that you're getting a so called 'price slash'.
Tonefactor sells @$179USD (inc shipment)...currency rate now $1USD-$1.44Sing. U do the maths.
It was after the sale.
The list price was $515 w/gst!!!. They claimed after 'discount' ..minus 20%..it'll be abt $413.
Cut the crap.
It's NOT a discount...it's just a psychological game. They say 'discount' just to make you feel happy that you're getting a so called 'price slash'.
Tonefactor sells @$179USD (inc shipment)...currency rate now $1USD-$1.44Sing. U do the maths.
bigblackbear
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i believe that just sellers have the right to quote their own price. Just like how we buy and sell things, we quote a price, and if the buyers aren't happy, they don't buy it.
same thing with swee lee
same thing with swee lee
FireFlight13
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I don't disagree. They do have every right to quote whatever price they want. But when they do stuff like that (bumping up prices and then offering a "sale"), they lose the trust of their customers. So it's a two-way thing. They have their right to their pricing, we have our right to our trust. If their prices aren't stable, neither will our trust be.
Anyone else wanna share their experience on:
- normal day list price,
- normal day discounted price,
- sale day "list price",
- sale day "50% discounted price" ?
Pls know that they are all different, if you still don't know this by now...
Of course, any shop can tag their items at any price. The point is, is it appropriate to use the figure "50" in the "50% discount" to advertise about the sale?
Say i am a shop. The whole universe knows this certain guitar is selling for $100 (just a good number to illustrate my point). Say it's a calculated average from both online and local retail prices.
On the sale day, i insisted to tag it at $180 to claim it my listed price, then i apply a 50% discount, to sell it at $90.
Yes, it was clear that it was discounted, because $90 is a discounted price from the normal day $100 price tag. But, can i say that it was a 50% discount? More like a 10% discount to the general public right?
Such a "50% discount" is insulting our intelligence...
Well, to the younger-in-experiencing-SL Softies, do take not of this.
Peace.
- normal day list price,
- normal day discounted price,
- sale day "list price",
- sale day "50% discounted price" ?
Pls know that they are all different, if you still don't know this by now...
Of course, any shop can tag their items at any price. The point is, is it appropriate to use the figure "50" in the "50% discount" to advertise about the sale?
Say i am a shop. The whole universe knows this certain guitar is selling for $100 (just a good number to illustrate my point). Say it's a calculated average from both online and local retail prices.
On the sale day, i insisted to tag it at $180 to claim it my listed price, then i apply a 50% discount, to sell it at $90.
Yes, it was clear that it was discounted, because $90 is a discounted price from the normal day $100 price tag. But, can i say that it was a 50% discount? More like a 10% discount to the general public right?
Such a "50% discount" is insulting our intelligence...
Well, to the younger-in-experiencing-SL Softies, do take not of this.
Peace.
bigblackbear
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from my understanding, this is how it works.
they have a list price - let's put it at $1000
their list price, is NOT their selling price. their list price is what you see on the tag/sticker on the guitar.
their selling price on a usual normal day is about 20%(not sure actual amount)
so if you buy the item on a normal day, it's $800
on the swee lee sale, it's 50% off list price
which means you pay $500 for the item on the sale day
their website, i believe used to show their selling price(20% off). but of late, to avoid confusion, they updated their online store to the list price, and then they apply the usual 20% discount when making payment.
or at least i think that's how things work
they have a list price - let's put it at $1000
their list price, is NOT their selling price. their list price is what you see on the tag/sticker on the guitar.
their selling price on a usual normal day is about 20%(not sure actual amount)
so if you buy the item on a normal day, it's $800
on the swee lee sale, it's 50% off list price
which means you pay $500 for the item on the sale day
their website, i believe used to show their selling price(20% off). but of late, to avoid confusion, they updated their online store to the list price, and then they apply the usual 20% discount when making payment.
or at least i think that's how things work
burping_boy
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truly speaking, we sometimes also do see such pricing in the now-gone Sembawang cd shop with their $50% sale.
I went down to Katong SL before the SALES just to see see. I was looking at the guitars & one of the staff approached & informed me that certain prices u see now will be more than during the SALES. So if after the 50% discount, the difference will be insignificant. He also advised me if i want to buy better buy now rather to wait for the SALES.
Whitestrat
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My Les Paul list at the sale was $6,400. After 50% is $3200. Normal days is $5800. With 30% is $4060. So for me, the markup was still fine. And considering I got my Slash Goldtop at $3.5k non-sale, I'd say my sale price for the standard was decent. I'm not complaining.
Not really. You can choose not to buy. furthermore, it's not just Swee lee that's doing this. At least they are mainly doing it only for the sale.
There are other companies and products where they are sold non-sale at 130% of the list price because demand is high. Then during the sale, they give you 25% off on that product IF you're lucky. They still sell it at 105% of the list price. And get this: it's done everywhere in Asia. If you go to Switzerland (where the product is orginated from) it's sold at 100% of the list price with an occasional 15% discount if you haggle.
But you wanna fly all the way there?
Whitestrat
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Companies do this to shift margins around. Its common practice and if your'e in management level in a few companies, after a while, you see it a lot. Basically shifting the loss of margin from currency issues and other factors from themselves to the customer. It's a common thing.
There's really no point overreacting on this. The only choice you have is the same choices you get when you first started out: Buy, or don't buy. That's it. no one is forcing the product down your throat.
It is not done deliberately to cheat customers, but to manage an ever increasing bottom-line in the company.
What I didn't like about the saale was the $10 entry fee. Not that I couldn't afford to pay for it, but now I got a plastic bag full of stuff I don't want that I paid for, which I don't even know where I dumped. I understand this is meant to be a customer filter mechanism, but instead of giving me something I don't want for the $10 I paid at the entrance, why not nett off the entrance fee as a rebate if I buy something above a certain value? I'd be much happier then, because I know I get a nice guitar, AND I don't get something I don't want, and Swee Lee still gets their customer filter!
