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ILTH — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 05:25:25 GMT

I saw a ring here (about a month ago) at $130. I was seriously considering buying it. I decided to buy it and I came back the next day -- and the ring was $170. Knowing that it had been $40 less, I wasn't going to buy it at the higher price. So, I kept checking back for a month.

It's back down to $130 today. But the thing is, after having checked it out for a month, I'm over it now. I've moved on. I definitely would have bought it earlier.

So QVC lost out on a sale with their price games. So instead of QVC making a higher profit with the higher price, they made no profit/sale. I can't be the only one.
And, yes, I know other places do this. I just think it's a tactic that backfires on sellers. At least with me it does, especially on impulse buys.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 05:32:48 GMT

If it consistantly backfired, they would continue to do it. Most people who were really interested would have bought it when it was first $130. The marketing people know what they're doing.

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Puppy Lips — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:44:37 GMT

I think the marketing people are trying anything and everything to increase profits. So many on these boards are aware of the price changing games. Frankly I think somehow it is disrespectful to their customer base. It is upsetting to see one price and then watch it bounce up, down, and all around in a short time span. I have seen it myself over and over. Makes me think they don’t know what they are doing.

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mimomof4 — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:55:29 GMT

What you are describing happens in every retail environment (both online and in B&M stores) every day. There are no guarantees that a price offerred today will be there tomorrow. QVC is the same and I don't blame them. Even in B&M stores I have seen prices on a clearance rack which are higher then when the item had been on sale a few weeks prior. Shopping is a gamble.

If you really wanted the ring you would have jumped at it when you first saw it.

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Bri369 — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:46 GMT

When you saw the price jump up and then go back down again, that's when you should have bought it.

Every retailer plays pricing games.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:31:51 GMT

I worked for a department store in the late 1990's. We made so many price changes and ran so many sales and coupon deals it was nearly impossible to keep up with. You could come in to shop for sheets at 10AM, and they could be $100 less in two hours.

We made so many changes that many things were not even tagged - we just used signs. No way we could physically do every item individually.

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ILTH — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:49:40 GMT

You are missing the point. I was talking about a sales tactic.

@mimomof4

Once again, I said I wasn't desperate to buy it, or I would have at the higher price. I'm pointing out that people can watch am item and grow tired or uninterested in it while watching for a price drop (back to where it had been). Sellers can miss out on impulse or near-impulse buys.

@Bri369 @

Once again, I said I know other retailers do it

@Kachina624

Why are sales down, then? No. They don't always know what they are doing.

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CrazyDaisy — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:57:11 GMT

The fact that you did not want to buy it 30 days later indicates you would not have been happy with the purchase had you made it 30 days earlier. May have even returned it.

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Suzeecat — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:14:49 GMT

Congratulations on "saving" $130!

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ILTH — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:07:28 GMT

@Suzeecat wrote:
Congratulations on "saving" $130!

😃

Thanks. But, I spent it somewhere else. Saw something newer and shinier. 😉

And free S&H. Bonus.

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Puppy Lips — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:15:59 GMT

@mimomof4 wrote:
What you are describing happens in every retail environment (both online and in B&M stores) every day. There are no guarantees that a price offerred today will be there tomorrow. QVC is the same and I don't blame them. Even in B&M stores I have seen prices on a clearance rack which are higher then when the item had been on sale a few weeks prior. Shopping is a gamble.

If you really wanted the ring you would have jumped at it when you first saw it.

@mimomof4 So NOT true. We are in retail. I won't go into details, but our products have a set price.

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SandySparkles — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:25:27 GMT

I shop ALOT and see this happen all the time. Prices are raised and lowered as a sales incentive.There has to be a variety of items offered with price reductions. Different people are looking for different things, but each looking to save MONEY. I do not think it is nefarious. Businesses need profits and I love saving money. It is a win- win for me😉

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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Puppy Lips — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:28:17 GMT

@ILTH wrote:
I saw a ring here (about a month ago) at $130. I was seriously considering buying it. I decided to buy it and I came back the next day -- and the ring was $170. Knowing that it had been $40 less, I wasn't going to buy it at the higher price. So, I kept checking back for a month.

It's back down to $130 today. But the thing is, after having checked it out for a month, I'm over it now. I've moved on. I definitely would have bought it earlier.

So QVC lost out on a sale with their price games. So instead of QVC making a higher profit with the higher price, they made no profit/sale. I can't be the only one.
And, yes, I know other places do this. I just think it's a tactic that backfires on sellers. At least with me it does, especially on impulse buys.

@ILTH One other aspect to this issue is this - since we know that QVC does play pricing games, a lot of people, (and I am becoming one of them myself) will not pay full price for something, knowing that there is a good chance it will be on, "sale", "clearance", "one day only", "lunchtime special" or "primetime special" or even a "TSV" at some point in the future. So unless I HAVE TO HAVE IT (which I don't really have to have anything QVC sells), I can wait and take my chances. If I get if for less, then it was meant to be. If not, then oh well. Obviously the goal for QVC is to sell everything at the highest possible price. I am not going to participate in that, unless it is something I really need now.

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Venezia — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:36:22 GMT

I just checked my wish list last night and saw that all of the "clearance" items have gone up in price. Now that, I do not understand. If I'm not buying it at at the previous price, will raising it entice me to buy? No. IMO, once something is on clearance, the only way the price should go is down. (And frankly, I don't know any other retailer that raises the price on clearance items.)

I seldom buy anything at full price these days knowing, sooner or later, it will go down. Only once in the past year have I bought something new. It was a Quacker Factory top with dragonflies and I knew the minute I saw it, it would sell out. They had a special one-day intro price and I ordered it immediately.

I love it and I was right. Not only did it sell out, it hasn't returned and the remaining other designs in the group have been clearanced. If you love something, go for it. Otherwise, play the waiting game and hope it goes down to a price you're happy with.

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Puppy Lips — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:44:10 GMT

@Venezia wrote:
I just checked my wish list last night and saw that all of the "clearance" items have gone up in price. Now that, I do not understand. If I'm not buying it at at the previous price, will raising it entice me to buy? No. IMO, once something is on clearance, the only way the price should go is down. (And frankly, I don't know any other retailer that raises the price on clearance items.)

I seldom buy anything at full price these days knowing, sooner or later, it will go down. Only once in the past year have I bought something new. It was a Quacker Factory top with dragonflies and I knew the minute I saw it, it would sell out. They had a special one-day intro price and I ordered it immediately.

I love it and I was right. Not only did it sell out, it hasn't returned and the remaining other designs in the group have been clearanced. If you love something, go for it. Otherwise, play the waiting game and hope it goes down to a price you're happy with.

@Venezia agreed!

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ILTH — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:44:46 GMT

@CrazyDaisy wrote:
The fact that you did not want to buy it 30 days later indicates you would not have been happy with the purchase had you made it 30 days earlier. May have even returned it.

That's not true on either count. It might be true for you, but, I know myself.

Just because I got bored with it after looking at it for a month doesn't mean I'd be unhappy. I get bored with favorite foods, too, after eating them many days in a row, week or month. I find something else to eat and come back to my favorites when I crave them again.

Its no different with jewelry, or even clothes. I like variety and trying new things.

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Spurt — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:44:32 GMT

The pricing games QVC plays are nothing compared to Amazon, $40 is nothing......a handbag on Amazon went from $149 to over $400....

Amazon lower's prices to beat competitor's sales and then they up the prices on other items to make up the difference...and this was per an interview with one of Amazon's Execs.....AND ITS A BIG PRICE DIFFERENCE...

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ILTH — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:47:28 GMT

@Spurt wrote:

The pricing games QVC plays are nothing compared to Amazon, $40 is nothing......a handbag on Amazon went from $149 to over $400....

Amazon lower's prices to beat competitor's sales and then they up the prices on other items to make up the difference...and this was per an interview with one of Amazon's Execs.....AND ITS A BIG PRICE DIFFERENCE...

@Spurt

I know. I walk away when they do that. Few things are that special that I must have them or that I can't find elsewhere.

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mimomof4 — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:32:06 GMT

@Puppy Lips wrote:
@mimomof4 wrote:
What you are describing happens in every retail environment (both online and in B&M stores) every day. There are no guarantees that a price offerred today will be there tomorrow. QVC is the same and I don't blame them. Even in B&M stores I have seen prices on a clearance rack which are higher then when the item had been on sale a few weeks prior. Shopping is a gamble.

If you really wanted the ring you would have jumped at it when you first saw it.
@mimomof4 So NOT true. We are in retail. I won't go into details, but our products have a set price.

@Puppy Lips Where you work may have a set price that does not change, but I respectivly disagree for it being a policy across the industry once products are put in front of consumers. Think of advertised One Day sales (Macy's seems to have one every week). Yes these are sales tactics and every retailer has the right to do it. Essentially what you noted with the change in price was a One Day sale.

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RollTide2008 — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:47:22 GMT

Kroger charges anywhere between $1.59 and $4.99 for the same box of cereal. I don’t consider the changing prices a game. I also don’t get all bent out of shape about it.