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Sid Spart
1 February 2011
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This promo is a PR Stunt!!
Day ONE 1 Feb 3.15 PM: The site clams that $3000 has already been calmed! If any one has the energy please chase-up their NSW Permit No.LTPS/10/12639; SA Permit No. T10/3093. This promo could appear to be dishonest.
Comment made about the PC & Tech Authority article:
Tech Deals: Get a shiny new $49.95 Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse, and get all your money back?
Your mouse and keyboard have probably been collecting dust since 2005, which is why Logitech's cashback offer is a good an opportunity as ever to upgrade.
What do you think? Join the discussion. |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
1 February 2011
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Dishonest? Nearly very bargain site published it! You can't expect $300,000 to last. |
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Nathan_Never
1 February 2011
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And I went to a Dick Smith store in George St Sydney at 1:00pm they were OUT OF STOCK of all Logitech products that are in the promotion. DC advertised the promotion on a Brochure and they were OUT OF STOCK the first few hours of the first day!!! One of the salesperson told me that all item were sold online!?!? I wonder if they had any in stock at all!!
It is not the first time I go to a store (Target, BIG W, KMART or others) on the first day of a promotion and they are OUT OF STOCK. But the retailer is always prompt to show you that they have a very similar product... only catch it $30-$50 more expensive than promoted products!!!
I think ACCC should really stop these kind of promotions done with only a few items (if any) in stock which only purpose is to attract customers in the store and direct them to buy something else. There should be a minimum mandatory stock per store before starting a promotion. |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
1 February 2011
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Well clearly there was $300,000 worth of stock... |
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Slatts
1 February 2011
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Nathan_Never wrote:And I went to a Dick Smith store in George St Sydney at 1:00pm they were OUT OF STOCK of all Logitech products that are in the promotion. DC advertised the promotion on a Brochure and they were OUT OF STOCK the first few hours of the first day!!! One of the salesperson told me that all item were sold online!?!? I wonder if they had any in stock at all!!
It is not the first time I go to a store (Target, BIG W, KMART or others) on the first day of a promotion and they are OUT OF STOCK. But the retailer is always prompt to show you that they have a very similar product... only catch it $30-$50 more expensive than promoted products!!!
I think ACCC should really stop these kind of promotions done with only a few items (if any) in stock which only purpose is to attract customers in the store and direct them to buy something else. There should be a minimum mandatory stock per store before starting a promotion.
I'm thinking you'll just have to get out of bed earlier Nathan.
Something about birds eating worms... :-k
Oh, and the flavour of grapes also.
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Nathan_Never
1 February 2011
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Well I would definitely get out of bed earlier for a one day or one week promotion.
But it seems quite ridiculous that a company (Logitech) advertise a promotion for lasting an entire month and then everything is gone in a few hours of the first day. While for Dick Smith they should had stock in store rather than say everything was sold online!! My point is that these promotion are just traps for customers. |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
1 February 2011
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Not a trap, it looks like it was just a scheme to get rid of old stock. They're not going to make more units if they want them all gone. |
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fourassedmonkey
1 February 2011
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Without defending Dick Smith too much, a lttle arithmetic should sort things out a little. If one takes $50 as anaverage price for the clearance items, with a budget of $300.000, this equates to 6000 units nationwide.
Even if this promotion was only at the 200 DSE stores, this means only 30 units per store of products that can no longer be ordered. Moot pont anyway as the 300K has already been claimed. |
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Sid Spart
2 February 2011
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100% SCAM
The NSW regulatory body needs to follow up and and check that the claims were actually processed to real people and also how many claims will be knocked back by Logitech proporting claims to be invalid?
This is how this scam works
Logitech also got free advertising from PC & Tech Authority |
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
2 February 2011
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So you claim 100% scam, yet you have no evidence of it being so. Why should we believe you? |
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frumpy
2 February 2011
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I wouldn't say this is a scam. I expect that Logitech underestimated the popularity of the deal. I also imagine that retailers were pushing this deal pretty hard since they still get their $$$ and it is Logitech that gives the cashback. 6000 items in just over half a day is probably not that unreasonable considering that this deal was heavily advertised. |
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Sid Spart
2 February 2011
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Frumpy and .:Cyb3rGlitch:. OK I accept has a 50% chance of being a scam,
Unless monkeys are running Logitech PR people must be able to judge the effect of such a PR Stunt
Most PR people would have studied the infamous Hoover free flights promotion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion
In many countries this kind of marketing is illegal
To promote a product you must have it available
Interestingly PC & Tech Authority are still promoting the alleged offer
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Sid Spart
2 February 2011
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PR 101 study the infamous Hoover free flights promotion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion
How the farce works this is from Promo magazine
The vacuums cost half the price of the airfare. Hoover had gambled that this promotion would pay out for three reasons:
1-Consumers would buy, but FAIL to take advantage of the offer because of the RED TAPE involved in redemption. This is known as slippage
2-Sales reps would successfully upsell consumers more expensive models.
3-Travel agency reps would sell additional travel insurance to those HARDY SOULS who actually tried to redeem their free-ticket offers.
Consumers are much, much smarter than they're generally given credit for. Knowing a bargain when they saw one, British consumers began snapping up Hoover vacuums at a dizzying pace. Sales exploded.Hoover's flagship Scottish plant in Cambuslang was left working all-out to meet soaring demand
Hoover management upped the ante with a follow-up promotion that offered two free return tickets from the U.S. TV ads for this campaign reminded holders of the first offer, and trumpeted the new offer under the tag “Two Return Seats: Unbelievable.”
Unbelievable” doesn't even begin to describe what happened next.
Slippage is inversely tied to offer value — the higher the value, the lower the slippage,
The slippage factor on a $1 detergent rebate is huge because it's only $1.
Slippage on a $100 computer accessory rebate is minimal, because it's a tremendously high value. Who's going to forget someone owes them $100? The fiasco had cost Hoover £50 million,
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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
2 February 2011
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So you're assuming that Logitech aren't going to follow through with their side of the bargain, and that's supposed to back your claim of "50% chance of being a scam"? There's little in common between the Hoover example and this Logitech deal. Hoover had no 'cap' to their offer, and were promising expensive 'tickets' not rebates on their own products. Can you see why your arguments are unfounded? |
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Slatts
2 February 2011
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Here you go Sid.
Let us know how you go mate. |
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frumpy
2 February 2011
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Sid. Not even comparable. Given that the logitech deal ran out, the so called "red tape" affect obviously didn't happen.
Saying that they didn't have stock available to cover the deal also doesn't work. They sold $300,000 worth of stock which was the cap they put on the deal.
Given the terms of the deal were quiet clear and they are honoring anyone making a claim they have not really done anything illegal. |
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Sid Spart
3 February 2011
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The Logitech 100% Cashback Drama unfolds here
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=105701849335&topic=17840 |
