on-line prices vs in the store

[jrhky36 1]

i one looking at a website for a local shop that JR knows well and noticed they were selling 4rolls for $99 but in the store they were $109. when i asked the associate about it he said "we talked to the owner and 109 is the price you would have paid with shipping." what a croc of bull. needless to say i won't even buy a roll of tape from now. the fact that they have 2 different prices is wrong, but it happens all too often in htis day and age.

[DarkStar50 680]

Wow, a $10 difference, what a deal breaker, what are you going to do after you and everyone else never shops there again, and then he is out of business and gone. What are you going to do then?

[mickz 107]

When you are buying something online you are not paying for the store's operating expenses (ex. rent, electricity, wages) and you cannot try things on if you buy online. In store and online are two different places, hence the two different prices.

edit: spelling error

[jrhky36 1]

it was the same store. with two different prices.

Wow, a $10 difference, what a deal breaker, what are you going to do after you and everyone else never shops there again, and then he is out of business and gone. What are you going to do then?

there are plenty of other shops in metro det.

[ahbroody 1]

I agree with the Darkstar here.

if you bought it online you would have paid shipping and had to wait a day or to to recieve the product. you wanted it now so that means 10.00 more. Not a big difference.

There are 2 good shops in my area that I have found. They are both generally about 10-15 more than online on most items. That said I can walk in there touch the product, talk to the sales guy and get some input. I can also walk out the store with the item immediately. While this is the same store charging 2 different prices it really still applies. With skates the 10-15 more is an easy choice when I factor in shipping, sharpening, baking, and customizing the boot. Now the shop at the rink rapes people so I wont shop there, but 10.00 for instant gratification doesnt seem so bad.

[aal 3]

I was in a shop the other day that had skates in store that were about $45 or $50 more than their own online price. I guess this was for baking and sharpening. Still seems like a big difference to me.

[Chadd 916]

If they charge $10 for shipping they still have to pay something to ship whatever it is. If they ship, they make less in profit than an in store sale.

[#44wannabe 4]

I know in retail with the 'Chrome' Messenger bags where i worked in Winnipeg we had some of them $50 less on the website to compete with online prices. If the customer queried it in store we price matched.

[jrhky36 1]

I know in retail with the 'Chrome' Messenger bags where i worked in Winnipeg we had some of them $50 less on the website to compete with online prices. If the customer queried it in store we price matched.

that's what i'm talking about. and those customers have continued to come back after thte price match.

[Cove 39]

i one looking at a website for a local shop that JR knows well and noticed they were selling 4rolls for $99 but in the store they were $109. when i asked the associate about it he said "we talked to the owner and 109 is the price you would have paid with shipping." what a croc of bull. needless to say i won't even buy a roll of tape from now. the fact that they have 2 different prices is wrong, but it happens all too often in htis day and age.

It's the same price after shipping. Why would they set up a website to sell things for cheaper and essentially undermine there own business?

[skeeter14 0]

It's the same price after shipping. Why would they set up a website to sell things for cheaper and essentially undermine there own business?

I can't speak for the hockey market but from my experience working for a distributor, it's also important to realize that there may be specialized pricing based on volume. So for instance a pair of gloves may only cost them $90 per pair vs a competitor who is paying $95 or more. Beyond that, shipping can be profitable for some businesses as you can have additional handling costs added on to it, making it not $10 to ship, but really $7-$8 with a couple dollars extra tacked on.

if it's me, I'd rather pay $100 and get it then in the store, than to pay $90, have a hollow sense of feeling good about myself, even though I paid $10 or $15 to have it shipped with me. really the only time that you save in that case would be when you buy a lot, combined with flat shipping rates.

[Cove 39]

weird thing is gloves for me in store v. on-line is about the same price. Helmets no, sticks definitely not, skates its way cheaper to buy on-line. Living north of the border sucks.

[Chadd 916]

i one looking at a website for a local shop that JR knows well and noticed they were selling 4rolls for $99 but in the store they were $109. when i asked the associate about it he said "we talked to the owner and 109 is the price you would have paid with shipping." what a croc of bull. needless to say i won't even buy a roll of tape from now. the fact that they have 2 different prices is wrong, but it happens all too often in htis day and age.

It's the same price after shipping. Why would they set up a website to sell things for cheaper and essentially undermine there own business?

When you sell online you better be the cheapest option out there or you won't get the sale. There is very little loyalty in online sales. Sometimes that need to be competitive online conflicts with your in-store pricing practices.

[jrhky36 1]

why do most retail stores like best buy, circirt city, sports authority, sears all have the same price in store or on-line?

[start_today 778]

why do most retail stores like best buy, circirt city, sports authority, sears all have the same price in store or on-line?

Because those stores are giant. Their prices are very similiar if not exactly the same state to state, across the country. They have huge warehouses to hold stuff, and can ship from warehouse to store or store to store or warehouse to your home.

These stores know that they are going to move products. They can afford to buy a huge volume at once, so it will be cheaper. They garner such large pieces of their respective markets that they don't care if you buy from their brick store or their online store. They're not competing with any local mom and pop electronics store (if those even exist), they're competing with other national chains.

[Chadd 916]

why do most retail stores like best buy, circirt city, sports authority, sears all have the same price in store or on-line?

Because they realize that you look bad when you charge more in one location and best buy isn't the best example here either. They have been caught using an internal website that looks like their real website and screwing customers on price.