Aliexpress is the same way. One seller will have it for 20% off, but you can get it cheaper elsewhere with no discount…or the 10% off that doesn’t work for all products. Go figure.

The illusion of a deal is more important than the actual deal

Oh so funny!, or maybe she’s trying to give you a migrane in hopes you’ll go away.

Bwana wrote:

My wife installed a strobe light in out bedroom to give the illusion she was actually moving during sex .

You got pwmed…

JCPenney tried that, though. (No, not the strobe-sex, but “honest pricing”.)

They had a huge campaign where they would price things at their rock-bottom lowest, no coupons, no sales, no gimmicks. Certainly no jacked-up prices just to “discount” it later.

It went over like a lead balloon.

People will still flock to, ferinstance, Kohls, where you pretty much know not to shop there unless you got a 20%- or 30%-off coupon, plus burn off all your earned Kohl Kash, etc., to get a bargain.

Hell, I once just wanted to buy a coupla belts, that would’ve ended up being something like 50bux or more if you throw in shipping, but then to add just a coupla more bux to make the free-shipping minimum, I bought some sox for cheap. But now that let an additional discount kick in, which now again dumped me under the free-shipping minimum, so I bought some more sox. And then the Kohl Kash kicked in at some point, that by the time I was all done, I ended up getting over 80bux of stuff for a small fraction of that amount. Paid the same for all that as I would’ve paid just for the belts, but now got a lifetime supply (and then some) of those baby-booty sox “free”.

Gaming the system and “winning” a huge discount gives people a sense of accomplishment, an extra rush. Just buying all the stuff with no game-playing isn’t as “fun”, even if you pay less for the same stuff, and pay more for the discount.

What’s more “fun”? Buying your doodad for 300bux flat, or finding it for 400 and scoring a 100buk-off coupon? Woohoo! I saved a hunnit bux! Score!! Bragging rights!

Bwana wrote:

Sorry I’m old what does “pwmed” mean ?

Okay, it’s not as funny if I gotta ‘splain it…

If you got pwned it means you got trounced and/or humiliated. Typo for “owned”.

Being that pwm could be compared with extremely fast strobing…

You got pwmed.

Lightbringer wrote:

They had a huge campaign where they would price things at their rock-bottom lowest, no coupons, no sales, no gimmicks. Certainly no jacked-up prices just to “discount” it later.

It went over like a lead balloon.

A sad statement on the “average human” although to be fair that sort of strategy might only work in the long run, especially if they sell a lot of products that are sold elsewhere for a higher price.

I’m sure BLFers look at the price fluctuations and Banggood’s competitors to get an idea of what the real prices are.

Bwana wrote:

staticx57 wrote:

The illusion of a deal is more important than the actual deal

My wife installed a strobe light in out bedroom to give the illusion she was actually moving during sex .

  Oh man what a pain ...changing jobs ,the movers ,all that packing and unpacking ,new neighbors ,new schools.. Where is she moving to ?

  * Oh wait ...I get it ..She's actually not moving but is acting like she's moving ..so she packs and you ?? Ok now I think I'm confused again . Do you wear a uniform ?

Colonel Light wrote:

Lightbringer wrote:

They had a huge campaign where they would price things at their rock-bottom lowest, no coupons, no sales, no gimmicks. Certainly no jacked-up prices just to “discount” it later.

It went over like a lead balloon.

A sad statement on the “average human” although to be fair that sort of strategy might only work in the long run, especially if they sell a lot of products that are sold elsewhere for a higher price.

Holy Crap… I just wanted to recall what was their name for it, and what a sad commentary indeed:

https://www.google.com/search?q=jcpenney+honest+pricing

Nb: that NBC piece at the top.

almost any discount or coupon does not work on almost any item I want to buy from BG.
Guess why I haven’t purchased anything from them in the entire year..

what a waste of time.

The worst is if you Do find a combo that works and manage to score Real deal, is that they then refuse to honor it! and keep pushing the shipping date forward every 2 weeks, they Do make a large “Request Refund” button appear next to it though.
I`v had an EDC18 of hold now for over a month just because I managed to get it for $23.

I remember a time when we had responsible customer service reps on BLF. from almost all of the big shops.
they actually went back to check and responded… guess BLF isn’t big enough to have a voice any longer.

Katherine Alicia wrote:

The worst is if you Do find a combo that works and manage to score Real deal, is that they then refuse to honor it! and keep pushing the shipping date forward every 2 weeks, they Do make a large “Request Refund” button appear next to it though. I`v had an EDC18 of hold now for over a month just because I managed to get it for $23.

And of course you could buy plenty of ‘em unfettered, right here and now… but at regular price.

Katherine Alicia wrote:

The worst is if you Do find a combo that works and manage to score Real deal, is that they then refuse to honor it! and keep pushing the shipping date forward every 2 weeks, they Do make a large “Request Refund” button appear next to it though.
I`v had an EDC18 of hold now for over a month just because I managed to get it for $23.

Not just Chinese companies doing this. Watch out for Sears.com. I bought a microwave Aug. 29th and still no sign of it. Paid for it mostly with saved up points and caught it on sale to boot. CS (India) keeps telling me there is a appliance shortage to blame but I see the same microwave in stock at other retailers. They keep pushing me towards another model but no thanks.

scored a $10 convoy c8 host and used a $5 off coupon, today I got an email saying they can`t post it!

“We regret to inform you that the item can’t be shipped with the shipping method you chose due to some specific restrictions of the logistics carrier.”

I did nothing different form any other time, and yet Now it`s a problem???

Bangood is a pricing roulette wheel . Add the dozens of coupons and you have a completely random pricing system .

I delete their emails everyday, done with them.
Eff gearbest too.

Muto wrote:

I delete their emails everyday, done with them. Eff gearbest too.

I agree !

Fastech is the ONLY one left over there (besides the direct sellers of course) that I’ll buy from. No BS, price is price, and shipping is as fast as the rest (in the past, but no more). Oh… and NO FAKE TAXES!

Bwana wrote:

My wife installed a strobe light in out bedroom to give the illusion she was actually moving during sex .

You owe me a keyboard & half a cuppa coffee...

slmjim

Zappaman wrote:

Fastech is the ONLY one left over there (besides the direct sellers of course) that I’ll buy from. No BS, price is price, and shipping is as fast as the rest (in the past, but no more). Oh… and NO FAKE TAXES!

but they do give a lot of false hope in terms of shipping, it says free shipping internationally, and then only when you check out you find out that because of your country, its either super expensive or not available at all. i mean of course its not their fault, but i wish they implemented a check based on ip like BG does, and tells us straight up on product page, whether this item can be shipped to your country or not

2A wrote:

almost any discount or coupon does not work on almost any item I want to buy from BG.
Guess why I haven’t purchased anything from them in the entire year..

what a waste of time.

ya none of their coupons works with anything thats on sale. and all these flashlights are only worth buying when they are on sale because their “regular” price is super inflated. so for our purposes, we can basically ignore all coupons.

and also, when you sign up, you get like a 10% off coupon that you can only use when you order from the app, but if you compare prices, the app is magically more expensive to begin with, sometimes even with 10% off, its more than the web price, so stupid.

Here is a new one (I didn’t know about before) – transferring affiliate points from your “points account” to your BGpay account takes an entire week! this is an internal transfer, not external. how can this take so much time?
Now, I am sure there are more issues or incompatibilities when trying to use the BGpay cash..

and i dont trust the chinese apps.
these “dark patterns” that try to get you to install their spyware wont work on me.

niajef wrote:

2A wrote:

almost any discount or coupon does not work on almost any item I want to buy from BG.
Guess why I haven’t purchased anything from them in the entire year..

what a waste of time.

ya none of their coupons works with anything thats on sale. and all these flashlights are only worth buying when they are on sale because their “regular” price is super inflated. so for our purposes, we can basically ignore all coupons.

and also, when you sign up, you get like a 10% off coupon that you can only use when you order from the app, but if you compare prices, the app is magically more expensive to begin with, sometimes even with 10% off, its more than the web price, so stupid.

So I bought an item with my BGpay and also had a 2.00$ allowance (you can get that if you spent 200 points).
Also paid for shipping, shipping insurance, tariff insurance. the whole deal, fed the big BG mouth.

now… the next morning I have an email from BG with the topic “Order 6375283”, where they are letting me know my order has been canceled.
- refund to my BGpay account will take a full day
- my points spent are gone
- my allowance is gone

When I asked why this happened they simply claim “a logistics issue”. And I won’t get my allowance back.

This company is unbelievable.