Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors were discounted

Re:Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced mo... by JohnFen on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @11:34AM (#36228177)

Yeah, this is a trick that retailers have been playing for a long time. Same with buying from those bulk bins. Much of the time, the bulk bin goods are the same price as the packaged versions. Sometimes, they're more expensive. Numerous times, I've seen store employees filling the bins by opening retail packages and emptying them in.

You can trust nothing in grocery stores.

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Re:Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced mo... by ethbr0 on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @07:14PM (#36234996)

It's not a "trick" -- it's a consequence of dynamic pricing and how efficient supply chains are now.

You're effectively running volume arbitrage to even out inefficiencies in seller's upstream suppliers.

Or, to put it another way, the seller's profits (margin*volume) can often be the same on smaller package (even for cheaper per weight unit) as larger package (for more expensive per weight unit).

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