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Currys in-store advertisement

  • 28-12-2017 11:45AM
    #1
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭


    I went into Currys Naas this morning looking to get a television and saw that they had a price match promotion advertisement on nearly every large tv and appliance in the shop. On further inspection I noticed that this advertisement stated that they would price match on any price in any major UK electrical goods shop. I decided I would chance my arm and found the tv I wanted online on a UK website and pointed out the price which was €100 cheaper and their advertisements claiming they would match a UK shop. The sales assistant said that they were a UK company so the advert was only valid in the UK. My argument was it shouldn't be advertised in an Irish shop that they would match a UK store and it was false advertising. I got my tv in Harvey Norman in the end as they had a better deal.

    I'm not too butthurt over it or anything but I'm interested what are peoples opinion on this when it's advertised maybe 100-150 times in the shop?


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  • #2
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 19,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    You would have to check the small print to be sure of the exact details really.


  • #3
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,934 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Cazale wrote: »
    I went into Currys Naas this morning looking to get a television and saw that they had a price match promotion advertisement on nearly every large tv and appliance in the shop. On further inspection I noticed that this advertisement stated that they would price match on any price in any major UK electrical goods shop. I decided I would chance my arm and found the tv I wanted online on a UK website and pointed out the price which was €100 cheaper and their advertisements claiming they would match a UK shop. The sales assistant said that they were a UK company so the advert was only valid in the UK. My argument was it shouldn't be advertised in an Irish shop that they would match a UK store and it was false advertising. I got my tv in Harvey Norman in the end as they had a better deal.

    I'm not too butthurt over it or anything but I'm interested what are peoples opinion on this when it's advertised maybe 100-150 times in the shop?
    Report it to the advertising standards agency www.asai.ie. It's a voluntary code but it's rulings are usually stuck too.


  • #4
    Cazale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Cazale


    irishgeo wrote:
    Report it to the advertising standards agency

    Yeah I might do that. I wouldn't have even bothered but the managers solution to the misleading advert was to ask me if I had any UK relatives who could get me one cheaper!


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