OmegaGene wrote: » I spent €400 on a few toys two weeks ago and compared every price to amazon and Argos and saved €160 and I was working from a specific list rather than selecting amazon bargains I always use smyths but with the € for £ at the moment and using Revolut it’s a big difference
Doodah7 wrote: » More Facebook arseh0lery... when will it end.
recyclops wrote: » are people now complaining because a company is not giving them free money?
DareGod wrote: » Surely all businesses have been forced to suffer tremendously because of the enforced lockdowns. Think of all their staff and the staff's families. Then stop worrying about €10. Can most people even afford Christmas presents this year anyway?
van_beano wrote: » Smyths were open during the enforced lockdown.
recyclops wrote: » but less people were going in there as nobody really wants to be wandering around shops with kids. They are probably also budgeting for a more difficult year or two ahead.
OmegaGene wrote: » so this is not a bargain alert but bargain related and more of a heads up for parents like me that rely on smyths vouchers every year for Christmas, they have decided to scrap the €10 0ff €50 spend 2020 to reduce footfall in store, they are promising discounts but i think that is nonsense. this offer has proved very good over the years for me and others i know and keeps customers returning throughout the year, i think it is a big mistake to cencel it and surely they could have done it online, with the current exchange rate Amazon wlll work out cheaper. Mods feels free to move if this is out of line
recyclops wrote: » are people now complaining because a company is not giving them free money? so much for the be kind and shop local trends online, Amazon will save you cash now but when the jobs start being lost here and our taxes go up to support a struggling economy youll be certain Amazon wont care. As a nation we tend to be able to not see past our own noses and now its gone as far as the bargain alert is " dont go to smyths, amazon is cheaper " wonderful.
OSI wrote: » They always bumped up the prices during the 10 for 50 promotion anyway so you never actually saved anything.
rob316 wrote: » They were closed for April and May?? Unless you mean their online operation. The cost of freight from china has soared, that has got to be hitting the bottom line for them and making promotions like this impossible.
Doodah7 wrote: » The lack of basic commercial sense in this thread is astounding. Not one poster has stopped to consider that perhaps the toy manufacturers increased THEIR prices and Smyths are merely passing on these increases. Smyths are not a charity but *shocker* they do have to run a business, pay their staff, rent, utilities etc. AND make a profit. It's what a business is designed to do. The amount of whinging over not running a promotion they ran previously is pretty sad. "Will anyone think of the childurr and the Christmas" type of nonsense. The consumer does not have a right to anything in this argument. If you don't like it, vote with your wallet but otherwise let them get on with what they are doing. Oh yeah, thanks OP, bought 10.
Doodah7 wrote: » The lack of basic commercial sense in this thread is astounding. Not one poster has stopped to consider that perhaps the toy manufacturers increased THEIR prices and Smyths are merely passing on these increases. Smyths are not a charity but *shocker* they do have to run a business, pay their staff, rent, utilities etc. AND make a profit. It's what a business is designed to do.
van_beano wrote: » Nah, not buying that. Nintendo didn't put up the Switch prices on their official site nor did Amazon but Smyths did.
Basq wrote: » I don't think Doodah is singling out billion-dollar companies like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft But rather toy manufacturers whose workshops and / or factories were closed or short staffed. And even likely suffered layoffs.
van_beano wrote: » If manufacturer costs rose then I've no doubt Nintendo would have passed them on, they aren't shy with their pricing. It's unfortunate that Smyths have the toy market completely cornered in this country, there's absolutely no real competition that provide a walk in toy shop experience. Fair enough the €10 promotion may be considered a slight-of-hand gesture with prices being high at the time of the promotion but at least it gave some semblance of a bargain. What they've done here is just heaped some bad PR on themselves.
Doodah7 wrote: » Wy are you obsessing on Nintendo? Smyths sell thousands of brands from VTech, Lego, Ravenspree jigsaws, Tony, Mattel, Fisher Price and a thousand other toys. Is it extraordinary to you that a toy shop sells toys??!! Not merely video games and consoles!
van_beano wrote: » Do you not find that this is a bit of PR blunder by Smyths? Could this not be seen as being slightly opportunistic in a pandemic?
van_beano wrote: » I'm obsessing with Nintendo as that's the current market that I am purchasing in so that's my point of reference for a factual discussion. I don't know the pricing of the other items other than Lego which is also overpriced in Smyth compared to online. Do you not find that this is a bit of PR blunder by Smyths? Could this not be seen as being slightly opportunistic in a pandemic?
