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30th September 2017, 11:27 PM
#11
PSA: Don't use the Big W catalogue to try and get Target to price match Movie Voyagers!
So I had a fun moment today, finally found a voyager Nitro (and Scorn) at a target today.
So I thought "maybe I can get them to price match Big W's current sale price. Since $34 for a voyager is much easier to swallow than $60"
So I look up the Big W catalogue on my phone and go up to the counter to see if they'll match the price
Guy at the counter looked at the catalogue and initially attempted to charge me $64 for a leader class figure.
When I pointed out I was buying a voyager class figure and pointed at the voyager price on the catalogue, he looked at it confused for a few moments before telling me that it wasn't the same product
The Big W catalogue for some reason lists the voyager figures as "premium edition" despite listing the leader class as "premier edition"
He claimed Nitro must be a different product line than the "premium edition" voyager figures that Big W was selling since his box said "premier edition" on it not "premium edition"
So after 5 or so minutes of trying to convince him they are the same product and even explaining to his manager since he called her over they ultimately refused to match Big W's price. So no Nitro for me
The fact Big W's standard price for movie voyagers is $45 whilst Target's price is $60 also caused them issues believing they were the same product. Because god forbid different stores charge different prices for their products
As it turns out. If instead of looking at the catalogue on Big W's website, if you look at the regular product listing for Voyagers on their site it refers to them as "Premier Edition" and lists the sale price of $34 ( https://www.bigw.com.au/product/tran...0000000460007/ )
Sadly I didn't realise this until I was halfway home. Not that I think they'd believe me about the price now
Then when I got home my phone fell on the pavement as I was getting out of the car, smashing up the screen really badly. (First time I've ever broken the screen on a phone, so that was fun....) So now I'll need to get that repaired. Meaning even a $34 voyager is gonna be too expensive for me for now
I had a "fun" day today
So yeah, learn from my mistake. Don't let Target find a loophole out of giving you a discount that their price match policy says they will. Use the website listing, not the catalogue
On a side note, that same Big W catalogue also uses a picture of Voyager Hound for the One step changers
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