Comments on: The Great Woolworths SCAM! http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/ Gaming, Technology, and Gadget News, Reviews, and Previews. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Penge http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-17358 Penge Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:52:06 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=4433#comment-17358 *applauds* Good work there Tigervamp, you've summed up many of my thoughts regarding the Woolies collapse. I wandered into the local Woolies before Christmas hoping to pick up a bargain and ended up staring in a confused way at the prices that were certainly not 50% less than they should have been. Down with Woolworths! ... Wait, again, what? *applauds*

Good work there Tigervamp, you’ve summed up many of my thoughts regarding the Woolies collapse. I wandered into the local Woolies before Christmas hoping to pick up a bargain and ended up staring in a confused way at the prices that were certainly not 50% less than they should have been.

Down with Woolworths!

… Wait, again, what?

]]> By: Chelle http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-16965 Chelle Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:07:57 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=4433#comment-16965 But what they failed to tell you was that the 50% off was on the fixyures and fittings which they also had to sell, and they are a mere 99 years old! I did however visit the doomed woolies yesterday to find that all media items are now 60% off (this is a definite and not an upto!), well worth a visit to top up your cd's, dvd's and games ... But what they failed to tell you was that the 50% off was on the fixyures and fittings which they also had to sell, and they are a mere 99 years old!
I did however visit the doomed woolies yesterday to find that all media items are now 60% off (this is a definite and not an upto!), well worth a visit to top up your cd’s, dvd’s and games …

]]> By: jim sadler http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-16582 jim sadler Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:54:32 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=4433#comment-16582 The average working stiff is doomed to fight fraud or suffer from fraud from cradle to grave. Probably each of us has a type of scam that we hate the worst. For me it is the bombard of Magazines in the PC and motorcycle industry that give nonsense reviews of product quality. For example pumping up the notion of needing quad core CPUs and graphic cards with more power than most good computers have in total is simply a way of deceiving people and stealing their money. The average working stiff is doomed to fight fraud or suffer from fraud from cradle to grave. Probably each of us has a type of scam that we hate the worst. For me it is the bombard of Magazines in the PC and motorcycle industry that give nonsense reviews of product quality. For example pumping up the notion of needing quad core CPUs and graphic cards with more power than most good computers have in total is simply a way of deceiving people and stealing their money.

]]> By: Rees http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-15781 Rees Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:36:11 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=4433#comment-15781 Yes indeed... the phrase "up to 50% off" or "up to half off" always did annoy me... It's like a double negative or something, designed to confuse people who are not as clever as us (and that's not difficult). Down with Woolworths! ...Wait, what? Yes indeed… the phrase “up to 50% off” or “up to half off” always did annoy me… It’s like a double negative or something, designed to confuse people who are not as clever as us (and that’s not difficult).

Down with Woolworths!

…Wait, what?

]]> By: Vince http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/12/12/the-great-woolworths-scam/comment-page-1/#comment-15763 Vince Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.teamteabag.com/?p=4433#comment-15763 And I thought I was the only pessimist on this site... I really think the laws should be changed so the the words 'up to' or any other words of a similar meaning should have to be at least the same size as the % discount when advertising sales, just to stop the mockery that sales like this become. I bet if you hunt long and hard you'll for the only 50% discount item in the store, which probably only cost £5 in the first place... And I thought I was the only pessimist on this site…

I really think the laws should be changed so the the words ‘up to’ or any other words of a similar meaning should have to be at least the same size as the % discount when advertising sales, just to stop the mockery that sales like this become.

I bet if you hunt long and hard you’ll for the only 50% discount item in the store, which probably only cost £5 in the first place…

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