latest sub offer

[TALON1973]

Hi, just took out the latest sub offer from Junes mag with free Senn hd 202 headphones .........which you claim have a rrp of £36.99

but your own review at the back of the mag with a test date of 02/11 has them at £26

the headphones won't be for me ..... niece wil get them with an ipod touch 2nd gen that was on offer on teh bay as an xmas present....... but just wondered on the discepancy ??

 

[roger06]

Quite simple I'd have thought. RRP is the recommended price suggested by the manufacturer but retailers are free to sell a product for any price they like...

 

[Andrew Everard]

Indeed: the £26 price at which we list them in the magazine is the price at which the headphones were commonly available at the time of the review; the higher price is the suggested retail price supplied by the manufacturer of the headphones.

 

[TALON1973]

well you are sort of making it sound better than what it is i don't know anyone that sells someothing at what the manufacturer say. i can understand if the review price was after the offer , but when your quoting a price in the mag offer it should reflect the lower price ....imo anyway i'm sure my niece wil enjoy it with the ipod touch i got her for xmas either way

 

[roger06]

well you are sort of making it sound better than what it is

Nonsense! Everyone knows prices vary hugely and it's really easy to find the price of anything on the web. RRP is simply a common metric used for comparison etc. Amazon always quote their savings with relation to RRP. Everyone knows the RRP is not really realistic in most cases but there's no other 'static' price to compare to.

I wouldn't expect an professional organisation like WHF to put something like "Worth about £38...". In additional, if it's been given away then there's a clearly a job lot that's been picked up by someone at WHF for way less, but you'd not expect them to state what they paid.

I think some of the sub offers have been fantastic. I got an 80 quid Chord HDMI cable a few years ago and a £40 Chord Crimson interconnect recently. If WHF picked a load up at £5 per cable then well done them!

Anyway, as you write, I'm sure your neice will enjoy 'em !!