Something I bought has dropped from £40 to £24 in a week.. can I return it?

Hedge · 20 Mar 2011 at 12:41

I bought some headphones from a supermarket for £40, which seemed a good price for the model.

However I went in last night and saw them on the shelf down again to £24

Is there a way I can return mine or get the money? it was from Tesco.

Greenlizard0 · 20 Mar 2011 at 12:42

If you have the receipt then go for it, I think Tesco have a 14 day return period.

Hedge · 20 Mar 2011 at 12:44

Yeah I have the receipt and packaging etc.

Should I just make up an excuse or simply mention the price difference.

£24 quid for Sennheiser cx880 is a bargain. Id rather have the £16 in my pocket.

Greenlizard0 · 20 Mar 2011 at 12:46

Either, they have a pretty good returns policy Tesco. Just ask for a refund and if asked make up some blurb about not liking how they sound.

Then when that's done go round, pick up the new ones and use a self service machine to pay for it.

Then go home have a poo and don't forget to wipe!

haz_pro · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:03

Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

arknor · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:06

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

Terrier_Jimlad · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:07

Just say they don't work, it's not like customer services are going to have any device to hook them up to and test is it. Then, when you have your £40 in your hand, walk to shelf, pickup new pair, go to checkout and enjoy your evilness ...

snigger has you walk out the door

Hedge · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:10

Cheers dudes. Shouldnt be an issue then It seems.

998cc · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:21

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

This.

Skillmister · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:21

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

o lawd

infernox · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:25

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

this man haz knowledge

Dunks · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:27

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

Skills.

Al Vallario · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:31

haz_pro said:
Buy them for the cheaper price, then return the new unopened packet with the old receipt.

Someone has done this before...

haz_pro · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:34

Al Vallario said:
Someone has done this before...

Haha, i actually havent. I just used to advise customers to do it when i used to work in halfords(eek....), since they would regularly double the price of a product for a few days so they could then say its "50% off" a week later!

mufc802 · 20 Mar 2011 at 13:34

I asked a similar thing about buying a graphics card here, it went down in price the week after I bought it but someone said I cannot get it for the cheaper price.

Pawnless Endgame · 20 Mar 2011 at 14:23

Yeah, I returned an unused digicam to Tesco, 1 day old, no probs. I just told them that I bought it for someone as a present but they had it already.

Energize · 20 Mar 2011 at 16:29

Yateszy said:
I asked a similar thing about buying a graphics card here, it went down in price the week after I bought it but someone said I cannot get it for the cheaper price.

Legally there's no entitlement, it just depends on the shops returns policy. Some shops will allow you to return a product within 12 months for a refund.

SickAsAParrot · 21 Mar 2011 at 13:53

See if there's an 'if you find it cheaper within 14 days' type policy which also applies to their own stock to get the difference back. I've done this in Comet when a camcorder dropped in price a week after I bought it and they didn't moan.