Testing Takealot's discount percentages

supersunbird said:
I hope you are also going to write a strongly worded letter to whichever battery manufacturers packaging states "lasts 3 times longer".
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Sure, if I had the time and resources to empirically prove their claims are wrong, I would.
 
supersunbird said:
I wonder if there are really people who purchase something based on discount % Takealot states?

Personally I pay 0% attention to the supposed discount. Either I know what the price generally is, because I am interested in the item already/before, or I go and compare the prices using Google shopping and even other Takealot sellers. I then make the purchase once I have accepted the price vs value, or else I do not make the purchase.

Sometimes I might even get the slightly more expensive version, just because 1 seller has it in stock, and the other doesn't.
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I do exactly the same, and agree with your approach.

That said, just because we’re all grown ups capable smelling bs and doing our own due diligence does not justify them continuing to provide false information as fact.

They’re lying, plain and simple and based on your responses it seems that you agree with that. So why is that acceptable?
 
Had a nasty experience with Takealot and have come to the conclusion that some Fullfillment Suppliers are using them as a dumping ground to sell demo goods as new. They can't do much about it, except to refund your money which takes a long time to do. Be careful of buying high end appliances/ camera equipment. Check box for signs of being previously opened and missing contents.
 
Supercarfan said:
I do exactly the same, and agree with your approach.

That said, just because we’re all grown ups capable smelling bs and doing our own due diligence does not justify them continuing to provide false information as fact.

They’re lying, plain and simple and based on your responses it seems that you agree with that. So why is that acceptable?
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Then nearly all advertising will have to go, I don't have happy picnics after using a laxative and whatever.
 
supersunbird said:
Then nearly all advertising will have to go, I don't have happy picnics after using a laxative and whatever.
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Show me an ad that says you WILL have a happy picnic after their laxative and I will concede.

And to be honest, I wouldn’t mind if false advertising was illegal… oh wait, the CPA might have something to say about that.
 
sometimes you find good teals on takealot, sometimes, just sometimes.
most of the time they play the same game as amazon, cheap knock-offs at inflated prices with convenience attached to it.
 
Pineapple Smurf said:
Takealot needs to hire a sniffer to go through the displayed adverts
People are getting ripped off sideways
For example, I took delivery today of a cheap blender for R405
Another Oke on TA sells the identical one for more than double

Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.
www.takealot.com www.takealot.com
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Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.
www.takealot.com www.takealot.com
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I saw something strange that the people in America do with Amazon. They signup for Prime which is next day shipping and then list stuff way higher for same product. All they then do is buy the product from the cheaper listing and ship that to the buyer.
 
Jan said:
Takealot's discounts tested

Online shoppers looking to score big bargains on Takealot should carefully consider the claimed discounts shown on its deals.

South Africa’s top online retailer offers Daily Deals and regular themed sales for certain categories of products.

A big eye-catcher on these promotional offers is the percentage of claimed savings relative to the standard list price.

Numerous MyBroadband readers have previously complained that this percentage was distorted by Takealot, as other retailers offered cheaper regular prices on the same products.
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This is a running problem with takealot.com. Their Management has responded with "We only report what our suppliers indicate are RRP's". And for all intents & purposes, Takealot should NOT be in the business of actively policing prices, and they aren't. Their discount marker should have the word "Vendor Discount" above the savings indicator. This will generate a clear message that the VENDOR considers this to be a discount, and not Takealot itself. If supply and demand are a thing, then a vendor has every right to raise the price of something; this is simple economics. What Takealot should watch for, is when a vendor has a price for "x" item and then over-inflates it, only to offer a "discount" later on...

Takealot has gone from being the discount online store, to a seller's paradise. When it was still Kalahari.net, you were almost assured that you would not find it cheaper anywhere else, and that stocks were limited. Those days are long gone. Takealot is no longer the cheaper option, but more of the last resort: It's where you START LOOKING for something specific, and then hunt around for the better prices somewhere else.

Takealot has also been permeated by "trash-selling" where products are vastly cheaper than a competitor, look good, but are a total disappointment when the item arrives. If the brand is not easily recognizable to you, then proceed with caution. This is on the buyer, you. Long gone are the days that internet-shopping in SA was a reputation-related undertaking. In 2012 you would be hard-pressed to make someone part with their money over the internet, unless you were a veritible rock-star of a Vendor, with quality, value and service being explicity applauded in the reviews and ratings.

The onus is on you, the shopper, to make an informed decision, not for Takealot to police its sellers. Takealot is well within their right to not involve themselves in pricing issues, quality issues, etc. Other than legitimate returns (which they make non-negotiable to their sellers, thank you, Takealot), you are on your own when buying. Assuming that a marketplace is going to police it's sellers is like having an overlord at a flea-market and stopping sellers from overcharging their customers..Simply won't happen. Takealot is in the business of getting a product from a vendor to a buyer, at the agreed price, whatever that might be, as fast and efficiently as possible. Shop with that mindset, and dodgy vendors will arrive on and leave the platform just as quickly.

We seem to have this mindset, that we can spend 4 hours in a mall looking at physical items and taking an eternity to make up our minds, before parting with our dosh, but if you see that "23% Off" block, your money seems to leave your bank-account leaving skid-marks.

We need to stop doing that.
 
Pineapple Smurf said:
Takealot needs to hire a sniffer to go through the displayed adverts
People are getting ripped off sideways
For example, I took delivery today of a cheap blender for R405
Another Oke on TA sells the identical one for more than double

Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.
www.takealot.com www.takealot.com
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Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.
www.takealot.com www.takealot.com
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Lmao! this is the oldest trick in the book! Colleague of mine does this with her friend on Facebook market place, she gets him to list the same thing but more expensive, people think they getting a deal.
 
Bit off topic but the same idiotic type of specials can be found everywhere.
Here is BoB:

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I can get 75% off a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra.
Indicative market price for a Samsung S20 Ultra secondhand with cracked screen is apparently R20 000.
 
nomad440 said:
This is a running problem with takealot.com. Their Management has responded with "We only report what our suppliers indicate are RRP's". And for all intents & purposes, Takealot should NOT be in the business of actively policing prices, and they aren't. Their discount marker should have the word "Vendor Discount" above the savings indicator. This will generate a clear message that the VENDOR considers this to be a discount, and not Takealot itself. If supply and demand are a thing, then a vendor has every right to raise the price of something; this is simple economics. What Takealot should watch for, is when a vendor has a price for "x" item and then over-inflates it, only to offer a "discount" later on...
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Especially when thrid party sellers are involved, I agree it’s not Takealot’s job to police prices.

But when an item is sold by Takealot themselves, surely the RRSP shouldn’t spike on the day they, or the supplier where they purchase the product, decide to run a promotion, only to come back down the next day. And that’s where I think they’re being actively misleading.
 
Supercarfan said:
I do exactly the same, and agree with your approach.

That said, just because we’re all grown ups capable smelling bs and doing our own due diligence does not justify them continuing to provide false information as fact.

They’re lying, plain and simple and based on your responses it seems that you agree with that. So why is that acceptable?
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They are not lying they are saying the discount is x% off the RRP that is true.

Is it shady sure, but not lying
 
Jan said:
Takealot's discounts tested

Online shoppers looking to score big bargains on Takealot should carefully consider the claimed discounts shown on its deals.

South Africa’s top online retailer offers Daily Deals and regular themed sales for certain categories of products.

A big eye-catcher on these promotional offers is the percentage of claimed savings relative to the standard list price.

Numerous MyBroadband readers have previously complained that this percentage was distorted by Takealot, as other retailers offered cheaper regular prices on the same products.
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Is setting a "List Price" by the supplier not price-fixing? Is there a consumer lawyer out there?
 
Takealot is skelm, full stop. If you want to be honest then use the price that normal people would pay at the till and stop trying to disguise unethical behaviour behind different pricing definitions. The 'journalist' clearly did not delve very deep into the TA vault because it is easy to get 'discounted' items that are actually much cheaper at normal prices elsewhere. But they do have the odd bargain so at least the article is correct in saying that the buyer must be careful about these 'savings'.
 
You know what would be a great app.. app idea for free:

Make an application that pulls the merchant and the product + does a reverse image search if it can’t find via key words in text (see Google).

Then it does a comparison across merchants, and stores the pricing of various suppliers in db with time stamp. Kinda what I do presently.. in head though.

Advance: add/show inflation increase assessment of product. Ie what’s a reasonable price given CPI +/- $ variance.

Input would be an item url on a online retailer.

You could then generate stats like
1. Takealot variance of product pricing over time,
2. Merchant on Takelot variance of pricing,
3. Retail price in given market(other online retailers)
 
Chunk20 said:
They are not lying they are saying the discount is x% off the RRP that is true.

Is it shady sure, but not lying
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What they are doing is increasing the claimed RRP on the day of the sale.

For example, product A is listed for R80 with a ‘was’ price of R100 and 20% discount. Then one day it goes on daily deals for R75 but the ‘was’ price is now suddenly R150 and they claim 50% discount. Then tomorrow its back at R80 with R100 ‘was’ price.

It’s a trend i’ve noted multiple times, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. And certainly isn’t limited to products listed by third party sellers.
 
Takealot has become unethical , unprofessional and rather useless lately imo.

My days of supporting them is over.

Just to many personal bad experiences lately.

Latest scam :

I returned an item that had a missing part.
They claimed no stock and credited my account.
Their website clearly show that the item is in stock and I saw they had more than 20 units left.
The price has gone up since I bought it so now they rather lie and refund in order to save .
UNETHICAL imo.
 
So all of the list prices from Takealot are more expensive in the comparison which gives us the impression that we should not buy from them as most of their prices will be more expensive.
 
Who in this day and age does not do a simple google search to compare pricing before buying an item on takealot :ROFL: Their shady discounts has been known for years . Every year at black friday and xmas time people complain about takealot fake sales .

At times you will find decently priced items and i agree that their customer services and after sales is really good compared to other retailers who have tried the online approach .
 
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