Testing Takealot's discount percentages

[noxibox]

Oh no, Takealot is ripping us off here too:

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Now you’re comparing one scammer to an even bigger scammer.

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.

That is what they should do. What they have now makes it appear they are the ones claiming a discount percentage.

If supply and demand are a thing, then a vendor has every right to raise the price of something; this is simple economics.

Simple economics is generally bullshit.

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.

The problem is that South Africa is flooded with these brands, and not just on Takealot. What you can do though is search the Chinese sites for the product. It is pretty typical to find the same product under various names. It isn’t unique to the Chinese, but they do seem to take it to a whole new level.

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.

Maybe 2002. Online selling was established enough in South Africa by 2012.

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.

Depends on the market. Typically they may not police prices, but repeated complaints about a vendor get that vendor kicked out permanently.

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.

One of the issues is that in a physical store if there really is only one item left on the shelf you can literally pick it up and hold onto it while you decide. Online the item can return to it’s original price or disappear from your cart on the way too or even through the checkout.

They are not lying they are saying the discount is x% off the RRP that is true.

Is it shady sure, but not lying

No, they do in fact actually lie. Not only is their claimed RRP typically nonsense, but they change it when they want to inflate the alleged discount.

 

[supersunbird]

Now you’re comparing one scammer to an even bigger scammer.

He did it first.

 

[noxibox]

DealsDealsDeals used to track Takealot, until latter blocked their crawler...

Yeah they wont give them a API and any site that does something like 1000 hits over a hour or something gets blacklisted with takealot

camelcamelcamel great site for amazon spoke to them and they said API is the main method

If true this is a clear indicator that Takealot are shady. Why would they want to keep price histories secret?

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Technically it is Takealot that is selling it

Takealot are the ones my payment goes to, its also the Takealot site that you browse when buying. So 3rd party or not is their problem.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Takealot are the ones my payment goes to, its also the Takealot site that you browse when buying. So 3rd party or not is their problem.

Totally agree 100%
Don't try and pass the buck

 

[SeaSickMama]

If true this is a clear indicator that Takealot are shady. Why would they want to keep price histories secret?

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They posted that they wont get a API from takealot as they tried to do this but get blacklisted on their IP when they scan takealot for product prices etc

 

[SeaSickMama]

Yes Takealot blocked them some time back already.
I used to use them for tracking items on takealot before they got blocked.

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@noxibox

 

[Chunk20]

No, they do in fact actually lie. Not only is their claimed RRP typically nonsense, but they change it when they want to inflate the alleged discount.

They switch between their list price and RRP price it is not lying.

 

[nomad440]

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.

We can all blame a certain web site for this: pricecheck.co.za. Without a doubt they always show an inflated price on their site. They generate an aggregate pricing amount based on what they can find, so if some bonkers-mad person is selling a R400 Parker pen for R40,000, and 3 others do it too, the RRP is around R11,000 when you generate the average pricing amount. Electronics on takealot.com is a complete rip-off.


yet, Banggood.com (which actually delivered all 60 of them), Charged me a grand total of R288, with import tax and shipping, resulting in them costing R4.80c each.
That is a helluva long way away from R163 excluding shipping, each! I could get sixty of them, for LESS than two of them from takealot.com. Takelot.com is the LAST RESORT, not the first-stop.

 

[nomad440]

Who in this day and age does not do a simple google search to compare pricing before buying an item on takealot 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 .

We went shopping for a TV just before 2019's Black Friday (a week exactly) and found the one we were looking for @R1700 off the retail amount. No special, just R1700 less. During Black Friday, not only was the TV now R3000 MORE than what we paid, but it was listed at having 20% off. Yeah, right takealot.com. We DO NOT SHOP on Black Friday. Magically, we seem to have money for some spoils in December .