Gemporia 'Downfall'

[TheManWithNoName]

It's a fair point, which did come to mind when I wrote this. I honestly can't remember. The purchase wasn't a Jeff shift special, it was in the 9am hour. To be fair, the web price could well have been £80, although as you suggest, that would be a hefty 'live' auction discount. Perhaps it was in a true "sale" too, I just can't remember.

I think what might be skewing my perception is the discount code embargo on it currently. All depends what these really are - a true, final price for an online shopper (another way of creating web exclusive items) or it's a "buy if you want at this price but otherwise we're holding this item" price.

I'm baffled as to what they're achieving by putting a discount code embargo on it. Surely if they've had the item in stock for almost 2 years, they'd want to get rid of it. Having stuff in stock for years just ties up money. Money that, it would appear, they've been short of for a number of years.

Even with a 50% discount code (which Gemporia don't do because they're not that generous), they'd still be making significantly more than you paid for it in the auction price.

The mind boggles. But I guess that's what happens when you have someone running the company with no business experience or business brain, that used to work in Little Chef and the Gemporia warehouse, and got the MD's job because they married into family..........

 

[Jojo1]

This product, "auctioned" by Angeleen this morning, somehow encapsulates everything said over the last 24 hours.

Gold tone, base metal, cheap pearls. And they still want £7.99 + £3.95 P&P

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Regular web price £6.96

 

[rubia]

Regular web price £6.96

Angelina is becoming more forceful and aggressive as the days go by. Not an ethic in sight!

 

[Ant7t]

Do they really have a voice? They must be more than aware of the constant complaints. Still nothing changes!!

Maybe it's a case of as long as we have an income and / or profit, we will go on as long as possible. If we complain or try to change it, we might lose out. ??

 

[Ant7t]

It can only be fronted by the King of Jade himself, surely. When will they ever come to the end of the blo%%y jade? They must have container shiploads lining up full of the stuff. It really is a joke.

Yes, I know it's nothing different said, but for something so rare and rare and rare and....... they certainly can find a lot of it.

 

[Ant7t]

Here's another inexplicable price hike that reveals a lot more about what Gemporia is now from what it was even two years ago.

Brooch bought for £26 in auction (Love it. Zircon really are outstanding on it.) Still in stock at £80, with a discount code embargo.

Just odd.

I remember that series of jewellery. I know they do price mark ups: that's obvious. Some extreme ones, yes. But, they pride themselves on selling items at 'around' the price they were when 'they' bought them. The usual, we bought this at, and we will sell it at, even though it's x months / years later. Gosh, I'm good at repeating myself, and others.

But. IF it is still in stock two years later, why hike the price that much. All they need do is to sell it in clearance. They're always going on about clearing spaces to make room for other things.