Submitted 7 months ago by micek@feddit.nu to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Black friday, en rea, så priset rör sig som förväntat
Isn’t that illegal though? I’m in Denmark where a product needs to have had the same price for at least 30 days, before you can compare it as a “before” price. Also sales prices need to be a limited time offer (can’t spike the price for 30 days and the sell on discount for 6 months). I believe it is 10 days limit.
The guy posts in Swedish here for some reason.
But yeah, the Black Friday thing in Sweden is a joke. It’s being used as a way to get rid of old models of televisions and other stuff that nobody really should buy. Any discount on things that are new is very minor, or as in this case in the picture, even more expensive on Black Friday.
This is pretty much the whole point of black friday everywhere
Hej! Tror att inlägg här ska vara på engelska, du skulle kunna testa att skriva i chat på feddit.nu istället :)
Translation for anyone who doesn’t speak Swedish
gaph showing a price going up
Black Friday, a sale, so the price changes as expected
Actually my plan was to post it to feddit.nu, I made an oopsie, sorry 😅
No worries 😀
Bro this isn’t a language-specific sub
Exactly… he can use what langue he likes.
English-defaultism much.
Isn’t that exactly what it is? Post should be in English. If it weren’t language specific, posts in Swedish, Djibouti and Klingon would be welcomed, no?
What am I looking at
The price history for a particular product, showing that its price was stable until it shot up the day after black Friday.
Why is that bad? Or really related to black friday at all?
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 months ago
It seems Norwegian. Even if not in the EU, Norway also adopted the omnibus directive that forces online sellers to post the lowest 30 days price nearby the discounted price.
So they can’t increase the price and then say “wow, discount!”
clp.no/selger-du-varer-eller-tjenester-til-forbru…
TL;DR: that webstore infringed the law and should be reported and fined
yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 7 months ago
Germany implemented this law in a way which allows stores to post the recommended retail price instead.
It’s a fucking shitshow, the RRP is always set way too high and there are “30% sales” all the time now.
phx@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Amazon’s trick seems to be to offer products at a certain price, but often with i.e. a $60 off “coupon” or whatever. Then when Black Friday rolls around, it’s the regular price, no coupon, but with “20% off Black Friday sale” (which may or may not actually be less than $60 off)
Fal@yiffit.net 7 months ago
How is this illegal? They kept the same price through the “discount” day. And then raised it afterwards. I really don’t understand what the issue is. They raised the price 3.5% after black friday. What’s the issue?
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 months ago
It depends what OP meant, because they posted just a screenshot with no explanation
If it’s just raised the price, not illegal.
If raised the price to promote a fake discount, illegal.
dojan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No. It’s Swedish.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 months ago
If it’s Sweden, in European Union is illegal to declare a fake discount