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Dells online store is a nightmare of dark patterns. Everything on there is 2-3x as expensive as it should be, except it’s always on a huge sale that is changing
by barbariangrunge 3y ago
Dells online store is a nightmare of dark patterns. Everything on there is 2-3x as expensive as it should be, except it’s always on a huge sale that is changing all the time
It’s too much, I can’t shop there
- andromeduck 3y agoThink Lenovo does the same.
- emdashcomma 3y agoAnd for some reason some tech journalists don't account for it. "Ah, but this Thinkpad has an MSRP of $4,395, so it's much more expensive than the competition" when approximately nobody would purchase it for that price, and the consistently-on-sale price would be right in line with competitors.
- sowbug 3y agoSeems fair game to use fake MSRPs against them.
- guraf 3y agoNot sure that's on reviewers. Lenovo is using anti consumer tactics to improve sales (the elevated MSRP with a constant "sale"), should they be praised?
- JohnFen 3y agoI'm rather glad that journalists don't take that into account. Comparing MSRPs is fair. Perhaps it provides some pressure discouraging companies from engaging in that sort of shenanigans.
- bunga-bunga 3y agoSounds like hotel bookings. So many “hurry up, 246 people booked this exact room in the past 14 seconds”
- FireBeyond 3y agoYup. Remote small roadside motel in Nowhere, Wyoming, for a single night in May of 2024. "19 people have looked at this room today, book now!"
- technothrasher 3y agoWhen my wife worked for Dell, she got a 17% employee discount on all Dell branded products on their website. But it was 17% off list price, not current "sale" price. So using your employee discount often would cause you pay more for the product than if you didn't use it.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoThis has been my experience with nearly every "discount" program. You always pay more because it's anchored to some other price.
- technothrasher 3y agoMy son's 10% employee discount at Target seems to work as you'd expect, as it stacks with any other discounts and sales on an item, including the 5% loyalty card discount they offer. The only real limitations are on certain heavily in demand items, and there's a per item limit so you cannot run a discount Target eBay store.