Unfair pricing on different clothing sizes

Matthewfalle

dstev55 wrote:

Right let's wrap this thread up. I had more entertainment at work today than this thread is now providing... oh yes I'm sorry to disappoint you but I do actually work.

Enjoy the rest of your evening trawling through the posts on here.

Obviously its not very well paid work. Good luck on finding cheap clothes.

dstev55

Matthewfalle wrote:

dstev55 wrote:

Right let's wrap this thread up. I had more entertainment at work today than this thread is now providing... oh yes I'm sorry to disappoint you but I do actually work.

Enjoy the rest of your evening trawling through the posts on here.

Obviously its not very well paid work. Good luck on finding cheap clothes.

It's enough for me, but thank you for your opinion.

burnthesheep

The supply and demand argument classically goes for inelastic demand. Like oil or gas. Things that traditionally don't have a readily available substitute. Not a pair of bike shorts.

I feel brick and mortar stores do a better job on this than do online retailers. Online retailers take advantage of the fact that they can price the size "medium" only a few cents less than a brick and mortar store and still make money. Then sell the XL for much cheaper. Who cares, it's still cheaper.

If the online retailer were pressured enough on price vs. the brick and mortar store, you wouldn't be dealing with this.

Personally, I've never gone into a LBS and seen a M a different cost than an XL. But then, the M cost less online than the LBS.

dinyull

burnthesheep wrote:

The supply and demand argument classically goes for inelastic demand. Like oil or gas. Things that traditionally don't have a readily available substitute. Not a pair of bike shorts.

I feel brick and mortar stores do a better job on this than do online retailers. Online retailers take advantage of the fact that they can price the size "medium" only a few cents less than a brick and mortar store and still make money. Then sell the XL for much cheaper. Who cares, it's still cheaper.

If the online retailer were pressured enough on price vs. the brick and mortar store, you wouldn't be dealing with this.

Personally, I've never gone into a LBS and seen a M a different cost than an XL. But then, the M cost less online than the LBS.

Where do you buy your brick and mortar online?

DavidJB

What I took from this is that MF is a bit of a knob.

darkhairedlord

DavidJB wrote:

What I took from this is that MF is a bit of a knob.

which bit and what type? a door knob, or the end of a gear lever?

ringwoodlights

The only people its unfair on is the retailer! You have to order an even split through the sizes but inevitably you will end up with more of 1 size than another at the end of the pile so when they reorder (at the new inflated price) the old stock can still be at the old price to clear it through and as the average cyclist is an average size its the medium and larges that sell first. Meanwhile the retailer is sitting on £1000s worth of dead stock!