Camping World Memorial Day "sale"

[jeffcarp]

Today's Camping World email indicates a Memorial Day sale and shows the Garmin RV770 for $399, advertising this as $40 off the "regular" price of $439.

That device has never sold for $439 nor is that the MSRP. Garmin themselves sold that device in pre-sale for $399.

The ethics of this is disappointing.

[Good_Sam_Care_T]

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[jeffcarp]

I'll be as clear as I know how to be. CW can sell the device for any price that they wish. They can sell the Garmin for $439, $399, $500 or $50. Their choice. They have no obligation to sell it for the MSRP.

The problem with what they did is a specific issue. If they are going to advertise a price as being a sale price and in this case make a specific claim of a $40 discount then the FTC requires that the product had to be sold to customers at the pre-sale price for a "substantial period of time."

In this case they advertised the $399 price as a $40 sale discount which means they are required by the FTC to have sold the device for $399 + $40 = $439 for a substantial period of time.

In fact, the device was never sold for $439. That is the entire complaint. Nothing more.

[Sultan1966]

jeffcarp wrote:

Bucky Badger wrote:
So what was the "real" sale price?

$399 was the everyday selling price on CW and also the price that they advertised as being a $40 sale for Memorial Day weekend.

Ok let's say I am confused.. You seem to have answered their question in a deceitful way, yet you accuse CW of the same thing.

[jeffcarp]

My response to the last poster does not say that the regular price is $399. Not sure who you're arguing with.

[Sultan1966]

jeffcarp wrote:
Today's Camping World email indicates a Memorial Day sale and shows the Garmin RV770 for $399, advertising this as $40 off the "regular" price of $439.

That device has never sold for $439 nor is that the MSRP. Garmin themselves sold that device in pre-sale for $399.

The ethics of this is disappointing.

If it is that disapointing why are you telling the last poster that "regular price" is $399 when your post initially states $439?
Who is showing deceit here..you or CW?
Again, MSRP is Suggested price not an automatic price one has to sell for..be an informed consumer..if you don't like price because is it not MSRP... Move on.

[jeffcarp]

Bucky Badger wrote:
So what was the "real" sale price?

$399 was the everyday selling price on CW and also the price that they advertised as being a $40 sale for Memorial Day weekend.

[Bucky_Badger]

So what was the "real" sale price?

[1968mooney]

Sultan1966 wrote:
MSRP - Manuafacturers Suggested Retail Price is the loophole so CW can technically make it whatever they want and show it on sale..no lies or deceit.. buyer beware and be a smart consumer.

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[Sultan1966]

MSRP - Manuafacturers Suggested Retail Price is the loophole so CW can technically make it whatever they want and show it on sale..no lies or deceit.. buyer beware and be a smart consumer.

[gafidler]

Memorial Day is a day to remember the men and women who gave their life to defend this country, I think it is terrible for stores to have sales and people to think it is a holiday. I don't agree with our government going to "war" but I appreciate the sacrifice of our servicemen and women .

[Acampingwewillg]

Hey, not to change the subject(slightly), I walked in CW today over in Valencia and the first thing that struck me was, "am I in the CW or a new Pet food retailer" I haven't been to an actual CW store in year's but they have numerous isles dedicated to PET items including a mass amount of pet food products.

Listen, I'm a Dog person and maybe I'm making too much of this but it did seem weird or maybe just out of place and the again, Pet item's were, are and will always be lucrative, money making items. Maybe CW is just seizing the moment??? 🙂

[Lwiddis]

Jeff must be a good watcher.

[jeffcarp]

I have no idea whether this was a mistake, intentional or sloppy. Pointless to speculate. What I do know, because I've been watching this device, deciding if I want to buy it, is the price for it on Amazon, GPS City and CW. That price has been and remains $399. Whether your hypothetical, that CW may have bumped the price to $439 momentarily, is true or not doesn't matter. FTC eCFR 223.1 is very clear that to advertise something on sale it had to be available on the market for a "reasonably substantial period of time" at the price being advertised as the regular price such that the marketplace identifies that as the normal price. As someone that's been watching this device I can tell you that isn't the case.

[westernrvparkow]

jeffcarp wrote:
This thread has run its course. Your arguing over claims that no one has made for the sake of arguing it seems.

Actually, you made the FTC claim. You made the claim about Marcus tweeting they were going to correct the issue and you made it sound like it was something nefarious. You stated that Garmin issued a press release regarding the MSRP and then implied the Camping World could therefore never had offered it for a higher price. People were merely retorting that just because the MSRP was $399, nothing would have stopped Camping World from making their regular retail price $439, thus making a sale price of $399.00 and a claim of a $40.00 discount a totally legitimate claim. No FTC intervention necessary.