how do they do that ?

[venta]

I've just been to Savers, a discount chemist. I bought myself some hair dye and some face cream and, because I'm anal like that, wandered into Boots to compare prices.

Boots doesn't stock the hairdye I bought, but their own-brand is £2.69, and I paid £2.49 for Schwarzkopf stuff.

The face cream I bought is £2.99 in Savers. In Boots it's under a large red poster saying "Lower prices you'll love", and costs £4.69.

Yes, I know this is a really dull post. But how the hell does Boots get away with it ? I know some people don't care much about saving a few pence here and there, but... 50% ?

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

You never heard of Superdrug ?

Even though you were a student (=skint :) in a town which had one ? *boggle*

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

I always thought they looked cheap and nasty. When I was a student they were brand new and distinctly mickey mouse.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I always thought they looked cheap

and

I didn't even have any idea there were places cheaper.

:)

Yeah, they're not a plushy as Boots. Depends what you're buying, I suppose.

They're not that nasty - I only ever go to Boots for shampoo, as they one I currently like it exclusive to them. Everything else comes from Superdrug, and I'd actually recommend some of their own brand stuff quite highly.

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

I always thought they looked cheap
and
I didn't even have any idea there were places cheaper.

:p You know what I mean. There are two different sense of cheap.

I don't think they're mickey mouse any more. When I was going through my major glitter phase, they were my vendors of choice - a much better sparkly range than Boots. But it hadn't occurred to me they would be any cheaper than Boots for other things.