Re: Big company problems
I'd have to say "yes" and "no" to this...
There are a large number of companies (ebay, amazon, iherb etc) that show bundle pricing at the bottom of their pages for products - stuff like "people who bought this also bought..." - with links to add both items to one's basket. In some of these cases, I have mistaken them to be discounted prices for bundled items, when in fact they are just the same cost as adding the items separately and it's more a push from the site to get you to buy more. I'm believe that is what the seller is trying to impart, if not imply. Nothing illegal, questionably immoral perhaps?
But I grow weary of any strike-through pricing on any web site, especially if one really has to take the seller's word that the item once sold at the struck-through price. That is definitely not on, and in bricks-and-mortar world lands companies in hot water very quickly. Or at least it can in Australia.
I do grow weary of sites that tout "you saved $0.15 on your $128.99 order" when checking out - iherb, I'm looking at you here.
Just give me your best price up front - forget crappy discount codes that I can obtain by looking them up, or filling an order with a disposable email address to get the 20% "new to our site" discount.