PINK baby toys cheaper than the everyday versions. It has been getting on my wick for a while now, but today was the last straw.
Six weeks ago, they had a cot activity centre that was priced at £10.00 for the pink 'girls' version, and £17.97 for the multi-coloured 'boys' version. I didn't buy it for DS3, and left it, while internally seething.
Today, I went in to spend my clubcard double-up vouchers, and there were another TWO things the same - the pink 'girls' Vtech baby walker is priced at £20, and the multi-coloured 'boys' version was priced at £26.97. The Fisher price ride on Zebra toy (that I really wanted to get for DS3), well, the price difference is massive (to me) - the pink 'girls' version is priced at £20, the multi-coloured 'boys' version is priced at £30 - a whole ten pounds difference.
I have put in a complaint, and am waiting for Tescos to get back to me. Not ONCE has the multi-coloured version of these toys been priced lower than the pink version.
Now I know MN supports the pink stinks thing, and everything, but to me, this smacks of reverse sexism, where it is cheaper to buy pink toys for girls than it is to buy normal coloured toys for boys.
I KNOW I could just buy him the pink one - but, I WANT to buy the normal coloured one (who the fuck has seen a Zebra with PINK stripes FFS). I just don't want to pay an extra £10 to do so!
Why are the pink toys being sold so much cheaper than the blue ones? It doesn't cost any less to produce them - in fact, as they aren't sold everywhaere, if anything it must be more expensive to produce them, economies of scale and all that - so how can Tescos get away with charging so much less for the pink tat than the normal stuff?
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CardyMow · 09/11/2011 19:51
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