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Settee now on sale :(

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Tothemoonandbackx · 10/02/2020 09:03

I bought a settee from ScS on a 4 years free credit basis last year, I've just seen that the same settee is now on sale, for less than half price, I don't suppose there's any way of getting them to rearrange my credit payments to reflect the discount is there 🙈🙈 I've got a really good feeling that there is no way they'd do this, but this is the first settee I've bought from an actual sofa store, so have no idea if it's possible. I'm gutted too as it's a massive saving and I'm going on holiday this year. X.

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AhoyMrBeaver · 10/02/2020 09:04

Of course they won't. You win some, you lose some.

Nicknacky · 10/02/2020 09:12

You bought it last year! Of course they won’t “rearrange” the credit agreement.

MazDazzle · 10/02/2020 09:14

That would be like me buying a pair of jeans in Nov, wearing them every day, then complaining when they’re in the January sale for half price!

It’s still annoying though.

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ffswhatnext · 10/02/2020 09:18

If companies worked like that they’d soon be bankrupt.
DFS would have been bust in the first couple of months 🤣

InvisibleToEveryone · 10/02/2020 09:19

Last week maybe....
Later year .....they laugh you out of the place!

Dowser · 10/02/2020 09:19

Anything is worth a try...a nice polite letter may help.

TheMemoryLingers · 10/02/2020 09:20

No. It's a risk you take when you buy something at full price - as an alternative to taking the risk of not buying it in the hope it will be reduced - but it might sell out and you miss out on it altogether (plus you are stuck for months with your old one).

graingers · 10/02/2020 09:22

WTF Hmm

newnamewhosthis · 10/02/2020 09:23

This has got to be a joke !

If you bought a car last year and seen the same one discounted this year would you expect the finance changed to reflect this?

The mind boggles

ColdCottage · 10/02/2020 09:27

My mums friend cancelled a sofa on arrival and got her money back. Not due to wanting it cheaper just realised she couldn't afford it. They refunded her.

ShirleyPhallus · 10/02/2020 09:29

Last year?! Absolutely not!

codenameduchess · 10/02/2020 09:30

Who buys a full price sofa? I've never passed an scs and not seen a sale on...

But, no, not a chance. Classic CFery

zasknbg · 10/02/2020 09:33

It’s too late to do anything but sounds really gutting.

I personally don’t know why people buy sofas on credit. You can get a hardwearing sofa in Ikea for less than £100. I’m sitting on one that cost £200 15 years ago from Ikea. It’s survived kids, now teens and dogs and I sleep on it sometimes when the dog gets me up in the night. A holiday is a much better use of money imo. When I replace my sofa, it’ll be another one from Ikea.

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Tothemoonandbackx · 10/02/2020 09:39

Lol, you're all saying last year like it was a million moons ago, I should have said a couple months actually as it was the end of November (last year). But thank you to all the ones with kind replies to an honest question. No cheeky f**kery intended. None of you can honestly say you wouldn't have thought to at least ask or be gutted by it x

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TheMemoryLingers · 10/02/2020 09:43

Too late now, but the run up to Christmas is a bad time to buy furniture - it's always at full price to attract people who want it there in time for the festivities - then almost always reduced in the new year.

Andtwomakesix · 10/02/2020 09:51

It doesn't really matter if it was last week. This is the chance we take when we buy items full price. When the sale starts, that's when that price is valid from and you bought it before then. I don't see any way they'd agree to this. I'm sure they'd just say "sorry, that was the price it was when you bought it"

ffswhatnext · 10/02/2020 09:51

Doesn’t matter if it was a couple of months ago or not.
Anytime you purchase something you take the risk that you will find it cheaper afterwards. If it’s the next day, or even withIn a week, then I could maybe understand why someone would feel gutted.

LonginesPrime · 10/02/2020 09:52

When you ask would they 'rearrange my credit payments' it almost sounds like you're not seeing this transaction as complete until you've finished paying - it completed when you signed the finance agreement and was locked down then, at the price you agreed.

Just because you're still paying for it, it doesn't mean the transaction is fluid - you agreed to pay a certain amount and effectively took out a loan to pay that amount.

They performed their side of the contract by giving you the sofa to enjoy for no upfront money - you now have to perform your side by paying the agreed amount each month to settle up.

I agree that it might have been worth asking if we were talking about a week. I think with sofas, people tend to pay a premium to have them delivered in time for Christmas- you've had that benefit (plus months of use) and the people who are buying at the reduced price now haven't.

Sparklingbrook · 10/02/2020 09:53

Nice idea but that’s not how buying stuff works.

beautifulwhiskers · 10/02/2020 09:55

None of you can honestly say you wouldn't have thought to at least ask

er ... yes, we can! lol!

Antihop · 10/02/2020 09:57

I would ask. Ask them if they can do it as a good will gesture.

NightsOfCabiria · 10/02/2020 09:57

You fell for the oldest trick in the marketing book I’m afraid of having a new sofa for xmas. Lesson learned OP.

bobstersmum · 10/02/2020 09:57

Hahaha!

gaffamate · 10/02/2020 09:58

I've returned furniture to Laura Ashley under a year and then literally bought it back within 30 seconds at sale price. The cashier was visibly annoyed but nothing she could do!

TheGirlWithAPrince · 10/02/2020 10:16

Obviously it's on sale... Its now an old sofa - _- they put them on sale so new sofas can come in.