Are luxury beauty advent calendars a rip-off?

[Nearly Sane]

Concludes that you need to want the stuff - amazing


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87xex4pr7xo

[Roses]

Concludes that you need to want the stuff - amazing


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87xex4pr7xo

You would have to be off your head to buy them!

[Nearly Sane]

You would have to be off your head to buy them!

If you want the stuff, and it's cheaper than buying it outwith the packaging, and you get a bit of joy out of opening it, why would you be off your head to buy them?

[jeremyp]

A calendar may cost £250 but it’s actually "worth £1,000", they say, if you add up all the individual items.

Really? No it isn't. The economics should tell you that they are lying or they would sell the products individually and make four times as much money.

[Nearly Sane]

Really? No it isn't. The economics should tell you that they are lying or they would sell the products individually and make four times as much money.

Except they wouldn't sell in such numbers or make future purchases more likely as the article covers. They're obviously taking the prices at a non sale value and you could probably over a time get the products for a similar price but that would have time cost.

[jeremyp]

Except they wouldn't sell in such numbers

If they can't at £1,000, the products are not worth £1,000.

[Nearly Sane]

If they can't at £1,000, the products are not worth £1,000.

The 1k claim is about pricing which is covered by legislation. Worth is not a static value.

[Roses]

If you want the stuff, and it's cheaper than buying it outwith the packaging, and you get a bit of joy out of opening it, why would you be off your head to buy them?

They are totally YUCK, imo.

[Nearly Sane]

They are totally YUCK, imo.

Which is fair enough for you, but then thinking that anyone who likes something you don't is 'off their head' seems a little harsh.

[jeremyp]

The 1k claim is about pricing

No it isn't. Read the quote.

A calendar may cost £250 but it’s actually "worth £1,000", they say, if you add up all the individual items.

which is covered by legislation.

What? I'm not aware that the government sets a minimum price for beauty products.

Worth is not a static value.

No indeed. Worth is about what somebody is prepared to pay for a product. The article even says

Sarah Johnson from Flourish Retail says that while there are many lovely bespoke calendars out there, "a lot [of companies] just use advent calendars to shift stock that may not be popular, rather than having to discount it"

It's a more palatable (to the companies) way of reducing prices on stock that won't otherwise sell. It's a discount that doesn't look like a discount as well as a marketing tool.

[Nearly Sane]

No it isn't. Read the quote.

What? I'm not aware that the government sets a minimum price for beauty products.

No indeed. Worth is about what somebody is prepared to pay for a product. The article even says

It's a more palatable (to the companies) way of reducing prices on stock that won't otherwise sell. It's a discount that doesn't look like a discount as well as a marketing tool.

And? I'm not seeing any claims that it isn't a discount or a marketing tool?

[jeremyp]

And? I'm not seeing any claims that it isn't a discount or a marketing tool?

So why did you object to my post?

[Nearly Sane]

So why did you object to my post?

Because I  misunderstood your point. Apologies.