Sony charging more for Internrt?
 

Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been made against
Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to supply goods to Internet
retailers. Also they were giving discounts to shops.

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On 15 Nov 2005, David wrote

Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been
made against Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to
supply goods to Internet retailers. Also they were giving
discounts to shops.

It wasn't specifically about Sony; it just said that they're
guilty of it along with other manufacturers. Story's he

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4438298.stm

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Sony charging more for Internrt?
 

David wrote:
Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been made against
Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to supply goods to Internet
retailers. Also they were giving discounts to shops.



That is what it seems like, but Sony denies it.


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"Harvey Van Sickle" wrote in message .

It wasn't specifically about Sony; it just said that they're
guilty of it along with other manufacturers. Story's he

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4438298.stm


Thanks.
Well sounds unfair to me.
But near me I have a large retailer (Empire) who also runs a large internet
site. Wonder how he goes on. If he buys all items through the shop at
lower price the ones he sells via internet site he will have an unfair
advantage over internet only retailers.
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:12:18 GMT, Harvey Van Sickle
wrote:

| On 15 Nov 2005, David wrote
|
| Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
| Can anyone one fill us in please?
| I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been
| made against Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to
| supply goods to Internet retailers. Also they were giving
| discounts to shops.
|
| It wasn't specifically about Sony; it just said that they're
| guilty of it along with other manufacturers. Story's he
|
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4438298.stm

Now who was it looked round the local shops to see what they liked, and
then bought on line? My excuse was that they did not have the exact model
I wanted.
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"David" wrote in message
...
Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been made against
Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to supply goods to Internet
retailers. Also they were giving discounts to shops.

They aren't actually charging more to internet shops - they are just giving
less of a discount because they aren't showing the goods in a shop - this is
apparently quite legal.

- Simon.

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"AD C" wrote in message
...
David wrote:
Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been made against
Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to supply goods to Internet
retailers. Also they were giving discounts to shops.



That is what it seems like, but Sony denies it.

I wouldn't put anything past Sony these days, after the recent scandal of
them installing rootkits (a common virus technique) on PCs from their audio
CDs, then denying there was a problem, and refusing to provide a way to
uninstall them.

Sony charging more for Internrt?
 

"Simon Heather" wrote in message
...
"David" wrote in message
...
Caught the end of a bussiness news item today.
Can anyone one fill us in please?
I heard it said a complaint to some tradeing body had been made against
Sony. It said they charge up to 15% more to supply goods to Internet
retailers. Also they were giving discounts to shops.

They aren't actually charging more to internet shops - they are just
giving less of a discount because they aren't showing the goods in a
shop - this is apparently quite legal.

What does displaying something in the shop have to do with the suppliers who
don't even own the shop. It doesn't cost the suppliers anything to display
something in a shop and the retailer done have to pay the suppliers in order
to do so. Its a con and everyone knows it and the EU should do something to
stop it.


- Simon.

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Graculus wrote:


I wouldn't put anything past Sony these days, after the recent scandal of
them installing rootkits (a common virus technique) on PCs from their audio
CDs, then denying there was a problem, and refusing to provide a way to
uninstall them.


All businesses are the same, none of them can be trusted and they all
try and pull the wool over our eyes.


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In article , Dave Fawthrop wrote:
Now who was it looked round the local shops to see what they liked, and
then bought on line? My excuse was that they did not have the exact model
I wanted.

Now who was it actually managed to find what they wanted, in stock, in the
correct model type, colour etc, in the local shops? I've long since become
fed up with paying for petrol and parking, not to mention a couple of hours
of my time, to look for something that I've read about but the shops haven't
got or don't even know about, or perhaps could order for me if I was prepared
to make another trip into town the following week, though they can't promise
exactly when it would be, so I've stopped doing it. I don't need an excuse.
Conventional shops need to wake up to reality or go out of business.

Rod.