A new addition to the list of businesses criticized for their pricing practices is winners, after someone visited the Toronto-based store known for its "big brand low price" adsFound an item they'd ever seen, but only one-sixth of the shop across the street.
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On Monday, the user shared the startling discovery on Reddit, along with the product, a frying pan that appeared at the same time in the same Eglinton Ee and Warden **eCrossroads on the shelves of winners and dollarama.
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The difference between the two is truly astounding:The exact same item has a list price of $29 at winners$99 CAD, while at Dollarama it costs only $5.
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For these same 7-inch Rama Designs pans, an outraged consumer wrote, "Winners even marked the pan as worth $40. I noticed seeing something similar to a grocery store at winners, but it was really quite cheeky. ”
Hundreds of residents who felt victimized poured into the comments on the post, calling the incident just one example of the "brazen and blatant booing" that consumers feel they often experience during this particularly inflationary period.
Others shared their experiences at winners.
One person said: "Last year my then-girlfriend and I shopped at winners. While rummaging through the cushions, we found a pair of cushions with the dollarama label and ** on them, but the winners' label also had a large markup attached to it. ”
I don't doubt it at all, and I wouldn't be surprised if this is the shady policy of the winners. On Reddit, users also shared items they found at Value Village and Goodwill stores with very high price tags.
Indeed, Value Village is one of the brands that has recently been criticized in Ontario for listing second-hand products above brand new products, while food giants like Loblaws have also been criticized for charging more than their competitors for even basic staples.
It seems that the chain should be expected to continue to face condemnation from super-smart shoppers who are becoming more and more aware of the possibility of being slaughtered, much to the annoyance of the executives.