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Sam’s Club launches “offer” for the PS5 console, but it is not to the consumer’s liking and they complain.
Hot Sale is definitely one of the most important sales periods for e-commerce.
According to what the consumer exhibited, the PS5 costs nine pesos more in Hot Sale than in its normal sale.
It’s Hot Sale season and, for that reason, Sam’s Club launches an “offer” for a PS5 console, but it has not been to the liking of the consumer.
It is no secret that consumers have always been looking for the best prices and/or offers, which is why, especially, periods such as Hot Sale, Good End or Black Friday represent a great opportunity to acquire everything type of products.
Now, we must not forget that we live in a time when sales by eCommerce or electronic commerce had a very important growth after the arrival of the pandemic.
From this perspective, Hot Sale is definitely one of the most important sales periods for e-commerce in order to reach more consumers through a series of offers that could be interesting for users.
On the other hand, it is a space through which brands can increase their income margin, especially in a context in which online sales are increasingly positioned among consumers.
Data published by Statista reveal that, in 2017 alone, the value of online retail sales during the Hot Sale in Mexicoregistered figures of 4.89 billion Mexican pesos, an amount that reached its maximum in 2020 with 20.16 billion pesos, but had a considerable drop during 2021, the year in which they managed to accumulate around 18.56 billion ( partly due to the economic crisis caused by Covid-19).
And it is that, in addition, these types of seasons are expected by the consumers themselves, who, as we already mentioned, are on the “hunt” for the best offers and get products that, in general, they could not acquire at another time. of the year, or that it would take a little longer to do so.
Exhibits Sam’s Club “offer” for PS5 console
These are days of Hot Sale, a period where consumers have also been alerted to possible scams or offers that could be misleading.
So, in that sense, on Twitter, the Sam’s Club “offer” for a Sony PS5 console has been announced, which, according to what a consumer exhibited, costs nine pesos more in Hot Sale than in its normal sale.
In other words, according to what the consumer exposes in his tweet, at Sam’s Club, a console that, a few days ago, had a price of 13,990 pesos, while in the “pre-sale” for the Hot Sale it marks a price of 13,999 pesos .
Your dial deals @SamsClubMexico the photo in his store was from Monday May 16, the screenshot of his “presale” #hotsale @Profeco WHAT OFFER pic.twitter.com/ZuSW0HqdIT
— Beko Reko? (@Bethithu) May 22, 2022
These types of practices, of course, are not exclusive to Hot Salesince in other periods, such as El Buen Fin to mention an example, they are constantly reported.
Without a doubt, it is clear that, more and more, consumers are looking for the best prices at all times and on any product, which is why Hot Sale can be a great ally when making purchases.
However, we live in an era in which, through online purchases, multiple frauds can develop, directly affecting the economy of consumers.
In the end, this only reflects the opinion of the consumer and the conversation that it generates in the digital pulse, Therefore, Merca 2.0 requested the position of the brand in order to tell both versions of the story; however, so far it has not been received. The note will be updated in case of a response.