Price comparison

by editor@text4price.com @ 29 June 2006 - 15:30:07

The proof of any ‘price comparison pudding’ is in the eating and I’m stuffed!

We needed a new printer in the T4P office the other day. For a change I remembered this as I passed PC World in Swindon and popped in to see what they had.

We don’t have particularly onerous print requirements, so I was looking for a basic printer that would be easy to set up. I noticed that there was a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 1020 at £99.99.

To check that this was a good deal, I called up my Text4Price number from my contacts in my mobile, a sleek Motorola SLVR as you ask, and to get the price comparison I entered ‘Find HP Laserjet 1020’.

I waited for about 20 seconds before my inbox got a reply. My expectation was that I’d get a slightly better deal, perhaps £10 cheaper, from an aggressive online trader.

But guess which online company was offering exactly the same model for £30 less?

That’s right – PC World!

I couldn’t resist sharing this price comparison with the store manager and bless him, he was not that surprised – and only too willing to match the price.

So that 25p text message saved me £30.

Isn’t it great when you find something that actually does ‘what it says on the tin’, especially when it’s your own business?!

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