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How Discounts Are Not Discounts in the Great Indian Online Sales

As India’s shopping sites up the ante on their Diwali bumber bonanza, some major trolling seems to be happening.

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Because One Rupee Saved is Shagun Earned

“Ek rupya kya hota hai?”, you may say. But one rupee saved is one rupee earned. How’s that for Shagun?

5:41 PM , 14 Oct

Flipkart, Jacking Up Prices Are You?

It appears that an 8 GB MP3 player, originally priced at Rs. 1,775 on Amazon, is being sold for Rs. 1,890 on Flipkart, showing a discount of 14%. Will Flipkart please care to clarify?

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5:22 PM , 14 Oct

Size Matters?

So a size 11 shoe gets just a 5% discount, and the same shoe in size 6 gets 49% off on Flipkart? This shopper, it seems, is really regretting his shoe size.

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4:56 PM , 14 Oct

The Other Fish in the Pond

Look what we found. A relatively less-known website’s hashtag has been a top trend on Twitter for the past three hours. Shopclues is apparently selling a TV at Rs. 3,999 as part of its EkZeroKum sale. That’s one super neat offer, we say.

4:28 PM , 14 Oct

Disgruntled Customers Everywhere

While the three shopping websites are busy fighting over how awesome each one’s sale is, customers are seen posting about some not-so-happy shopping experiences.

As India’s shopping sites up the ante on their Diwali bumber bonanza, some major trolling seems to be happening.

Meanwhile, a Snapdeal user went on to say that the website has been “ cheating customers” in the name of discounts. He claimed on Facebook that the Samsung estore Tab 3 is available for Rs 9,490 on the Samsung website, while Snapdeal has been selling it at Rs 10,999/– with 25% discount.

As India’s shopping sites up the ante on their Diwali bumber bonanza, some major trolling seems to be happening.
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Published: 14 Oct 2015, 3:44 PM IST
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