Millemissen wrote:

annoying

Annoying is a weak word in this case, dear MM

rednik wrote:

Exactly. premium brands shouldn't treat customers like this. All they are doing is devaluing the brand and (The two newest) products, and annoying people who have purchased BV11 since launch.

I can't imagine this offer will generate many new sales , especially from people who wired their homes with CAT7 as suggested by the dealers (like me) who can't run these speakers over that infrastructure anyway.

I can imagine it annoying a lot of people, and making others who are looking at other products think they should hang on for the next "special offer"

Just reduce pricing by a percentage across the board, instead of charging premium prices for a luxury brand which then discounts it's latest releases and sells kit on amazon.

When you here news like this, fanboys like me who have used B&O for nearly forty years, start looking round at other makes and start thinking...yeaahh hang on.

http://www.whathifi.com/news/panasonic-unveils-65in-4k-tv-with-hdmi-20

Worth looking at the best of CES from the same website. Some lovely kit coming out this year.

moxxey wrote:

Maybe things are quiet for B&O or the BL14 isn't selling, hence the offer. Who knows. One thing is true, it's a kick in the teeth for someone who recently bought a BV11!

I think it is obvious from the financial statement B&O is have a very hard time selling TV's hence this offer.  Whether the Beolab 14 is selling is hard to know?

My BV11 is 2,5 month..... Arrrrgg.

BUT...

As ussually, I'm guessing, this is like buying interest free 2 years - this B&O offer. You pay full price with this offer, if you want the BL14&BV11 offer or it's not included. This is how B&O treat costumers - pay full price and you will get, pay less, and you will not. It all ads up to the same....

Anyone that would get a BV11 discount of about 20% including BL14 for free, and I will be supprissed and withdraw this post... If possible:)

BUT - I'm B&O fan and would not buy anything else.... So fare!

I’m not sure what all the fuss is about, plenty of brands have offers and at least this one is genuine.  There is going to a big deal in the UK as 6 major furniture retailers are going to be exposed for false advertising.  UK retailers can only put an offer on for less time than the original price and at least some units at the original price must have been sold.

For example, Sofa shop A, advertises a sofa as reduced from £2,000 to £499, the sofa must have been on sale at the full price for longer than the offer price and they must have sold some at £2,000. 

As said, this is a genuine offer, whenever anybody purchases something there is no rule that the retailer can’t make an offer a week later.

There are 'rules', and then there is treating your customers with disdain. We're not talking here whether it is legal or not!

If I walked in to a store and bought a $500 TV, and it was discounted the next day, then my loss (although I would have asked if it was going on sale..). But walking in to B&O, a premium brand, and spending $15,000 on a TV I would expect a little more from the retailer.

Thankfully I know that my local B&O dealer wouldn't sell me a TV for $15,000, knowing full well that a better offer is just around the corner...

Jonathan wrote:

There are 'rules', and then there is treating your customers with disdain. We're not talking here whether it is legal or not!

If I walked in to a store and bought a $500 TV, and it was discounted the next day, then my loss (although I would have asked if it was going on sale..). But walking in to B&O, a premium brand, and spending $15,000 on a TV I would expect a little more from the retailer.

Thankfully I know that my local B&O dealer wouldn't sell me a TV for $15,000, knowing full well that a better offer is just around the corner...

Of course, you are assuming the dealer knows "full well" when an offer is coming around the corner.  

It seems the last thing a supplier needing to push product would do is forewarn downstream dealers of a price decrease, thereby causing them to stop ordering because they are telling their customers not to buy until later.  For the unfortunate few who did buy at the higher price, giving an "after the fact" discount to that percentage who complained would cost the dealer even more, and not seem fair to those who didn't.  When does it all end?

But business judgment shouldn't get in the way of hurt feelings and a good rant.  

Chris Townsend wrote:

Well said

+1