Warringah Mall DickSmith Powerhouse, 10% discount on Apple MacBook - How Can They Do It?

Any idea why did Dicksmith powerhouse-Warringah Mall offers 10% discount on Apple Macbook-white & aluminium (Feb 28-Mar 3) while other authorized retailers of apple didn't??? Luckily, I was able to buy one, just curious is that how they really do it?

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  • -1

    Dick Smith are part of WOOLWORTHS/WESFARMERS Ltd.

    They are a BIG company, one of the biggest employers in Australia - 5000+ staff.

    They can lose money like this, and in fact, do it all the time on all kinds of stuff.

    They'd rather lose a little bit of money than have stock sitting there doing nothing.

    Also got a good Manager at Warringah Mall, who understands the process. Some Dick Smith Managers are arseholes - such as Blacktown - and won't discount stock for anybody.

    • +2

      Just to claify, DSE is part of woolworths group. Not Wesfarmers. Wesfarmers are one of woolworth groups biggest (if not their single biggest) competitors especially given they bought Coles group a couple of years ago.

  • +1

    Amen to the manager at Warringah Mall, Great Bloke.

    As to doing it, Macbooks and imacs have a ~10.7% margin and Pros have a ~12.5% margin.

    Usually add-ons make the sale profitable, and even if not the pro sales usually make it worthwhile.

    Though when myer has the 10% rebate on vouchers, its worth buying vouchers and getting them to pricematch the 10% off discount.

    19% off macbooks are sweet sauce :)

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