Can't find this on the website but on the last two emails from Kogan, they say they will pay for the shipping to any flood affected area:
"..Kogan will also be covering the cost of shipping to flood affected areas around Australia to help families rebuild their lives and homes."
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Pretty much what I was thinking…
"Hey, so I heard you lost your house, but guess what! You can buy a new TV from us and we'll ship it to you FOR FREE!!"
cough
you'd think they'd offer victims a good discount, plus free shipping…
I wonder if we can use a proxy to take advantage of the free shipping. ;-)
its all bad news, until someone makes fun of it![then it's worse]
Free delivery on a TV = helping families rebuild their lives.
what
KOGAN…LOL ANOTHER FACEPALM MOMENT FOR THE FACEPALM BRAND(IF YOU CONSIDER IT A BRAND)
Shipping is only 3-5% of the purchase price for most of their TVs, so it's a pretty ordinary bargain at the best of times, but to try and pitch this as "helping" flood affected people is rather obnoxious. Ill-advised promotion from Kogan.
ahahahhahahahahahaah
This is hilarious. Why not make it even easier for the affected folk to rebuild their lives with, say, a free set of remote batteries?
not all bad.. doesnt hurt to give "something"
they're trying to make a huge profit from the flood victims…
well at least they donated $5000 to the flood victims appeal thingy….
Grow up, every little bit helps.
Right now if more businesses gave a little more, it would make things a little easier to those effected.
I have a lot of respect for Kogan and their community spirit
LOL, do you work for them?
Why would somebody who's lost their house want another piece of Kogan junk sitting in their lounge room?
They're just profiteering from a bad situation. For anyone who knows economic theory, it's plain to see that they are pretty much trying to affect the elasticity of demand.
trying to affect the elasticity of demand.
my demand curve won't stretch that far…
For anyone who knows economic theory, it’s plain to see that they are pretty much trying to affect the elasticity of demand.
umm, i am an economist, and what you just said doesn't make any sense…how exactly are they trying to affect the (price, i assume, or do you mean income?) elasticity of demand?
maybe you need to study your economic theory again…
What I meant was that they were trying to increase their sales by "discriminatory" pricing (by simply charging a specific set of the populous no delivery fee). In effect, this affects the price elasticity of demand.
Surely an "economist" such as yourself could've expanded on that… The Internet is full of people choose to live out their fantasies.
P.S: I certainly hope that you use proper punctuation in your day-job - whatever that may be.
sorry, you are incorrect.
yes, they are using price discrimination. however, price discrimination does not AFFECT the price elasticity of demand. EXISTING differences in the price elasticity of demand between consumer groups is a NECESSARY CONDITION for price discrimination to work.
in this scenario, the flood victims presumably have a higher price elasticty of demand for these goods (because they have better things to do with their money than buy luxury goods). kogan isn't AFFECTING their price elasticity of demand - the floods did. kogan is just recognising (some would say "taking advantage of") their current high price elasticity of demand for luxury goods, and trying to make the most out of a bad (for him and them) situation.
and yes, i could have expanded on that and explained why you were completely wrong. oh wait, i did. i apologise for making sport of it, and giving you an opportunity to explain this economic theory you claim to know so well…(sorry, i like seeing people who claim to know things, or "live out their fantasies" as you would say, being shut down for being completely incorrect).
and thankyou for your kind wishes, yes i do use proper puncutation in my day job (i guess it must be my fantasy to not use punctuation, so i live that out online!). the difference is: i didn't say "for anyone who knows punctuation…" and then proceed to get puncuation completely wrong!
thanks for playing. study harder in introductory microeconomics/microeconomics 101 next time! (or just leave the economic theory to real/"internet fantasy" economists!)
Well I recently bought a Kogan TV (42" LED). Price was around $1000 and shipping was $120 so that is not a bad discount (over 10%). In my opinion their products are already cheap so offering free shipping is quite a bit.
I also think that anyone offering help (no matter how big or small) to flood victims should be encouraged.
I don't see how "they are making more money" by offering free shipping, but thats just me.
Would love to maybe hear the opinion of an actual flood affected area resident on offers such as this.
I also think that anyone offering help (no matter how big or small) to flood victims should be encouraged.
This 'help' comes with a clause….in that people have to buy a tv to access the 'help'.
Perhaps Ruslan could postpone his space flight for a few years and donate the $200 000 to do something useful.
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/geek-in-space-s…
lol