Hi Everyone,
Keen to hear your thoughts on this "bargain". Not using names just yet.
Basically I had to change my son's school last minute. We had already bought uniforms(~$700) from a central store that supplies uniforms to other schools as well.
As I needed new uniforms for the new school, I found out they have the same supplier.
The supplier doesn't offer refunds, but I managed to get them to exchange the uniform. While organising the exchange, I found out that the same common navy pants is used by both schools, however there is a ~30% mark up between them. Meaning the supplier charges a lower amount for the same pants when the order is against the new school.
Now is this legal or have I found a bargain? Can they really have two different pricing depending on the school you go to?
Are school reimbursed by the supplier cause they have a monopoly and become an exclusive supplier?
Thanks for reading, keen to hear what you think should be done…or if anything could be done
Hmm dodgy as. But probably the same as how brand names can put a tag on a plain white tee and charge hundreds more.
Time to start OzUniformHacks…