adidas Price Jacking

Poolprouk on 10/12/2024 - 12:40
Last edited 10/12/2024 - 13:00 by 1 other user

Hi there, I bought some shorts from Adidas in the recent Black Friday sales, they cost $90 after a 50% discount from $180.

When they arrived, they had the original price tag on them, except it was $120.

I like the shorts and am happy with price I paid for them (Plus cashback), but it does leave a sour taste in the mouth that Adidas seem to price jack in order to then provide a so called larger discount.

Just wondering if anyone has had the same experience?

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  • TheFreaK on 10/12/2024 - 12:44
    +24

    $90 shorts are the real crime here.

    • Poolprouk on 10/12/2024 - 12:47

      Lol, yes well they're hiking shorts so a bit more technical than your standard cotton shorts.

      • Duckie2hh on 10/12/2024 - 16:12
        +2

        $90 worth of "technology"

  • Dollar General on 10/12/2024 - 13:09
    +3

    Could be an old tag

    What price are they listed at today?

    • Poolprouk on 11/12/2024 - 09:51

      $180 reduced to $108

  • SBOB on 10/12/2024 - 13:22
    +3

    Deja vu
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/846909

    • original15 on 10/12/2024 - 22:58

      Gods work. Was reading this post wondering if I had already read it today

  • cashless on 10/12/2024 - 15:21
    +2

    For $90 you could have bought 3 or 4 pairs of shorts from the likes of UniQlo, Kmart etc.

  • stuffandthat on 10/12/2024 - 15:41

    For $90 I would have expected pants.

  • pharkurnell on 10/12/2024 - 15:45

    Pwned…

    Nobody on earth believed that RRP …. please tell me no… $180 for a pair of shorts??? I have some swamp forsale.

    • Poolprouk on 11/12/2024 - 10:02

      oh I was fully aware they were worth nowhere near that much. However with the cost of $90 and $25 cashback I considered $65 for a pair of hiking shorts to be not unreasonable. I've found the Adidas Terrex gear to be pretty good and robust over the years.

  • rumblytangara on 10/12/2024 - 16:08
    -1

    How credulous would you have to be to think that outside of some niche fashion statement that a pair of Adidas shorts would cost $190? (And if you're buying niche fashion stuff, then the price simply is what it is.)

    Fancy-pants (and much better made) stuff from Lululemon, which is already silly expensive, is 90-110.

    • Some Human on 10/12/2024 - 17:59

      I wondered why the resale value is so high. I personally didn't think Lululemon was much better than adidas.

      • rumblytangara on 10/12/2024 - 20:50
        +1

        For the run of the mill stuff, have you walked into a store and compared the stuff on the shelves?

        A lot of the Adidas stuff feels like plastic- anything basketball or soccer oriented especially.

        I know people who work at Lululemon overseas where they do design and logistics (ie not Oz which is probably just retail stores) - they're a seriously decent company to work for, and they are pretty careful about materials selection and design. Adidas just feels like a standard big corporate that does loads of sports ads.

        I've also walked into one of their stores with a pair of shorts that started delaminating after a couple of years, but they'd been washed by Nepalese laundry people during a trek (ie literally pounded with rocks). No receipt. They handed me a new pair of shorts.

        I don't like their shirts, but their shorts are great.

        • Some Human on 10/12/2024 - 21:15

          I've only bought them second hand. Maybe I've picked up higher end adidas without realising which would explain the quality being similar.

  • Subere on 10/12/2024 - 20:45

    USD?

  • Nutrino on 11/12/2024 - 19:34

    Do the short give extra performance?

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