Yeah but are they operated by family, I highly doubt it!Technically they are family owned. I didn't want to click all the way through to the 50% thing
What's the catch? http://bloomstoday.com/?source=YHOS
That's not 50% off the entire site, is it?Maximum discount not to exceed $50.00.
This type of thing will not only continue to happen, but grow and become more and more prevalent as we go forward in a tough economy.
The reason they get away with it is because florists continue to fill these heavily discounted orders, and they make up the loss on the 50% with the 20%+$9.00 Rebate+$13.95 Service Charge+$9.95 membership charge/month where most folks do not order each month, so the month you do not order the $9.95 goes to balance out the 50% from a month ago.
Did I mention that it's OUR FAULT?? It is you know... silly florists (some) keep filling these floral mafia orders...
Total ripoff IMO - one would think this would cost them more goodwill than the customers it gains them, but they've been pushing it for some time now, so...wtfdik?
Consumers are used to deceptive ads. Anyone who clicks on "50% off" ad, I'm sure, >90% of them expect some kind of catch.
I haven't looked in the last couple weeks, but the last time I did, the offer details were not disclosed until after the consumer was deep into the shopping cart and had provided both sender and recipient info including sender credit card number.)
Customers can decline, but they were induced to purchase without being told there was a fee to receive the '50%' off. And as I said earlier, the limit is $50 so any item over $100 is not 50% off.
The AdWords ads do not say 'up to'. They and the YP print ads say '50% off all products'.
I haven't looked in the last couple weeks, but the last time I did, the offer details were not disclosed until after the consumer was deep into the shopping cart and had provided both sender and recipient info including sender credit card number.)
Customers can decline, but they were induced to purchase without being told there was a fee to receive the '50%' off. And as I said earlier, the limit is $50 so any item over $100 is not 50% off.
The AdWords ads do not say 'up to'. They and the YP print ads say '50% off all products'.
I really hope this loses them customers, but it apparently isn't losing them enough to stop doing it.