2014-12-15, 16:42
Can somebody explain on what is going on at gearbest.com and the pricing when it comes to coupon use?
Let's say I want to buy a Cubot S308 ( http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_67022.html )
It's current list price is 127$.
I wanted to use the "chinaphonearena" code to see if I could get the discount(not saying it's not affordable anyway), but after adding the phone to my cart and typing in the discount code, the price goes UP.
The price of the phone as listed in my cart is now 170$, and price after the coupon is 153$.
Can someone explain the logic behind this?
I tried to reproduce the issue with other phones, and it behaves differently for each phone. For some you get the discount,and for some the price goes up significantly.
Nonetheless, I couldn't find any reasoning on how the pricing logic works when you apply the coupon.
There is absolutely no way of how much the phone would cost after applying the code without first adding it to cart and actually applying the code.
Also, how is it possible that the price with the coupon goes UP? It should, in worst case scenario, stay the same.
If someone could,please, shed some light on the issue, I would be grateful.
Regards,
Igor
Let's say I want to buy a Cubot S308 ( http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_67022.html )
It's current list price is 127$.
I wanted to use the "chinaphonearena" code to see if I could get the discount(not saying it's not affordable anyway), but after adding the phone to my cart and typing in the discount code, the price goes UP.
The price of the phone as listed in my cart is now 170$, and price after the coupon is 153$.
Can someone explain the logic behind this?
I tried to reproduce the issue with other phones, and it behaves differently for each phone. For some you get the discount,and for some the price goes up significantly.
Nonetheless, I couldn't find any reasoning on how the pricing logic works when you apply the coupon.
There is absolutely no way of how much the phone would cost after applying the code without first adding it to cart and actually applying the code.
Also, how is it possible that the price with the coupon goes UP? It should, in worst case scenario, stay the same.
If someone could,please, shed some light on the issue, I would be grateful.
Regards,
Igor