Price Match item from Amazon to Staples

CanadianChick39 wrote: ↑ I wanted to price match Steelseries Apex 3

They're both showing $79.99 w/FS. What are you PMing and why?

They say that
Staples Model: 64795
Amazon Model: 64812

They look like the exact same items, are they not?

64795 ≠ 64812

Manufacturers sometimes improve a model with a new variant that adds some minor feature. Old and new look identical or almost identical but the innards -- and part numbers/SKUs -- are different.

CanadianChick39 wrote: ↑ I wanted to price match Steelseries Apex 3

Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/SteelSeries-Apex- ... th=1&psc=1

Staples
https://www.staples.ca/products/2968728 ... g-keyboard

Did the online chat with Staples and they won’t do the price match they said the model numbers are different.

They say that
Staples Model: 64795
Amazon Model: 64812

They look like the exact same items, are they not?

Walmart $69.98.
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/steelserie ... 0201406887

Manufacturers sometimes reach an agreement with retailers to make a retailer-specific version! See Costco.

Mostly for the purpose of making it difficult to compare between retailers.

BeefOreo wrote: ↑ Manufacturers sometimes reach an agreement with retailers to make a retailer-specific version! See Costco.

Mostly for the purpose of making it difficult to compare between retailers.

See WalMart too.

But that tends to be on higher volume items like TV sets. Essentially identical models except there's one less HDMI port or the headphone jack is missing, etc.

They do it not only to thwart PMing but also to let their best retailers like Costco and WalMart sell essentially the same item at a lower price than their smaller retailers without the latter being able to cry foul.

CanadianChick39 wrote: ↑ They look like the exact same items, are they not?

I have a Mitsubishi Outlander. My neighbour has a Mitsubishi Outlander. They look the same. But I have heated front seats, my neighbour has only heated driver's seat. Our cars are different models.

Doesn't matter if they 'look like' the exact same. They have different model numbers, for whatever reasons, so they don't qualify for price match.
But having said that, they're both $79.99 so what are you price matching, exactly?

hill15 wrote: ↑ Walmart $69.98.
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/steelserie ... 0201406887

Thanks they price matched Walmart no problem.

I don’t think there is any difference in the keyboards.

CanadianChick39 wrote: ↑ Thanks they price matched Walmart no problem.

I don’t think there is any difference in the keyboards.

In the future, you can try again with another agent. They're not uniformly trained and some are more strict than others.