The last edition of Harry Potter proves to be "deadly" in the price war battle among the major bookshops vs. hypermarket in Malaysia. Apparently, on the first day sale of the book, MPH, Times, and Popular boycotted the sales and only deliver the books to those who pre-ordered.
On my shopping spree yesterday, the Harry Potter book was one on my list and when asked the sweet book-consultant-cum-cashier at Borders, The Curve; I was told that the adult edition (as you see in the photo) is out of stock as they are already pre-ordered. She quoted me the price of RM109.90! I was told that the children edition which is also in hardcover only with cartoon front cover is still available, but I was not interested.
So, when we were at TESCO during grocery shopping, there were few more books on the shelf. I quickly grabbed one as I noticed that I have to only pay RM69.90 for a copy!
I also chatted with some aunties who were asking me about the two different covers. I told them about the adult and kiddie version and they informed me about the whole price war that made it in the news.
It turned out that hypermarkets such as TESCO and Carrefour are joining the fray in grabbing Harry Potter last-book-global-mania and passing the cost savings to consumers by selling it only at RM69.90. MPH went further by canceling all events on the book sales.
This is a good lesson for all these greedy bookstores. For so many years, Malaysians have been deprived of good books at best price as they are charging us at exorbitant price. This price war is an indication that perhaps TESCO and Carrefour might shelf more books in their stores, which only means that we as consumers can buy more books! Perhaps I should boycott some of these bookstores!
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Hi Haza.. I selalu tengok you masa induction aritu. Boleh berkenalan? You ni seksi la bila main badminton.. lagi lagi bila you smash tak kena shuttle bwahahaha..
Posted by: Group II Chick | Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 12:47 PM
And now they sell pirated copies of the book too....about RM20 cheaper than those at tesco and carrefour.
I'm not in the rush to get one. I'll wait till the price is "right".
Posted by: manal | Monday, August 06, 2007 at 12:07 AM
I hope you're new life and job is bringing new and cool adventures. Haza... I tagged you. If you've done the random things about me exercise already feel free ignore this and just send me a link to your post. http://nkilkenny.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/359/
Posted by: Natalie | Friday, August 03, 2007 at 03:01 AM
actually i think hypermarket may sell at cost or sell at lost....this is a basic trick for them to attract buyer....as high chance they will shop there for grocery too
Posted by: Wahlau.NET | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 07:45 PM