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so I’ve just got back from a little shopping trip with Joe and I’ve been to go outdoors I think it’s about time we had a little chat about their pricing so every time I make a go Outdoors related video it’s a bit like Marite in the comments some people love it while other people hate it and I can sort of understand why so Joe needed a few little bits from Home Bargains and I needed to pick up a new stove and thought we could kill two birds with one stone so I had a quick look online last night for a jet boil Mini and yeah that this is where the problem comes with the go Outdoors prices they are both the most expensive place to buy stuff as well as also they can be the cheapest as well but you need to know what you’re doing and there’s also a bit of a catch so if you don’t know who go Outdoors are um I think they’re the UK’s largest shopping chain shall we say and they’re part of a a bigger group of companies um owned by JD PLC which includes other stores such as black and Ultimate Outdoors things like that but they’ve got quite a controversial way of pricing up their products so I went to buy this jet boil today and in the store in fact they didn’t even know what the price of this was in the store one of the prices said it was 185 retail and for members um which we’ll get to in a minute it’s £165 whereas just below it said £190 different price there retail and £170 for for member so come on go outdors sort your stuff out and and give us a clue what the actual price is so that brings me on to the members pricing so I’m a member of go outdoors and you get a discount card and this is not a new thing anymore you know if you go to Tesco or Morrison’s you have your Club card or your more card and it’s it’s more to do with finding out what your shopping preferences are it’s for marketing so they can send you emails and and just to try and keep selling you more stuff I think but it’s a little bit more controversial when it comes to go outdo so they actually charge you to be a member so it’s £5 to join and it lasts for 12 months and then you get the specialist discount prices whereas if you have your Club card you don’t actually pay for that um although you do get the same thing where you get one price in the supermarket for non-club card me Members um as you do if you’re a club card member so there are benefits to having one of these cards but charging your 55 is where a lot of people thinks it’s a bit of a ripoff so like I said I did a little bit of research last night on the price of these and the cheapest that I could see it for was9 which is still a whole lot cheaper than the members discount price of £ 165 quid everything about go Outdoors as soon as you walk in there everything is circled around the members price it does look lot cheaper and it’s the big price that they actually show you the whole marketing strategy is to get you signed up to be a member um and55 is5 at the end of the day but what do you actually get for it and they also think they’re quite sneaky sometimes when it comes to the RRP so things like the oex fox one t I think the RP on that is £ 175 something like that and most of the time it is either 65 quid or even reduced down to 50 Quid if you’ve got your member’s card and nobody would ever pay it’s not even worth the RRP so it’s never been 175 10 it is a65 10 all day long and it’s very good value for money for that but like I said you’ve got to sign up and pay your FIV and not everybody wants to do that don’t get me wrong I love go outdoors and for every year for the last however many years I’ve paid the5 p and got me membership and there’s only one reason that I’ve ever done that and it’s not for the special members price it’s for their price match guarantee so the recommended retail price of the jetb minimo is 185 quid and you can you never never pay the the full price for any of these things uh at the moment I’ve seen this for £119 on a couple of different sites including a place called wood to water and if you’ve got the discount card go Outdoors their price promises that they will beat any genuine price by 10 % and that is online as well but it doesn’t include Amazon it doesn’t include non-registered UK businesses so for example wood to water they had to check um that the price that the item was in stock and it’s got to be the exact same model and size and the company has got to have um UK vat registration so they need to find that number as well but other than that they beat the price of this by 10% so here we go check oil minimo black £ 107 10 piece so they beat the £19 by 10% total discount C saving 8290 so just by showing the cashier that I could get this for £119 elsewhere go Outdoors are suddenly gone from being pretty much the most expensive place to buy the stove to actually the cheapest place which which is a little bit annoying and that they’re not just giving you the best prices all of the time happy man I’m quite lucky that I buy a lot of outdoor stuff and I do a lot of research when it comes to getting the best price but not everybody knows this and some people will be going in without their discount card and potentially paying £185 for this although know the big sticker that says members price 165 it will encourage quite a few people to sign up pay the Fiverr get it for 165 and they’re still thinking that the 15 better off but you K doors have managed to do this for £17 and I’m assuming that they’re still making money on that so there’s one thing that I do sympathize with when it comes to actual physical shops whether that be go Outdoors or you know a shop like outside in haage which is arguably one of the best outdoor shops in the country it’s not it’s nothing like the scale of um you know a go Outdoor Shop but it’s got some quality Brands the the people inside are very very knowledgeable genuine enthusiasts there’s a little cafe there as well but the people are going into those kind of shops and because of they got their overheads of the property and paying staff and things like that they can’t offer the same prices as a lot of online suppliers can so you this jet boil might £80 in outside in haage and people will go to the shop they will have a look at the shop at the product that they want they’ll say oh yes that’s for me they’ll give it a you know little pinch test or whatever it is they want to do and then they’ll walk out and go to Amazon or they’ll go to wherever they can get it from the cheapest and you know the High Street and independent shops are really struggling because of this so I do sympathize when it comes to uh physical shops about the pricing but at the end of the day people haven’t got haven’t got that sort of loyalty to some of these shops and they’re just going to do whatever is best for their pocket especially in the current climate when people are scratching around for eight and stuff I having a field down the back of the sofa every other day now just in case Joe’s dropped a Fiverr I kind of like the alkit model so you can’t buy alkit Goods in places like go Outdoors or any other shops they’ve got their own shops now physical shops as well as their online presence and it’s the same price both of them so one supplements the other and it’s it’s a really good way of doing it and there’s none of this um reducing prices to undercut the the different shops but we all want different things in different brands not everybody just wants an Al kit stove Alp kit sleeping bag Alp kit tent they might want a jet boil so it’ be nice to have some kind of balance where we’re all paying a similar fair price no matter where we go so what do you think is go Outdoors ripping you off by charging you 5 to get the best prices possible seems like everybody now is trying to sign you up for something whether it’s a club card even my action camera I can’t just use it straight out of the box I’ve got to register it first so they’ve got my email address and keep sending me out marketing bump personally I think the price match that go Outdoors do is brilliant and it’s worth the5 every year for me but let me know what you think ultimately I don’t want to see anyone get ripped off so if you have to Jeb oil7 hope you found this video useful thanks for watching see you next time
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Feedback on your video. The constant fiddling with the item you were talking about made it a difficult/distracting watch.
Info was brilliant though 👍🏻
We went in when they replaced our then camping supply shop, but didn't fall for the rip off discount card and have managed somehow to never go in ever again.
We check online first for prices as noticed the first time went in thay od gotndame stuff cheaper online. The bonus is, alot of stuff is cheaper than online also. Also, of you have a blue light card, you get more discount also. Check online prices first though.
Club cards allpw them to trqck what you buy and then target you with specific adverts and offers. Go outdoors shouldnt be charging for these store cards, we are the product…. we are effectively giving away information to them…. and paying them for the priviledge .. if anything they should be paying us. The discounts used to be good… but now its cheaper online. I see what you are saying about the physical stores etc… but its the same for everything…. they need to come up with a way of competing…. orherwise we wont have physical stores anymore
Which Outdoor Research jacket is that? And how do you find the sizing? I'm usually between a 2xl & 3xl so not sure what to go for?
Great video friend, Very helpful, Just subscribed.
G0 outdoors same as Tesco prices are cheaper elsewhere no need for s card
They do price match
Awesome video m8
Gooutdoors used to stock all of the good good brands. They don't any more, presumably because they can't undercut every other retailer on the better quality kit. I've been buying less from them every year, mainly due to their "race to the bottom" mentality. For the last couple of years I've bought just enough to justify the £5 per year, but the choice of stock has nose dived in rhe last year, so it's become a less attractive option (especially compared to Amazon).
I guess it depends on the store. I got my MSR Elixir 2 tent for £134 and recently, I got my Jetboil Flash for £68 (which is around the same price for a secondhand one either at ebay or vinted). £5 is negligible if you get an absolute worth of bargains.
Won't shop in any of them and am i correct they don't do refunds only credit note!
Bet go outdoors love you😂
I use go outdoors a lot ..& That is interesting to know .. 😃
I’m going to answer yes they are, before seeing your conclusion, I say that because if you buy the same product from blacks or millets it’s the same price and yet Go Outdoors owns all 3 stores 🤦🏼♂️
And now that I’ve seen your video I did not know about the price mate promise!!! I too love GO outdoors and always pay membership, but wow I’ll be looking for the price match from now on – thanks Paul!
I bought a pair of fishing rods from there. £215 each, the cheapest I could find anywhere else was £269
Have never found go outdoors to be the cheapest for outdoor gear. You can always find it cheaper online. The only times I have bought anything from them they have price matched an item online -10%.
Fox Valley 👀
Who needs hot food or water that quick when you are camping?! Never seen the appeal.
I never knew they price matched … thank you very much 😊
The girl at the counter ran a new card through the checkout at 1 pence instead of £5 as mine had run out.
Are you new to the concepts of retail?
O ME GOD DE PUT OF OF HOME AND NAW U EAT FROM BUSH LIKE HOMLES YOU SO HAPPY U BUY DIS ITS LOOK LIKE YOU WEN LOTO
Alpkit is actually sold through Decathlon now to.
Thing is go outdoors do have some fantastic deals but equally not all.. do your own research is key. Like I purchase the other week a tent it was £200 cheaper than any of the competition even on line at go outdoors, so there alone my £5 membership has payed for its self. But depending on what you’re looking for and the market. I only renew my membership if im going to buy a few things in the year and obviously they are comfortabley the cheapest/ best price. But have come across items wear you aren’t saving or aren’t the cheapest eg do your own research first.. they do price match as well alongside the items are in stock.
I still prefer independent shops, but go outdoors are a good place equally. But do worry due to the fact they seem to own most the over big outdoor retailers, of the negative effects it has on the independent shops and specilist shops. Which clearly reduces competition which ultimately isn’t great in the long term for the customers.
I don't mind them to be fair. The membership fee is a token amount if you go a couple of times a year and I personally have never really had an issue with personalised marketing. Generally the 'member' pricing is decent in my experience on stuff, but as with anything I'll generally look any big purchases up to make sure I'm not getting ripped off on stuff
Never thought I'd see Fox Valley on YouTube 🤣
How to decide if you want to register as a member…
1. Are you going to buy something at go outdoors there and then?
2. Is the members price more than £5 less on the thing you're going to buy?
3. If neither of the above, are you able to price match the thing you want to buy against a UK retailer that sells it cheaper than go outdoors?
👍👍👍 .. good post.
Outlets such as GO OUTDOORS bank on Consumer gullibility and 'laziness' (laziness as in 'not bothering' to compare and hold them to their, inter alia, 'price match').
The £5 'membership fee' is merely an incentive to get your foot through their doorway. Thereafter, the rest of the illusion kicks in.
In my much younger days, as a then-keen distance runner, I bought all of my shoes at a tiny city-based specialist 'running shop' .. 'The Sweat Shop'. All who worked in the store were themselves runners and knew their stuff. One was encoursged to don a pair of shoes and go out 'for a run' up and down the pavement, watched keenly by one of the staff for stride, 'pronation', etc, to ensure that the footwear chosen, was correct for the client. Incidently, 'New Balance' became my regular shoe of choice.
Likewise, just across the street, 'Camp and Climb' supplied me with my Outdoor Gear. Pricey at the time, but I still have and use, gear bought there in the early 1980's.
A large South African National 'Outdoor Chain', 'Cape Union Mart', I have used extensively. Their product range is very good, reasonably priced and with excellent after sales service, all credit to them. However, with exceptions, their store floor staff, to my experience, are clueless .. generally 'off the street servers'. Fortunately, I knew for what I was looking and could make good choices and at times, assist others in not buying items, based on store assistant advice that they did not need or was unsuited for that envisaged.
Not much more to add that you Paul, and the host of other commenters have said it all .. except ..
With a so-called 'bargin', one is never 'saving' anything .. merely spending less.
Thanks for sharing .. take care ..