Butterfly Price Revision???

they're back up again here too.

Baal wrote: Wow, Tenergy for $51

Edited by skip3119 - 02/21/2015 at 4:46pm

i saw it too and it's clearly said 22% - 25% discount. But today it's back to the regular price. May be it was A SECRET SALE for Lunar New Year or something ? 

I actually bought a couple of sheets at that price.  I have no idea why it was that low or why it went back up.  Very strange.

I was able to grab some rubbers, bags, and balls. I was thinking to order these from Japan, but it would be much more complicated.  The sale seems to come out of nowhere and ends with no reason too. That is the way how butterfly treats its customers, as always.

fatt, how did you know?

Fatt, here is where it gets interesting.  I had not considered the question you asked until just now, and I will keep people well informed on this, because now I am suspicious.  I ordered from Butterfly NA yesterday and received an email that included this, which indicates that the order I made is "in review", and not that they will actually honor it.  That order was last night, and today was a business day (for most companies in the US) and I have not heard from them since yesterday.  Note that my credit card was "authorized".  I went back to look at the email because of your post.  It is odd that it is "in review".  We will see that that means.

If they decide not to honor it, I will write posts on every English language forum in the world blasting them for completely dishonest business practices.  The three I know of are here, OOAK Forum and Table Tennis Daily, but if there is anyplace else I need to know about please let me know -- should it come to pass that they decide not to honor this order at this price.

Submitted	2/20/2015 8:44 PM
Reference #	WEB-004784
Order Status	In Review
Payment Status	Authorized
Shipping	Priority Mail (3-5 business days)
Payment	Credit Card

you placed a web order at 8 pm Friday night and are surprised that it's still processing?

LOOPMEISTER wrote: you placed a web order at 8 pm Friday night and are surprised that it's still processing?

A bit surprised.  A lot of Internet businesses will process orders on a Saturday.  As I said, we shall see.

Baal wrote: If they decide not to honor it, I will write posts on every English language forum in the world blasting them for completely dishonest business practices.  The three I know of are here, OOAK Forum and Table Tennis Daily, but if there is anyplace else I need to know about please let me know -- should it come to pass that they decide not to honor this order at this price.

kindof99 wrote: Even at $51 for tenergy, they still make a lot of money out of it. They would be just stupid to not honor these orders. My orders are under review too.  I was wondering what the heck they need to review an order of a couple of hundred dollars.

I believe this was a short time sale for some stuff instead of price error as some implied.  Most items were 25% off and price slightly higher than those in Japan. 

kindof99 wrote: I believe this was a short time sale for some stuff instead of price error as some implied.  Most items were 25% off and price slightly higher than those in Japan.

It is possible, but if that is the case, they might have antagonized other distributors in the U.S. ...

If were Bty distributor and had to historically strictly adhere to their pricing policies (e.g. no discounts), I would be rather unhappy to see that the main distributor was allowed to lower the prices significantly to clear their inventory ... unless Bty coordinated it with all U.S. distributors but nobody else decided to lower prices.

eon, I wonder what they mean by "error"?  Did someone go into their website and systematically lower the prices on virtually every product?  Or had they planned on having a sale and then thought better of it and decided not to honor the prices on their website? 

I really thought they'd honor it...