andywedge:
It is not a case of I "don't want to listen"; I have listened but your information is a bit misleading.
“We do not apply our shops' 'Never Knowingly Undersold' pricing promise to our online and catalogue prices. We do not price match any online or catalogue competitor prices. This is because we are unable to verify the availability and comparability of the goods and the standards of service and support that are offered by others. However, you can always be assured of the same dedication to competitive pricing and exceptional value you find in our department stores. For information on our shops' ‘Never Knowingly Undersold' statement, please contact your local branch.”
John Lewis do not match online prices; they will only match instore prices and there will have to be a Richer Sounds and John Lewis in the same town or city before they will price match. For example, if this is available in Leeds branch of Richer Sounds you can buy it in Leeds John Lewis with a price match. IE You cannot go into Liverpool John Lewis and say that its available instore at Richer Sounds and expect them to price match. Also I don't think John Lewis will give you a 5 year guarantee when the price at Richer Sounds is £349.99 with a one year guarantee.The price at Play is (after 5% RAC code) £351.49 with 0.5% Quidco (making it £349.73) with a 5 year guarantee. So to buy it slightly more expensive with only a 1 year guarantee at John Lewis you will have to find out which store or stores it is available in and hope that the same town/city also have a John Lewis store. Just seems a fair bit of unnecessary work.
I am unclear as to what you mean with MBNA vouchers and how they work. I believe that you have to be a MBNA card holder to qualify as per the info on their website "Please type in your mbna lifestyle entry code or first six digits of your credit card number"; but I have to admit as I am not a MBNA cardholder I do not know how this works so would be grateful if you could explain as it seems useful (if you are a MBNA cardholder).
John Lewis DO give the 5yr warranty free (in fact so do Panasonic on there tv's - check website) if price matched - mentioned many times on here in other tv deals which I have looked at while trying to find decent tv. Basically they will do this because you should expect your TV to last this long and if you were bothered you could get it fixed f.o.c even if you only had one yr warranty BUT I am NOT going into this.
MBNA is something I saw mentioned the other day (didn't know about it even though I have MBNA card) and basically you get 7% off £100 vouchers - pay £93.
I just think personally that people will see Amazon price or Richer Sounds and think it is the better deal.
Just incase anyone reads this and is looking for a 26" TV. The Sony KDL26S5500 is currently £319.99 in Sainsburys. Maybe local.
