Posted 8 September 2023

Remove the Next Best Price Box or Make it Clearer

Hello,

My request is that you either remove the next best price box or make it clearer to everyone who views this website that the crossed out grey number is in fact the next best price, or is supposed to be the next best price instead of the RRP, because not everyone knows this and they think it is the RRP.

Some of the contributors on here are still using the next best price box to fill it in with the RRP, to make what they share look better in the hopes that what they share is voted up, and it is not always removed. On some of the deals that I have shared I have filled the box with what I have found, or thought to be, the next best price but is has been quickly removed by one of the staff. When the RRP is left in and not deleted by the staff it feels as though not everyone is treated the same on here.
It also does seem to matter which staff member is online and dealing with the threads that are coming through the new section.

Thank you.

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23rd Dec 2023
Hi, the next best price is for the next best price to buy the same item at, Not for the RRP of the item, We do not use RRPs as they are often promote false savings.

For your recent deal, the next best price would have been £31 at morrisons, hence the addition of the NBP Field once going through moderation.

A little tip, this field is optional, so if it is added, you do have the option to remove this via a edit of the deal !
23rd Dec 2023
Unfortunately, I discovered it was added a bit late. If it is indeed optional, then perhaps it should be left to the OP?
11th Sep 2023
The community team do review NBP as deals are shared, but if a member has listed an RRP, and it's missed, or has added it back in after it was removed, then please drop us a report message on the thread.

The NBP should be the next best 'offer' price for the same, identical item, not the RRP. If a NBP isn't available, then the field can be left blank.

For freebie deals, members can enter 0.01 in the NBP field and then leave the price field blank and this will trigger the orange 'Free' text

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11th Sep 2023
Sorry if I sounded rude or abrupt here with the way that I started this thread by saying "My request", the same goes to anyone else who may be reading this. I sometimes am a bit abrupt without realising.

I had actually wondered how to list freebies on here because it is not clear how to do so on the submission form.
23rd Dec 2023
Otherwise, it looks like a comparison with the non sale price and then the %age saving number looks silly if another retailer is just a little bit more expensive. Then people vote Cold on what may actually be a good deal.
36 m ago
I'm finding that when I enter the previous price on my Kindle deals it is routinely deleted. A quick scroll through deals suggests this is the rule rather than the exception.
38 s ago
Checking back over your recent deals, I can see this one has a NBP listed of £5.99 (which I'll remove)

hotukdeals.com/dea…386

£5.99 is the normal selling price of that Kindle book title checking the price history (since 18/06/2023) and the NBP isn't the saving on normal retail price, it's meant to illustrate the saving on the next best current offer price for the same like for like item. For Kindle books, this typically means leaving NBP blank, as kindle ebooks are not sold on other platforms, so there is no NBP figure.