Kogan running 'clone' website selling same products at higher prices
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Fun fact; I bought Pixel Buds Pro 2s at JB Hi-Fi last year and they told me that Kogan wasn't a reputable seller when I asked if they could match their online price.
Still ended up with a nice $50 discount, though.
They do this for at least half a dozen different domains, including some brand names that they have bought off others including Dick Smith, Matt Blatt, etc. They're all the same website with different logos and styling on the elements, the exact same layout and code. They have most of the same stuff with pricing sometimes the same and sometimes different for marketing reasons.
I find it funny that you can buy a Dick Smith dildo now.
I'd really like to see that practice banned. It gives the illusion of competition where there is none. Slapping a logo on a whitelabelled product doesn't magically make it competition.
Very old news, and definitely not restricted to just kogan.
I have a experienced 2 kogan TVs. One had an extremely splotchy backlight. The other one crashes if you leave wake-on-wifi enabled, which prevents the TV turning on at all. Just really good quality shit /s.
Somehow I lucked out with mine (bought 2021), dumb TV, no wifi, just a TV. Works fine
Not to say Kogan is good, though