Comments on: Bunnings Warehouse… where lowest prices are no longer

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:32:52 +0000

Mitre 10 and Home Hardware still exist, though nowhere at the scale that Bunnings is.

Through to be honest, the handful of times I’ve gone into a smaller hardware shop I’ve always been able to find the random thing I was looking for – which makes me wonder that actually fills a giant Bunnings Warehouse.

By: Albotross

Albotross — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:45:31 +0000

“Bunnings continues to keep prices below those of its competitors and offer the 10% guarantee.”

Bunnings has no competitors. They have a monopoly. Lowest prices is meaningless, so they dropped it.

By: gxh

gxh — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 04:34:51 +0000

I wonder if even Dan’s are de-emphasising this? At our local store, most of the “Lowest price guarantee” signs seem to have gone (not sure when), and the one that remains has an asterix stating “T&C’s apply”.

By: Michael Angelico

Michael Angelico — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:45:34 +0000

There was a court ruling in NZ which found that they can only use the word “lowest” if they can actually demonstrate that they make a reasonable effort to monitor the competition and stay below them (like the grog shops do).

By: Aiden

Aiden — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:58:26 +0000

It’s actually also worth noting that the smaller Bunnings stores (e.g. Lilydale, Collingwood, Brunswick) actually used a different policy/slogan to the warehouses. Instead of “Lowest Prices are Just the Beginning”, they simply used “Lowest Prices Everyday”. I think it might be down to the fact that the smaller stores lack some of the facilities that the warehouses have, like the cafe and kids playground, but not fully sure though.

By: Shaun Clarke

Shaun Clarke — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:36:04 +0000

I didn’t even notice they phased this out. Sneaky!

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:33:45 +0000

In reply to Moya. I took advantage of their price policy the other month when I found that a surge protection powerboard stocked by Centrecom cost more at Bunnings - so I got them to beat the price. And since then Bunnings now stock it for 10 cents less.

By: Moya

Moya — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:35:49 +0000

It’s only the slogan that’s gone.
Bunnings continues to keep prices below those of its competitors and offer the 10% guarantee.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/policies/price-policy