JEDDAH — The Twitter account of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said the ministry has closed down several eXtra shops for giving false discounts.
For example, they would show the original price as SR799. After discount the price was down to SR719.
But people on removing the sticker found the original price underneath was SR719, In reality the store did not offer any discount, which was displayed in the marked up price.
The same applied to prices of other items having a price tag of SR220 which was raised to SR259 before discount, and SR459 hiked to SR510 prior to discount. The customers who sent tweets of this ‘fake discount' were very thankful to the ministry. — SG