Shopping Seminars On Board

[mompolo]

My dh and I are avid shoppers and very (very) good at finding great bargains. I just want to let people know that just because the cruise suggests certain stores - you still have to be very careful.

 

On our last cruise (Liberty - 9/25/11) my husband found a particular Philip Stein watch he wanted - we couldn't get any of the jewelry stores to go under $465 and he decided to wait and check online when we got home. We found it on a well known auction site, being sold by a reputable watch store (with tons of great feedback) for only $338!! I plan to buy it for my husband for our anniversary. Also, the Fruitz watch which is highly pushed on the cruise for $203 - can be found for around $145 at an online store. (I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to post names - sorry).

 

I don't want to say that the ships are doing anything wrong - but I think they can be a little misleading.

 

Good luck shopping -

[LemurCat]

I don't want to say that the ships are doing anything wrong - but I think they can be a little misleading.

 

Yeah, I often wonder what kind of kick-back ... excuse me ... advertising fee these shops are paying to CCL for the publicity.

[elcuchio24]

My dh and I are avid shoppers and very (very) good at finding great bargains. I just want to let people know that just because the cruise suggests certain stores - you still have to be very careful.

 

On our last cruise (Liberty - 9/25/11) my husband found a particular Philip Stein watch he wanted - we couldn't get any of the jewelry stores to go under $465 and he decided to wait and check online when we got home. We found it on a well known auction site, being sold by a reputable watch store (with tons of great feedback) for only $338!! I plan to buy it for my husband for our anniversary. Also, the Fruitz watch which is highly pushed on the cruise for $203 - can be found for around $145 at an online store. (I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to post names - sorry).

 

I don't want to say that the ships are doing anything wrong - but I think they can be a little misleading.

 

Good luck shopping -

 

It's pretty common knowledge that the stores that CCL 'suggests' are only the prefered stores because they kickback to the cruiseline, not because that have particularly good deals.

[firefly333]

Yeah, I often wonder what kind of kick-back ... excuse me ... advertising fee these shops are paying to CCL for the publicity.

 

I call them kickbacks.

 

I would avoid any store suggested because you know the prices have to be jacked up to do the kickbacks to the cruiseline.

[golfadj]

It is well known that the cruiselines get a commission from stores for steering passengers there.

 

Guarantee might be worth something but the price will be nothing special.