Here’s a table detailing the price differences between high street stores and online shops for a variety of Christmas presents you might be thinking of buying this festive season.
The high street prices are taken from HMV, Waterstones, Currys/PC World and Boots. The online price is the best possible deal I could find on the web for the same product. Apologies if I have missed out any cheaper sites.
Click the product link to be taken to the online store.
All prices are correct on 12th December 2012.
|
Product |
High street price |
Online price |
Online shop |
Online Saving |
|
DVDs |
HMV |
|
|
|
|
£15.99 |
£9.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
37.5% |
|
|
£10 |
£9.99 |
Play.com |
0.1% |
|
|
£11.99 |
£9.99 |
Amazon |
16.7% |
|
|
£15.99 |
£10.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
31.3% |
|
|
£30 |
£27.95 |
Zavvi |
6.8% |
|
|
£30 |
£22.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
23.4% |
|
|
£49 |
£42.31 |
Amazon |
13.7% |
|
|
£3 |
£3 |
Asda Direct |
0.0% |
|
|
£20 |
£14.95 |
The Hut |
25.3% |
|
|
£14.99 |
£9.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
33.4% |
|
|
£14.99 |
£9.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
33.4% |
|
|
£43 |
£34.39 |
Play.com |
20.0% |
|
|
£12 |
£7.99 |
Amazon |
33.4% |
|
|
£25 |
£18 |
Amazon |
28.0% |
|
|
CDs |
HMV |
|
|
|
|
£15 |
£10.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
26.7% |
|
|
£12 |
£10.99 |
CD Wow! |
8.4% |
|
|
£10 |
£5.99 |
Play.com |
40.1% |
|
|
£10 |
£7 |
Tesco Direct |
30.0% |
|
|
£21 |
£15.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
23.9% |
|
|
£13 |
£7 |
Amazon |
46.2% |
|
|
£10 |
£7.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
20.1% |
|
|
£10 |
£7.50 |
Amazon |
25.0% |
|
|
£10 |
£7.99 |
CD Wow! |
20.1% |
|
|
£7 |
£4 |
Tesco Direct |
42.9% |
|
|
£7 |
£4.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
28.7% |
|
|
£10 |
£7.99 |
CD Wow! |
20.1% |
|
|
Video games |
HMV |
|
|
|
|
£42.99 |
£29.99 |
Gio Tech |
30.2% |
|
|
£42.99 |
£34.85 |
Shop To |
18.9% |
|
|
£42.99 |
£39.85 |
Shop To |
7.3% |
|
|
£17.99 |
£15 |
Tesco Direct |
16.6% |
|
|
£44.99 |
£36.99 |
2game |
17.8% |
|
|
£39.99 |
£28.85 |
Shop To |
27.9% |
|
|
£27.99 |
£24.99 |
Amazon |
10.7% |
|
|
£39.99 |
£28.50 |
Amazon |
28.7% |
|
|
£34.99 |
£24.98 |
Blockbuster |
28.6% |
|
|
Electrical goods |
Currys/PC World |
|
|
|
|
£169 |
£154.99 |
Amazon |
8.3% |
|
|
£329 |
£317 |
Carphone Warehouse |
3.6% |
|
|
£179.99 |
£173.94 |
Hifix |
3.4% |
|
|
£89.99 |
£89.99 |
PC World/Currys |
0.0% |
|
|
£49.99 |
£49 |
Very |
2.0% |
|
|
£54.95 |
£54.95 |
PC World/Currys |
0.0% |
|
|
£269.99 |
£245.40 |
Pixmania |
9.1% |
|
|
£129.99 |
£129.99 |
PC World/ Currys |
0.0% |
|
|
£399 |
£369.96 |
Pro Vision |
7.3% |
|
|
£1,799 |
£1,550 |
Churchill Conrad |
13.8% |
|
|
£159.99 |
£159.99 |
Amazon |
0.0% |
|
|
Books (hardback) |
Waterstones |
|
|
|
|
£17 |
£8 |
Amazon |
52.9% |
|
|
£16 |
£8 |
Amazon |
50.0% |
|
|
£20 |
£8.86 |
Amazon |
55.7% |
|
|
£13 |
£9 |
Asda Direct |
30.8% |
|
|
£18.99 |
£9.31 |
Amazon |
51.0% |
|
|
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Hardback Classics) - F.Scott Fitzgerald |
£14.99 |
£9.59 |
Amazon |
36.0% |
|
£18.99 |
£8.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
52.7% |
|
|
Anti-Fragile: How to Live in a World We Don’t Understand - Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
£25 |
£14.75 |
Amazon |
41.0% |
|
In Vogue: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine |
£45 |
£31.99 |
Sainsbury’s Entertainment |
28.9% |
|
£19.99 |
£12.99 |
Hive |
35.0% |
|
|
Beauty products |
Boots |
|
|
|
|
Weight Watchers Precision Body Analyser Electronic Scale 8991BU |
£30 |
£24.44 |
Amazon |
18.5% |
|
£49.99 |
£42.47 |
Amazon |
15.0% |
|
|
£29.99 |
£22.09 |
Etwist |
26.3% |
|
|
Gillette Venus Naked Skin Intense Pulsed Light Hair Reduction System |
£399.99 |
£325.61 |
Amazon |
18.6% |
|
£9.99 |
£4.91 |
Amazon |
50.9% |
|
|
£37 |
£31 |
Slap it on |
16.2% |
|
|
£16.80 |
£12.69 |
Cheap Smells |
24.5% |
|
|
£25.98 |
£22.99 |
Xtras |
11.5% |
|
|
£13.25 |
£13.25 |
Cheap Smells |
0.0% |
|
|
£47 |
£37 |
Slap it on |
21.3% |
Prices correct on 12/12/2012
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