Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
1/13/2017
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
Transparent image
Protest searched for price in 67 stores in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. With price variation, entity requests a lot of research before purchase
Cheap Brazil
After Procon-SP recorded a price change of more than 400% in an item on the school material list, it was the turn of Proteste - Associação de Consumidores to identify price discrepancies from one store to another. The consumer protection organization identified that a calligraphy notebook of the Tilibra brand presented a variation of 336% in its price, the lowest value being R$ 2.50 and the highest being R$ 10.90.
+ School material is 12.97% more expensive this year, says Procon-SP research
Price change of school material may exceed 300% in a single item, informs Protest
The Survey was done in 67 stores specialized in the sale of school material in the city of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo earlier this year and compared the price of 25 different items. According to Proteste, with the difference of value of the same product in the points of sales, the consumer must research before realizing the purchase of the products.
To illustrate the difference in value, Proteste used white paper as a reference. The item was found at a maximum price of R $ 2 and a minimum of R$ 0.40 in Rio and R$ 0.60 in São Paulo, representing a percentage variation equal to 233% in the capital of São Paulo and 400% in the capital From Rio.
+ Specialist teaches you how to save on school supplies
In Rio de Janeiro, both the white Mercur rubber and the 30 cm ruler of the Acrimet brand were found at a minimum price of R $ 1 and a maximum price of R $ 3.90, representing a difference of 290 % Between prices in the places searched.
Stores
The store Gotinha Uniformes, in the neighborhood of the Park of the Princes, in the city of São Paulo, is the most expensive according to the research. Having the cost of R$ 289 for the purchase of the products surveyed, 60% of the list requested by educational institutions.
The cheapest in São Paulo was Eco Papelaria e Informática Eireli, in Perdizes, where the cost of purchasing school supplies was R$ 169.18. According to Proteste, the survey may lead the consumer to an economy of R$ 119.82, with price variation in São Paulo being 71%.
In the city of Rio de Janeiro, the cheapest store for the purchase of items was the Magal Store, downtown. The cost of the products comes for R$ 133,75. The most expensive store, among those surveyed, was the Stationery and Bookstore Mister Book in Botafogo. To purchase the same from school supplies, the consumer must pay R$ 328.30. The economy reaches R$ 194.55. A 145% price change.
+ Proteste requests withdrawal of stove models from the market due to lack of security
Link to this article: http: //economia.ig.com.br/2017-01-10/material-escolar.html
Source: Economics - iG @ http://economia.ig.com.br/2017-01-10/material-escolar.html
Source: IG
Our news is removed in full from our partners' websites. For this reason, we can not change the content of these even in cases of typos.
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.