The trick is to research. Manufacturers generally do EOFY sales around EOFY and plate runout sales around the end of the year.
Happens every year. Due diligence and caveat emptor. 
@digital*ghost wrote:
@greenaliens wrote:
But I am just clarifying everything I don't know if that above would ALSO be related to my question... which is: that usually in retail stores and under Consumer's law I believe the customer is eligible for a refund of the PRICE DIFFERENCE if the item they purchased had price reduced within a specific time frame.. (30 Days?)
I'm pretty much going to echo the other replies - this kind of practice is a voluntary price guarantee that some businesses choose to offer, typically those that have "lowest price" types of guarantees. Very few Australian retailers offer refunds in this manner or for this reason, though.
The best most large chains will do, however, is price-match others and occasionally beat it by a small percentage, but again these are all voluntary. The closest I've ever experienced from an Australian retailer is a price reduction on a pre-order being applied (i.e. I ordered it when pre-orders first became available, a couple of weeks later, and still before the release date, the retailer's price dropped, and that was applied to my order as well).
Pricing can be quite volatile online, sales are typically unannounced (you don't get catalogues in the mail, and unless they're big events, most stores on eBay won't even put up anything on their home page, they'll just start a sale or a promotion. Since online stores are typically open 24/7, that often means a price can rise, or drop, seconds after someone purchases an item. It's the nature of the beast, and the luck of the draw (or any other appropriate metaphor
).
Even the price scanning code of conduct for supermarkets and the like is 100% voluntary (eg the one where if it scans at the wrong price and you get the item for free; this isn't a consumer law directive, just something a bunch of supermarkets signed on to - it's a gift by choice, not an obligation).
Just to add to that, I forget if it's woolies or coles, but only one of them still offer that service, none of the other big chains do it. As an interesting note, the reason they did it in the first place was to convince customers that the new fangled bar code scanners could be trusted to get the price right. In retrospect, I would rather trust the scanner than a person not to make mistakes.
