I believe the RRP is set by the manufacturer, as it is a standard. But a retailer can chose to sell at any price. Some retailers will actually sell for more then the RRP, but then have regular sale rotations, which brings it down in price.
My best guess would be that the product was EL (End of Life) or Quit Stock (No Longer Supplied reduced to clear)
When this happens it becomes up to the store to reduce the price of the item to sell it or clear it.
Some store keep the ticket price high even thought the "cost" has dropped or the stock they have has depreciated.
the other problem you can sometimes have across multiple stores of the same retailer is that the pricing is controlled by their respective head offices and they send price updates to stores.
If the Manager/salesmen doesn't do them at one store but they do at another then it can show a price difference.
I honestly believe that its not intentional dishonesty. Also bear in mind that different retailers have different purchase prices and back end rebates based on relationships and purchase volumes so it can make a big difference in price cross-retailers
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