We read vijaysales.com's own garment steamer and dehumidifier category pages on 18 October 2026 — logged out, from India, with nothing bought. They returned 18 listings between them, and the first thing worth printing is a pair.
We read vijaysales.com's own garment steamer and dehumidifier category pages on 18 October 2026 — logged out, from India, with nothing bought. Eighteen listings came back, and this page prints every one.
Two of them share a title and a Rs. 1,899 selling price. One states an MRP of Rs. 5,999 and advertises 68% off; the other states Rs. 4,999 and advertises 62%. The only figure separating them is the one the seller chooses.
And "dehumidifier" covers a 13x range here — Rs. 1,890 for a wardrobe moisture absorber against Rs. 24,990 for an 18 L/day room appliance.
18 October 2026 — First publication. Read the same morning: 18 distinct listings from vijaysales.com's own /c/garment-steamers and /c/dehumidifiers category pages, logged out, from India, with nothing purchased and the retailer not contacted. Recorded this read: two listings sharing a title and a Rs. 1,899 selling price while stating MRPs of Rs. 5,999 and Rs. 4,999 and badging 68% and 62%; a second pair of travel steamers at Rs. 2,899 stating an identical Rs. 4,499 and badging 36% each; 15 garment steamers running Rs. 1,899 to Rs. 10,499 with badges from 15% to 68% and the five listings from the largest house medianing 22%; three dehumidifiers at Rs. 1,890 (wardrobe), Rs. 22,436 (10 L/day) and Rs. 24,990 (18 L/day); and no listing on either page publishing a star average or a rating count. Nothing was bought, steamed or run.
Two identical steamers, two different claimed list prices
| What the listing says it is | Selling price | Stated MRP | Badge | Stated multiple | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listing A | Portable handheld 1700W garment steamer | Rs. 1,899 | Rs. 5,999 | 68% | 3.16x |
| Listing B | Portable handheld 1700W garment steamer | Rs. 1,899 | Rs. 4,999 | 62% | 2.63x |
Same title, same seller, same Rs. 1,899, and six points of advertised difference — produced entirely by stating Rs. 5,999 on one tile and Rs. 4,999 on the other. A shopper sorting this page by discount sees one of these well above the other; a shopper sorting by price sees them as identical, which on the evidence of every published figure except the MRP, they are.
We are not asserting these are one product listed twice. Nothing on the page establishes that, and two near-identical models from one house is entirely ordinary. What is reportable is that the only figure separating them is the one the seller chooses freely. A second pair on the same page - two travel steamers at Rs. 2,899 - states the same MRP on both and badges them identically, which shows the first pair did not have to differ.
Every garment steamer on the page
| Selling price | What the listing says it is | Stated MRP | Badge | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs. 1,899 | Portable handheld 1700W steamer | Rs. 5,999 | 68% | The deepest badge on either page |
| Rs. 1,899 | Portable handheld 1700W steamer | Rs. 4,999 | 62% | Same price, six points less badge |
| Rs. 2,752 | Handheld steamer | Rs. 3,975 | 31% | — |
| Rs. 2,899 | Travel garment steamer | Rs. 4,499 | 36% | One of two identical tiles |
| Rs. 2,899 | Travel garment steamer | Rs. 4,499 | 36% | The second - this pair at least agrees |
| Rs. 2,999 | 1100W handheld steamer | Rs. 4,995 | 40% | — |
| Rs. 3,199 | 1200W handheld steamer | Rs. 5,035 | 36% | — |
| Rs. 4,099 | Handheld steamer | Rs. 4,795 | 15% | The shallowest claim on either page |
| Rs. 4,199 | 1000W handheld steamer | Rs. 5,295 | 21% | — |
| Rs. 4,899 | Handheld steamer | Rs. 6,495 | 25% | — |
| Rs. 5,399 | Vogue garment steamer | Rs. 8,625 | 37% | — |
| Rs. 5,699 | Handheld steamer | Rs. 7,495 | 24% | — |
| Rs. 7,199 | 1800W steamer | Rs. 12,795 | 44% | — |
| Rs. 7,999 | 1800W, 1800 ml steamer | Rs. 9,995 | 20% | — |
| Rs. 10,499 | Standing garment steamer | Rs. 13,495 | 22% | The dearest steamer here |
Fifteen steamers, Rs. 1,899 to Rs. 10,499, badges from 15% to 68%. The deepest claim is on the cheapest tile and the shallowest sits mid-ladder at Rs. 4,099 - so the badge is not tracking price in either direction consistently here. It is tracking each seller's habit: the five listings from the largest house on this page median just 22%.
Wattage is printed on most tiles - 1000W, 1100W, 1200W, 1700W, 1800W - and it is the listings' own figure. This page did not measure steam output, heat-up time or anything else, and a watt rating is not a performance test.
And every dehumidifier - all three of them
| Selling price | What the listing says it is | Stated MRP | Badge | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs. 1,890 | Wardrobe dehumidifier | Rs. 2,500 | 24% | A moisture absorber for a cupboard |
| Rs. 22,436 | 10 L/day dehumidifier | Rs. 30,000 | 25% | A room appliance |
| Rs. 24,990 | 18 L/day dehumidifier | Rs. 37,990 | 34% | 13x the cheapest 'dehumidifier' on the page |
Rs. 1,890 to Rs. 24,990 across three listings is a 13x spread, and it is not a price range in any useful sense: the cheapest is a moisture absorber for a cupboard, the other two are room appliances with a stated extraction rate. Read the L/day figure before the price.
Three listings is a very thin category page, and we would rather print all three and say so than present a median as if it described a market.
How to use these pages
Compare on the rupee price, not the badge. This page contains the cleanest possible demonstration of why: two tiles at an identical Rs. 1,899 advertising 68% and 62%.
Read the capacity or wattage figure on the tile. It is the only specification printed consistently across either category, and on the dehumidifier page it separates a Rs. 1,890 cupboard sachet from a Rs. 24,990 appliance.
Cross-check the model number elsewhere for ratings. None of the 18 listings here publishes any.
And treat this as one morning. Stock and pricing change continuously; every figure here describes the 18 listings read on 18 October 2026. This page read prices. Nobody here steamed a shirt or dried a room.